Category Archives: Indian cricket

March 4, 2019 · 6:24 am

Gambhir’s Bold Selections for India’s World Cup Squad

Item in TimesNews.com 4 March 2019, with title  “Gautam Gambhi…. snubs Rishabh Pant, Dinesh Karthik”

Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir made a few surprising inclusions in his predicted Indian squad for the upcoming 2019 World Cup. The showpiece event gets underway from May 30 in England and Wales. Several former cricketers have already thrown in their title and squad predictions and Gambhir is the latest to join the bandwagon. While he omitted both Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant from his predicted 16-man squad, Gambhir made another surprising choice by selecting Ravichandran Ashwin over Ravindra Jadeja as the third spinner.

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February 12, 2019 · 1:20 pm

Kohli’s Greatness lauded by Sangakkara

Rohit Pawar, in Cricket Age, 12 February 2019, where the title is “Kohli Above Peers, Destined for Greatness – Kumar Sangakkara”

India captain Virat Kohli is well ahead of his contemporaries and destined for greatness, former Sri Lankan batting stalwart Kumar Sangakkara has said. Kohli capped a memorable 2018 by becoming the first to win the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) cricketer, Test and one-day international (ODI) player of the year awards last month. Considered part of the elite group also featuring Kiwi Kane Williamson, Australian Steve Smith and England’s Joe Root, Kohli has surged ahead after a stupendous 2018 and is currently the top ranked Test as well as one-day batsman.

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January 17, 2019 · 7:00 am

Pulsating ODI Contest at Adelaide Oval – Tuesday 15 January 2019

Michael Roberts

This review will be in disjointed point-form set out in rough temporal order from my observation point alongside Justin Labrooy in the middle layer of Riverbank Stadium at a spot behind long-off.

Pic from web

Pics by Mike R

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January 5, 2019 · 10:19 am

Pujara paved the Way for Rishabh Pant’s Century

Ian Chappell in WideWorldof Sports, …. https://wwos.nine.com.au/cricket/ian-chappell-australian-has-no-chance-of-beating-india-scg/29789d58-0240-43e7-80d0-659a776192ed

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell says history-making wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has Cheteshwar Pujara to thank for his record-breaking knock on day two of the SCG. Pant, 21, became the second centurion of India’s marathon first innings before finishing unbeaten on 159, making him the youngest wicketkeeper to hit a Test century in Australia.

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December 16, 2018 · 7:14 am

The Kohli Roar targeted by Justin Langer for Double Standards

Melinda Farrell, inESPNcrcicnof at Adeliade, where the title of the article is

Justin Langer believes if the Australia players were to react in the same manner Virat Kohli celebrated the wicket of Aaron Finch, they would be considered “the worst blokes in the world”. Langer also fended off criticism from Sachin Tendulkar over Australia’s slow batting in the first innings.

Langer’s comments showed the level of scrutiny that surrounds Australia on two distinct levels: their style of play and their on-field behaviour. Amid all the swirling fallout from the Newlands scandal, the question is hovering: can the Australian team win without resorting to the sort of behaviour that led to a widespread public backlash? When Fox Sports replayed Kohli’s celebration after Ishant Sharma bowled Aaron Finch, Langer’s answer suggested the team is still trying to find the right balance.

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December 10, 2018 · 2:14 pm

Unhappy Chappies … at Adelaide Oval

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December 7, 2018 · 10:27 am

Hard Yakka at Adelaide Oval

I was among the 25,693 persons who watched a grim day’s play unfolding at ADELAIDE OVAL this Friday 7th Deeember

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December 5, 2018 · 1:57 pm

How will Australia and India Face-Off?

Sidarth Monga in ESPNcricinfo, 5 December 2018 where the title is “Is this the tour when Australia-India “rivalry” grows up?”

Australia the country and the cricket team have held a special place in the minds of Indians of a certain age. That certain age happens to be roughly that of the people playing in this team. We grew up watching Australia dominate world cricket. Everything about Australian cricket – the glitz, the hard hits, the bounce on the pitches, the sunburnt venues, the zinc cream, the commentary, even the advertisements – was loved in India. People barely remember the 1987 World Cup, but 1992 they do in photographic detail. Kids wanted to be like Australia, play like them, win like them, look like them.

Virat Kohli and David Warner exchange words Getty Images

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December 1, 2018 · 12:48 am

Ian’s Gut Feeling: Australia will best India in the Test Series

Vipin Darwade in Cricket Age, 30 November 2018, with this title “India vs Australia: I’m Picking Australia, but Don’t Ask Why, Says Ian Chappell”

The first test is starting from December 6 in Adelaide. Ian Chappell believes India would be “missing” something in the Test series against Australia and will end up on the losing side despite things looking good for them on paper.  “I am going to pick Australia, but don’t ask me why I am picking them. I think the only reasonable reason I can give is that I was disappointed the way India played in England and I thought they should have won that series,” Chappell told ESPNCricinfo.

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October 28, 2018 · 1:27 pm

Oust Kohli, Oust India –Windies Win

Sreshth Shah, courtesy of ESPNcricinfo, 27 October 2018, where the title is “Shai Hope and Ashley Nurse help West Indies draw level”

This really must be how opponents of Babe Ruth or Michael Jordan felt back in the day. It didn’t matter whether you neutralised the influence of the other eight New York Yankees batters or the other four men in the Chicago Bulls roster. But if you could negate the effect that Ruth or Jordan single-handedly brought to the game, then you were definitely going to win the contest. Simple.

Virat Kohli must give opposition teams the same feeling. After posting 283, West Indies were against the ropes all evening despite only one India batsman going past 35. That one batsman was Kohli, and as long as he was in the middle, West Indies looked unlikely to win. That’s when Jason Holder took his biggest gamble in the 41st over.

West Indies’ Ashley Nurse, right, celebrates the dismissal of India’s Ambati Rayudu during the second one-day international cricket match between India and West Indies in Visakhapatnam, India, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. On the left is India’s captain Virat Kohli. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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