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Posts Tagged ‘Zimbabwe’

The Ghost Hundred

The Ghost Hundred

To see is to believe. Quite literally perhaps, for that must be the main reason why Adam Gilchrist’s thunderous hundred in the 2007 World Cup final against Sri Lanka was proclaimed the best-ever knock in the quadrennial event by Castrol Index Ratings. Other notable contenders included Aravinda De Silva’s match-winning hundred in the 1996 event [...]

Three reasons to be happy about India’s T20 World Cup exit

Three reasons to be happy about India’s T20 World Cup exit

Hardly four days have passed since India’s painful exit from the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and we have heard all kinds of sinister stories on TV channels and leading newspapers of the country. Unfit players, fitter coaches, unruly skipper, pub brawls, torn t-shirts and quiet flights back home have some how ironically overshadowed that [...]

Suresh Raina to lead India in Zimbabwe

Suresh Raina will lead India on their limited overs tour of Zimbabwe, which is scheduled to begin in June. Raina leads a side without a number of high-profile players who have been rested - regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior players Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Ashish Nehra will not be [...]