By V.N. Prasad Our boys tasted a ‘Brown Wash’ Down Under; as Kangaroos lift/redeem the ‘Border-Gavaskar Trophy’ 3-1 at the SCG. On a beautifully curated wicket, the 5th and the final Test at the SCG concluded on the third day; a despicable routine/occurrence that is virtually corroding the very spirit of Test cricket. Congratulations to…
Fate of ‘Border-Gavaskar’ Trophy ahead of Sydney Test
January 2, 2025By V.N. Prasad Australia has taken an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five Test match series A lump in the throat though, hearty congratulations to the Kangaroos on their emphatic 184 runs victory at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG); a great morale booster as they await the 5th and the final Test at the iconic…
Tumultuous 2024
November 19, 2024By V.N. Prasad The infamous ‘White Wash’ of our boys at home, triumph of our second team in South Africa, Cricket India, World Cricket Et al. Cricket is a funny game. The year 2024 produced some tumultuous results. Test Cricket has lost the sheen after T20 was invented. ‘Diwali Cricket’; typically termed ‘Ball Baz’ cricket;…
Proteas choke as ‘Men in Blue’ clinch their second T20 ICC World Cup
July 2, 2024By V.N. Prasad Euphoria at the Kensington Oval rose to the zenith on the June 29 night as the ‘Men in Blue’ lifted the coveted ICC T20 World Cup Title. Heartiest congratulations to the ‘Men in Blue’ on clinching the ‘Nail Biter’ under the very nose of the Proteas in a scintillating finish, lifting the…
Bazball fails on Indian soil
March 19, 2024Young and resilient Bharat lifts trophy in an emphatic manner at Dharamshala Bharatiyas annihilate the English with ‘Gay Abandon’ at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium, Dharamshala, to lift the Trophy 4-1. Heartiest congratulations to the young and resilient Bharat on lifting the trophy in an emphatic manner at Dharamshala. While the Englishmen were all…
Bravo Bharatiyas
March 6, 2024Heartiest congratulations on clinching the series 3-1; with one Test to spare, at Dharamshala By V.N. Prasad Sans big names in the side, our boys exhibited deep resolve in winning the crucial 3rd Test at Ranchi; and thereby clinching the series 3-1. Name that resonated the cricketing world was Dhruv Jurel and deservedly was adjudged…
No more overseas blues
January 7, 2024An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket. —James Anderson By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Apart from a few serious lapses of batting in India’s first innings, they fought back brilliantly to hold the fort and fly the flag aloft in the second Test in Cape Town. No one had thought that…
‘Kangaroos’ make their country proud, lift the coveted ICC World Cup 2023
November 23, 2023By V.N. Prasad ‘Men in Blue’ fail yet again on a big stage Heartiest congratulations to the OZs on lifting their 6th World Cup Trophy by 6 wickets with 42 balls to spare, leaving Indians ‘Yellow Faced.’ The cricketing world was shocked beyond belief that our boys could not carry forward the huge momentum, having…
Ashes Series 2023 concludes
August 2, 2023Tenacious English Tigers maul Kangaroos in the absence of injured Lyon; to square series at 2-2 By V.N. Prasad OZs lost a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to clinch the series at 3-1 at the Kia Oval, by sheer lack of tenacity and application when needed most. The last series that the OZs have won in England was…
Rain dumps England at Old Trafford
August 2, 2023By Prof. B.K. Viswanath There was a galore of frustration writ large on the face of Ben Stokes, the English Captain at the end of the Old Trafford Test in which England had gained an upper hand but failed to clinch the game because of rains. The July 19-23 Ashes Test had all the elements…
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