The Pavilion View of Cricket

Indian Cricket team do not have a Facebook account. They do have a Wall though. It keeps standing and doing its job come rain, ...

The customary glance from dinner table at IPL scores on SetMax told me Delhi had set an incredible 230 to Kings XI Punjab..Without looking a...

Have a look at this link Do you know what is Murali's jersey number this IPL? I did not notice until tonight that it is derived fro...

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...

A relieved Irfan Pathan turned up for a post-match interview after Delhi Daredevils' close win over Pune Warriors in IPLT20. They say Ir...

I was passing via drawing-n-dining room** when I glanced at the TV screen. An IPL match was on, as you would expect this time of the year ba...

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

Following on my previous posts ( this and this ) urging all of us to be more open and allow day-night first class cricket to happen: I ju...

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...

My appeal to any cricket followers that read this post by intent or by accident: ------------------------------- Please spare a thought ab...

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 ...

This is the 376th post in this blog. Hold your congratulations - I am concentrating on surpassing Lara's 400 right now.. Wish me luck!...

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...