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India wins the inaugural T20 Asia Cup

  By Kersi Meher-Homji Rain or storm, India kept up her magnificent form to win the T20 Asia Cup defeating the host nation Bangladesh by eight wickets with seven balls remaining on Sunday night at Mirpur in Bangladesh. This was India’s sixth Asia Cup victory, the previous thirteen Asia Cups were in the 50-overs version, […]

Kohli brilliant as India thrashes Pakistan in Asia Cup T20 match

                  Hardik Pandya bowled  3 for 8 in 3.3 overs By Kersi Meher-Homji In the inaugural Twenty20 Asia Cup match currently played in Bangladesh, India beat traditional rivals Pakistan by five wickets on Saturday (27 February). Sent in to bat by India’s skipper MS Dhoni on a […]

A six lifts our mind, body and spirit

  By Kersi Meher-Homji A six takes you right into the game, breaking all barriers between players and spectators. It was always a thing of beauty and joy forever but IPL in India and BBL in Australia have made it a household name. How many batsmen have hit six sixes in an over? Not one […]

IPL invests locally; Watson wins among overseas players

            Pawan Negi got the second highest bid at Rs. 8.5 crores   Shane Watson’s 124 in 71 deliveries in the last T20 against India at the SCG may have influenced the India Premier League’s (IPL) bidders to go for him for the highest money offered to an overseas player […]

India whitewash Australia in another SCG thriller

                    By Kersi Meher-Homji India won the Twenty20 International (T20I) series 3-0 by clinching the final match on the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) off the last ball. Only eight days ago India had beaten Australia in the last over of the final one-day international (ODI) also […]

India rules on the field and in the stands

                                                                            The Indians on January 31st in Sydney for the  Third  T 20 match were on cloud nine […]

Melbourne magic for India’s women and men

              Unbeaten Kohli with 90 in the fitst T20 and 59 in the second By Kersi Meher-Homji Another night, another magic moment for India’s Women’s and Men’s cricket teams! Both had beaten their Australian counterparts in their first T20 internationals in Adelaide on Tuesday the 26th. Last night [the […]

Sania and Dodig beat Paes and Hinges in mixed doubles quarter finals

                India’s tennis star Sania Mirza  and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig entered the mixed doubles semifinals at the Australian Open after posting straight-set  win over defending champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, in Melbourne on Thursday January 27, 2016. Sania and Dodig took exactly one hour and […]

India’s men and women teams celebrate Republic Day with wins

              Impressive, Harmanpreet Kaur judged Person of the Match as the top scoring cricketer with her 46 runs   By Kersi Meher-Homji What a day, what a way to celebrate India’s Republic Day! Cheered on by over 40,000 spectators, many dressed in Indian tricolours, India under MS Dhoni defeated […]

Pandey’s timely ton leads India to a thrilling win in Sydney

              Manish Pandey is congratulated for his ton at the 5th ODI between India and Australia By Kersi Meher-Homji   I had headlined my yesterday’s story in e-TIDU: “Will India turn it around in Sydney today?” They certainly did, thanks to two youngsters, batsman Manish Pandey and medium-pacer Jasprit […]