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  1. Arjun

    ***Official*** England in India 2016/17

    Just how deep does England's Test XI bat? They have Adil Rashid with 10 FC tons, Ben Stokes with 12 tons (and 4 in Tests), Stuart Broad with one century (in a Test match) and 19 50s (with 10 in Tests), Zafar Ansari with three FC tons and 15 FC 50s and Anderson having played long enough to be a...
  2. Arjun

    Indian Domestic Season 2016-17

    The next day sees some very explosive action at Lahli. This ground has a record of holding matches that end within three days, and that one between Railways and Gujarat won't be very different. Maharashtra conceded a lead after scoring 600. Now Saurashtra are feasting on their bowling, at...
  3. Arjun

    Indian Domestic Season 2016-17

    Maybe because they feel either more venues can be given a chance for Ranji players to play in, or they can eliminate home advantage completely, due to home curators setting up "win the toss, win the game" pitches.
  4. Arjun

    ***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

    Not a terrible game for India- it was just one of those days. Boult had a great game, and the Indian top five, a very poor one. The big innings by Kane and the big partnership he had with Tom made a difference- compared to not a single defining innings from India's top five. The Indian...
  5. Arjun

    Indian Domestic Season 2016-17

    The season has already started and two matches are finished. All games are being played on neutral venues, but beyond largely empty stands, the impact on the games hasn't been much- or hasn't been there at all. We have a new team on the block- Chhattisgarh, captained by Mohammed Kaif. In what...
  6. Arjun

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    What's the word here on the new version of the Duleep Trophy? The pink ball is worth an experiment, but reducing the number of teams to something like that Challenger nonsense is something most disappointing. We need to get that zone-vs-zone format back, and make it longer, like it used to be...
  7. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Rahul Dravid, Rahul Lokesh, one and the same.
  8. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Shami running away with plenty of wickets isn't such a good sign. The same bloke was found out abroad elsewhere, and keeps running out of energy and then starts pelting loose deliveries frequently. We'd rather have Ishant getting those loads of wickets.
  9. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Ishant has had a poor series in West Indies, following another poor series against South Africa at home. From a sustained good run in 2014-15 with a healthy average and strike rate, wickets are few and far between this time. What's been the problem? Unlucky again? He's often been India's go-to...
  10. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Another flat deck? Then it's only a matter of whether it's a hard-fought draw, or a tame one.
  11. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    The Indians are not really playing five specialist strike bowlers, when Ravindra Jadeja is one of them. This bloke shot into the Indian team with two triples in Ranji, and isn't much of a strike bowler anyway. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is also a recognised batsman, though far from an ideal strike bowler...
  12. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    Baffling comments on Cricinfo pages and elsewhere. From cricket experts, those commenting have become weather forecast soothsayers with alleged 100% results. Since when is the Indian cricket team and its management supposed to rely on weather forecasts? Let's not forget, this is the country...
  13. Arjun

    *Official* West Indies v India in North America

    What is it with Antigua grounds and drawn matches?
  14. Arjun

    India Squad for Zimbabwe and West Indies Tours

    Close match indeed, but the Indians had their weak spots that Zimbabwe capitalised on- and no, they're not second-string players that Ntini wanted to crush. First-choice player Rayudu is not T20I material. He doesn't have the strike power to make a difference here, and that was what made a...
  15. Arjun

    India Squad for Zimbabwe and West Indies Tours

    Shardul Thakur is an interesting selection. His figures look impressive, having lasted two full seasons and picking up loads of wickets. Then we find he's not very tall- only 5'9". That's a negative for a fast bowler, on unhelpful pitches. Let's just hope he's decently fast after four domestic...
  16. Arjun

    **Official* IPL 2016

    SRH seem to be doing fine so far being a one-man or two-man (Warner and Fizz) team, with little help from most other players. There's much the other teams can learn, and maybe the Indian T20I team as well, given the form their players were in during the WT20 with Kohli being their only in-form...
  17. Arjun

    **Official* IPL 2016

    Siddarth Kaul. Very productive T20 bowler. Yet to get a game for Delhi Daredevils. That RCB still support Sarfaraz Khan is a good thing, but dropping Kedar Jadhav was a terrible move. That bloke's made for T20s! Rahul's one of the best openers in India, but not someone we'd want playing T20...
  18. Arjun

    **Official* IPL 2016

    Delhi have a good XI, but like a typical IPL team, are a fruit-salad selection, so they don't play well as a team. If only it wasn't a different salad each year, they'd do a lot better. Both teams packed as many overseas bowlers as they could- three full-fledged overseas bowlers on each side...
  19. Arjun

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    So now India play just one T20I this year. I wonder what to make of it, since they play very little T20I cricket in comparison to their NZ/WI counterparts. Ranji Trophy will be a pool to dip into, since we're now seeing consistent performances over the past 3 years. Plenty of Mumbai/Karnataka...
  20. Arjun

    Semi Final 2 - West Indies v India (31st March)

    Ideally, Dhawan shouldn't have been playing, while making a call on Yuvraj is a bit hard, since most of the pitches were hardly batting-friendly. But now they're stuck in a situation where anyone not named Kohli or Dhoni is either out of form or scoring too slowly. Pawan Negi, from this squad...

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