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After Indian team’s whitewash in the Test series against Australia, several questions have been raised about the ability of the ‘Big Three’ of the Indian team – Rahul Dravid (39), Sachin Tendulkar (39 a few months later) and VVS Laxman (37 later in the year). What they need now is support and empathy. Yes, I agree the team has [...]

Australia 131 India 135/2 19.4 overs India won by 8 wickets Finally India have an away victory. The victory will be even more sweeter as it has ended an away drought of 16 games.  It was India’s fielding that paved way for this victory. For once every department clicked for India. Praveen Kumar started the [...]

Australia 171/4 India 140/6 Australia won by 31 runs. Another match. Another batting failure. Another loss. India did it again. Like winning, losing can also become a habit. It seems they have completely forgot how to win. They need an inspiration from someone very quickly. India’s opening pair is struggling to get a decent partnership. [...]

Australia 171/4 (Wade 72) Some of the test match specialists returned home after a horror tour. The limited over specialists have come in with a task of giving some joy to the fans. Suresh Raina, one of the limited overs specialist, claimed the bunch is determined to do well. The T20 was the first hurdle [...]

Australia beat India by 298 runs. Australia needed just 4 wickets to finish the formality. They did so within an hour. It was only a matter of time for this impressive Australian attack.  The Australian attack never gave an opportunity for the Indians. They were at them all the time. There were very less free [...]

Yesterday lots of reports emerged that Rahul Dravid is going to announce his retirement after this match. The Indian team has clarified today that no player is going to retire.  “The team takes note of the stories in the media suggesting the imminent retirement of a member of the Indian team. We would like to [...]

Reports are emerging that Rahul Dravid, India’s star batsman, is finally going to call it a day. Dravid was sensational last year but his batting dipped in Australia. He was bowled six times in the 8 innings. Apart from that he was bowled off a no-ball. There were no evidences of his mastery defense. To [...]

India 166/6 need 344 more to win the match.  Australia are 4 wickets away from a whitewash. What was hoped as a farewell for the seniors has just turned into a nightmare. None of the big Three got a century in this tour. There was no special fourth innings performances or fighting partnerships or sublime [...]

The famed Indian batting line up has failed miserably in this tour. That can be labelled as the main reason for the dismal performances. But when one looks closely through how the matches have gone, he/she will find startling facts. A team has to seize an opportunity and build on it. In a tight boxing [...]

Australia 604/7 dec India 272 all out Australia 50/3 lead India by 382 runs at the end of Day Two. Two young men rescued India after the old heads failed once again. The calls for their retirement will get only stronger. Virat Kohli batting with Wriddhiman Saha took India to a respectable total. Peter Siddle [...]