Dilip Doshi Dies In London Yesterday, as India and England were involved in a Slugfest on the 4th day of the Headingley Test, the news of Dilip Doshi’s death trickled in. One of India’s finest left-arm spinners breathed his last after a cardiac arrest in London. He was 77. Dilip Doshi, A 33 Test VeteranContinue reading “Dilip Doshi India’s Left Arm Spinner Passes Away”
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Team Announced For England Series: Shubhman Gill To Lead
The BCCI selection committee, headed by Ajit Agarkar, announced the Indian Squad, to be led by Shubhman Gill, for the upcoming 5-Match Test Series in England earlier today. Shubhman To Lead, Rishabh His Deputy Shubham Gill has been appointed the Captain for the series, with Rishabh Pant to be his deputy. While Sai Sudharsan, whoContinue reading “Team Announced For England Series: Shubhman Gill To Lead”
Rohit Sharma Gives Up His Whites, Retires From Tests
Rohit Retires In a surprising development, Rohit Sharma, India’s all-format captain, announced his retirement from Test Cricket and will not participate in the five-test tour to England beginning next month. The Immaculate Rohit The development has given me mixed feelings. Rohit Sharma is a true legend in whatever form of cricket, irrespective of the numbers.Continue reading “Rohit Sharma Gives Up His Whites, Retires From Tests”
India Announce Squad For Champions Trophy, Shami Returns
Mohd Shami, India’s bowling Star of the Cricket World Cup held in Oct 2023 has been picked to represent India in the Champions Trophy next month. Shami, after a long injury lay-off, during which he missed the Border-Gavaskar Series in Australia, would be donning Indian Colours once again. A big boost for the India Contingent.Continue reading “India Announce Squad For Champions Trophy, Shami Returns”
Ishan Kishan – Shreyas Iyer & The Umpire’s Call
The DRS in cricket has greatly reduced the imperfections and errors in decision making on the Field and has in a way minimised a lot of burden on the umpires. However, what has always intrigued me is the fact that the DRS technology in this digital age still remains indecisive at times, leading to theContinue reading “Ishan Kishan – Shreyas Iyer & The Umpire’s Call”
A Lifetime Achievement Award For Ravi Shastri
An Emotional Ravi Shastri The BCCI conferred Ravi Shastri with the C.K.Naidu Lifetime Achievement Award on the 23rd of January, in a glittering ceremony at Hyderabad, duly recognising Ravi Shastri’s contribution to Indian Cricket as a player, coach and commentator (Farokh Engineer and Dilip Vengsarkar too received the award). It was an emotional moment forContinue reading “A Lifetime Achievement Award For Ravi Shastri”
A Tale of Two Catches and a No Ball
The Two and a Half Day AffairsThe 3rd Test Match between India and Australia again ended in two and a half days. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been a limited affair when it comes to the number of days the 3 Test matches have lasted. To be precise only 7.5 days of cricket has taken placeContinue reading “A Tale of Two Catches and a No Ball”