Category archives for: Sport

Another IPL, another crisis

              By Gaurav Joshi The IPL is into its ninth season and it still keeps producing talent and drawing fans through the gates.   However, it is never short of controversies and this year once again it has been muddled by government politics in fight for the upper hand […]

Dhoni – stumped Ashwin bowled Kohli

                Gaurav Joshi is frustrated at India’s loss to West Indies in the final fatal over   It is the last over in the World T20 semi-final in Mumbai and West Indies need eight runs to win. Ravi Ashwin, India number one bowler, is ignored by his most […]

Will Kohli’s cover drives neutralise Gayle’s six hitting in tonight’s semi-final?

                  Kersi Meher-Homji looks at replays and statistics and does some wishful thinking England is in the World T20 final beating New Zealand by 7 wickets. Now we await the winner of India and West Indies tonight. Or rather on April Fool morning, Sydney time! What a […]

Leg spinners have played important role in recent World T20

                                                          Rashid Khan, Shahid Afridi, Jeffrey Vandersay and Adil Rehman By Gaurav Joshi Picking leg spinners in T20 cricket was always considered a risky business. However, in […]

Secret behind New Zealand success

              Gaurav Joshi takes us behind nets to demonstrate how planned practise leads to success It is a hot afternoon at the PCA stadium in Mohali, behind the PCA member’s stands. New Zealand team is going through rigorous training session ahead of their match against Pakistan. It seems like […]

Will India enter the World T20 semi-final tonight?

  By Kersi Meher-Homji I have two predictions for this must win ‘quarter final’ World T20 match between India and Australia at Mohali tonight. First prediction is that India will win narrowly and I’ll give reasons for this soon. My second prediction is that a majority of Indians in Australia will stay awake till 4 […]

Magic of India Pakistan matches

                    Gaurav Joshi describes the atmosphere before during and after the India-Pakistan thriller in Kolkata which India won by six wickets The sun rises very early in Kolkata. To be exact it was at 5.41am that the first rays of the sun appeared over the Hubli […]

Do or die for India at Kolkata on Saturday in World T20

  Gaurav Joshi is ready with his binoculars to report on the Indo-Pak classic tomorrow on March 19, 2016 Nagpur is the centre of India, the temperature touches 40 °C on most days, the ground is situated nearly 15km outside of city centre and the ICC chairman also hails from the city making it the […]

ICC World T20 World Cup Preview and Predictions

                As India and the cricket fans all over the world warm up to the T20 World Cup tonight, Gaurav Joshi reports live from India summing up the heated scenario…   There have been five different ICC T20 World Cups [World T20] and five different winners. It sums […]

First National Indigenous Women’s Team to Tour of India

              Ashleigh Gardner, NSW  will captain the team   By Kersi Meher-Homji Coinciding with International Women’s Day, an Indigenous women’s team was announced today at a special reception in Canberra hosted by Governor-General, His Excellency Sir Peter Cosgrove and Lady Cosgrove. History was made as this first national Indigenous […]