The Pavilion View of Cricket

I read a friend’s Facebook status post, wondering about the changes we are witnessing  in the Indian team’s performance. To be precise, hi...

"Manzilein unki hoti hai jinki sapnon mein jaan hoti hai Kyonki pankhon se nahi, hauslon se udaan hoti hai" Sidhu goes overboa...

"I just want that someone in their 50s or 60s, when they talk about Brian Lara, they say `I enjoyed watching that guy playing cricket...

When Wasim & Waqar were in their playing days,  I used to hang around in a group of late teens / early 20's chaps who were more at...

In the morning this daily quote flashed up on my office desktop as I booted up the comp: “Nothing in the world can take the place of p...

I am yet to get over Virat Kohli's batsmanship in the Hobart ODI last month. Now we already have his killer touch again in the Mirpur w...

In year 2008 and at age 35 this man, Rahul Dravid, was beginning to miss catches which he would grab earlier at slip (and in sleep);  he wa...

Actually that thought, posted as subject line, came to my mind as I was browsing through some old Facebook posts in my profile. I came ac...

What goes up must come down. Likewise whatever gets previewed should also get reviewed - including the preview. Not that it is important to ...

Today a 'friend of friend' on Facebook stated sarcastically that he was 'glad that cricket was played mainly by 8 countries'...

Heaven. A cold morning of early January 2011. God sips coffee early in the morning and checks his mailbox. He was out of office for the D...

We were jointly watching the cup at my friend's place. Sometime around the 30th over of Indian chase, the spinners were losing control ...

During the Sri Lankan innings, Gambhir chased a ball and made a half-decent attempt to save a boundary off the last ball of the over. He fai...

Anyone out there still likening Zaheer Khan's Cup final performance of 2011 to his performance in 2003? DON'T EVEN!!!!! Zaheer only ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was part of the previous Indian world cup (2007) team that was eliminated early. He, in fact, was integrally involved i...

Who won the WORLD CUP since its inception (barring 1983, which was won by India)? 1) West Indies (1975, 1979)..& defeated in India...

As expected before the finals, the Indian players are nervously energetic. None of the Indian players has any idea of how the final will ...

The high voltage Ind Pak semifinal match of 2011 World Cup proved that pressure matches can also be played in good spirits. It also fina...

After Nehra's 1st over: Nehra - you must come good. You also got swing in 1st over. C'mon Upon my thoughts going back to Wahab Ri...

This is the video link of the famous desert storm innings, Sharjah 1998: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXRkHervQJc&feature=fvwrel In...