Analysis of Cricketing Event of the Week

Let me start this blog by reliving that iconic moment that marked the beginning of the MSD era in Indian cricket. FLASHBACK World T20 2007 Final- Pakistan need 13 runs from the last over with 1 wicket in hand. 19.1- Joginder Sharma bowls a wide outside off stump- 12 off 6 now 19.2- Another wide outside off stump but this time just inside the wideline - 12 off 5 now. 19.3- An attempted yorker goes horribly wrong and Misbah smothers it for a straight 6 - 6 off 4 now.   Wait.. Readers just wait. Before I get to that iconic Misbah Scoop, I noticed something. Being a kid, who had started watching his cricket from the late 90s, I was practically used to 2 kinds of Indian skippers. The first kind, who succumbed to these pressure situations looked absolutely defeated and their face showed that the pressure was getting better of their nerves ( Azharuddin, Dravid etc). The second kind, who got hyperactive in these pressure situations and tried to motivate the ...

When India landed on the shore of The Thames, during the last week of June, there was never any doubt that this English Side, will be up for a tough challenge, even at their home turf. Such has been the limited over prowess of the Indian cricket team, in recent times, that an in form English Team, who recorded the highest score in ODI a few weeks back, began the series as underdogs. There was no doubt, that the Indian bowling had much better quality, variation & steel, within, as compared to the recent opponents, that the England team faced of late, in their limited overs assignment. With the World cup, less than a year away, the eyes of the experts were on how, Indian players adjust to the English conditions, and vary their game, to deliver the best possible performance.  The break point of the this tour was supposed to be the Indian wrist spinning duo of Chahal & Kuldeep. They had wreaked havoc on the opposition batting line-up for the last couple of years and ...

CricAnsys after a gap of 2 months is about to write on the same topic once again. The much criticized, the much publicized, the much moral policed ball tampering saga- which threw Australian cricket out of the track a couple of months back. I wrote a blog on that incident at that time, where I had quite reasonably supported the decision of Cricket Australia, to punish the trio of Bancroft, Smith & Warner, with a year long ban. You can read the detailed blog here .  However, I did not expect, that only a couple of months after the mighty controversy regarding the ball tampering saga, there will be one more international captain, who will dare to try the same thing and hope to get away with it. But, as it was found, that Dinesh Chandimal, the Sri Lankan captain repeated the same offence in the 2nd Test Match vs West Indies, at Gross Islet, St Lucia. On the second day of the Test Match, in the last session, he was found applying some mint along with his saliva on the bal...