By Gaurav Joshi Ranchi: During the heated final day in Bangalore, David Warner worked a Ravi Ashwin delivery off his pads through the leg-side, the ball thudded into Cheteshwar Pujara pads at short leg and came to a halt. Pujara ever so gently picked it up and tried to throw down the stumps with […]
By Gaurav Joshi Ranchi: Ever since the first picture of the Ranchi pitch started to circulate on social media the criticism started to blow out of proportions. It had an abnormal dark look and the water that was sprinkled gave it a look that was termed as ‘ugly’. Standing pitch side and keeping a […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Wonders will never cease. Down in the dumps after being thrashed by 333 runs by Australia in the first Test at Pune and being shot out for 189 runs in the first innings of the second Test at Bengaluru, India proved all experts, gurus and pandits wrong by beating Australia by 75 […]
By Gaurav Joshi Before the current series between India and Australia in India, the last time Virat Kohli had shouldered arms to a ball that crashed into his off-stump was against England at Lord’s in 2014. The ball would start a rotten trot for Kohli, as he failed […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji India snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the first One Day International against England at Pune yesterday (15th January). Virat Kohli captaining India won the toss and decided to field. He must have regretted the decision as England smashed 7 for 350 in 50 overs, a run rate of 7 […]
BOOK REVIEW By Kersi Meher-Homji Test of Character – Confessions of Cricket Legends by Jeremy Wilshire, Echo Publishing, Australia, $34.95, 384 pages. Many books on cricket are written these days, mostly by retired Test greats – often ghosted. But Test of Character is different. Honestly written, evocative and at times controversial, this book takes readers […]
Kersi Meher-Homji sings after India trounces England by an innings again What a magnificent series victory for India, 4-0. The last two Tests – at Chennai and Mumbai – were won by innings! Surprisingly, England lost these Tests after winning the toss and scoring more than 400 runs in the first innings. This is a […]
Commentary of three derby matches in this season’s KFC Big Bash League (BBL) and Rebel Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) will be made available live to Australia’s Indian community in Hindi via the Cricket Australia Live app and cricket.com.au to cater to cricket’s diverse fan base. The initiative is a result of the partnership between […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Accompanied by deafening cheers India convincingly defeated England by an innings to pocket the series 3-0 with the final Test to be played in Chennai. The heroes of this facile victory were skipper Virat Kohli and spinning all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin, After the first Test in Rajkot was drawn, India won the next […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji As India under the dynamic skipper Virat Kohli gets ready to play the fourth Test against England in Mumbai on Thursday I remember the December 1951Test I had watched between India and England in Bombay (now Mumbai). A Test in Mumbai makes me feel nostalgic. I fondly remember the first […]