‘Man was making plans and God laughed’

The Mumbai Test showed that when a team is highly motivated, determined and focused on the job at hand, crisis can be turned into opportunity. It’s characteristics of a team that is hungry for victory. And England has shown that they are hungrier than Team India. Man proposes, God disposes The plans of depriving the England batsmen ...

England-back to basics

England must go back to the basics England batsmen except for Alastair Cook, who looked relaxed mentally and physically, had the right anxiety level and that reflected in his early judgment of the line and length of the delivery, which helped him in decisive footwork and decision making. He was sure of his defence and the close-in ...

Big test for Duncan Fletcher

Big test for Duncan Fletcher and Team India It’s not easy to fill in the crater created by the retirements of two greats, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. But it’s extremely important that Team India’s Generation Next quickly establish themselves in the Test arena. In that respect, the India-England Test series starting on Thursday is critical ...

Harbhajan’s – Up’s and Down,

Harbhajan’s – Up’s and Down, Time to go up again!!! India captain MS Dhoni is making the right noises. He said that there is hardly any off-spinner who could hit the rib-cage area of the batsmen. Harbhajan Singh responded to that statement: “Even I have not seen anyone hitting the rib cage. But I would like to ...