Posts Tagged ‘Zaheer Khan’
A Mismatch To Be Remembered!
Billed as the contest of the year, this Test series will instead go down as the biggest anti-climax in the history of cricket. There is not a champion side that has taken such a beating as India, just short of leaving them gasping for breath in every match, nay every session. Meanwhile, staking their claim to be the best side in the world never [...]
How did Indian bowling get so poor?
We marvel in the genius of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. Our fathers swore by Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin. Their fathers thought as much about Vijay Manjrekar and Vijay Hazare. In all these years if the myriad generations of cricket lovers in this country have been united in praise [...]
India announce team for 2010 T20 World Cup
The Indian squad for the T20 World Cup in the West Indies has been announced and the fifteen names chosen are on expected lines. Squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan, Dinesh Karthik, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, [...]
2010 IPL: Feroz Shah Kotla on the mend
The last time Tillakaratne Dilshan batted at the Feroz Shah Kotla was in December last year. He faced Zaheer Khan first up and got banged on his helmet. Now batting in the IPL for Delhi Daredevils, yet still facing Mumbai Indians’ Zaheer, he wouldn’t have given ‘that’ ill-prepared pitch another thought. For his team was attempting to chase [...]
IPL 2010: Mumbai Indians Preview
2009 Record: Seventh 2008 Record: Fifth Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Dwayne Bravo, JP Duminy, Shikhar Dhawan, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Zaheer Khan, Dhawal Kulkarni, Chandan Madan, Lasith Malinga, Ishan Malhotra, Ryan McLaren, Ali Murtaza, Graham Napier, Abhishek Nayar, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu, Rajagopal Sathish, [...]
A satisfying season
With the ODI series win against South Africa, a highly satisfying season for the Indian cricket team has come to an end. It has been one of many highs and some disappointing lows. Wining the tri-series in Sri Lanka while playing on poorly prepared pitches was an ideal start, though that waned off when Champions Trophy in South Africa and the ODI [...]
