Professor Pattu | Avijit Das Patnaik
India have landed in Australia with a starting XI having more international runs, wickets, catches and experience than their counterparts. The only area where the host XI outpowers them would be fielding. Even in exposure to tough situations, sledging and...
0 CommentsThree exciting Tests were played over the past two months and here's a comparison of their numbers: Test Runs Wkts Ave innings score RPO Overs Wkts to pace Wkts to spin A 841 49 210 3.00 285 53% 48% B...
0 CommentsI hope the debate on Ravichandran Ashwin's ability to close out the Mumbai test ends by the time this hits print. Hopefully he doesn't let this affect him. The young man is having a whirlwind month - first Test match,...
1 CommentsIn my 25 years of cricket worshipping, I haven't met a better trivia man and thinker than Bhasky. Even in his sleep he can describe every moment of Indian cricket; from the ordinary to the extraordinary; from Kapil Dev's swinging...
0 CommentsHuman beings are hypocrites, lack reasoning and can be easily manipulated. This was my conclusion after running through the thousands of updates on social media on Asif, Amir and Salman - the three cricketers banned in cricket's yet another match...
0 CommentsThe experts conclusions after the recent cricket exchanges between India and England are that England are a poor ODI team and India are traditionally unbeatable at home. Logically, both the theories are out of place. England are the number one...
0 CommentsSo the "men in blue" brought back the smiles and gifted us a great Diwali. India's 5-0 whitewash can't really be equated with Lord Ram's revenge over Raavan, nor elevated to one for the summer of 2011. Nevertheless, it was...
0 CommentsEngland's honeymoon domination over India lasted all of two hours in Indian soil. At Hyderabad, once Patel and Pietersen combined together to dismiss Virat Kohli, reducing India to 123/4 at 28.5 overs, my social media pages started getting swamped with...
0 CommentsSreenath Aravind was surprised to hear he was selected to play for India in the first two ODIs vs England - according to reports. Surprised! This is an emotion you attach with an unexpected event. An event when you are...
0 CommentsThe Indian squad which had won the Prudential World cup in 1983 had a large share of multi skilled players - Mohinder Amarnath, Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev, Kirmani, Kirti Azad, Madan Lal, Roger Binny and Ravi Shastri. All the said...
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