Category archives for: Sport

India wins the fifth ODI vs Australia, finally!

                  Enthusiastic Indian fans (as always) at the Bill O’Reilly stand when the last ODI was being played at the SCG on January 23 that is today.  It is as if their prayers were answered when India beat Australia to score a consolation win in a series […]

Will India turn it around in Sydney today?

                  Come on India! Virat and Shikhar we need a win today!! By Kersi Meher-Homji So far India’s tour of Australia this month has been a huge disappointment. Magnificent starts followed by miserable heart-wrenching finishes. It has followed a deplorable pattern. In Perth Rohit Sharma hit a […]

The Indians are coming, the Indians are here

                By Kersi Meher-Homji It seems as if Australia is the second home for Indian cricketers these days. From December 2014 to January 2015 they played four Tests in Australia followed by an ODI (One Day International) Tri series against Australia and England and then the World Cup […]

Dhanyavaad to Dhanawade

              Pranav Dhanavade, India’s gifted young cricketer hit 129 fours and 59 sixers  to reach  his record breaking 1009 run score By Kersi Meher-Homji If a fictional book had described a match in which a batsman played an unbeaten innings of 1009 runs, readers would have condemned it as […]

Darshak Mehta is a man of many parts

                Darshak Mehta with Steve Waugh By Kersi Meher-Homji Darshak Mehta is one of the most well-known and well-liked Indians in Australia. His name pops up when you mention cricket or charity down under. He served as Chairman of The LBW (Learning for a Better World) Trust which […]

India smashes South Africa to smithereens

              Rejoicing the victory, Man of the Match Ajinkya Rahane By Kersi Meher-Homji   Yesterday was a marvellous day for Indian cricket. It can be compared to India lifting the World Cup in 1983 and in 2011! Not only did India defeated South Africa, currently ranked no. 1 in […]

Ashwin’s spin magic behind India’s series win

By Kersi Meher-Homji As Australians were obsessed with the inaugural day-night pink ball Test in Adelaide, India’s off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was slicing through South Africa’s strong batting line up in Nagpur. He captured 7 for 66 in the second innings and 12 for 98 in the Test as India defeated South Africa (S.Af) by 124 […]

India spins out top-ranked South Africa

                Ravichandran Ashwin congratulated by Virat Kohli By Kersi Meher-Homji   What a start for the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy! Yesterday on a turning tract India defeated South Africa by 108 runs in the first Test at Mohali with more than two days to spare. There were many heroes but […]

Sachin Tendulkar urges cricketing ties between India and Pakistan to improve relations

                NEW YORK: Asserting that cricketing ties can help improve relations, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has urged the governments of India and Pakistan to resume the bilateral series which has been stalled due to political tension. “These are issues which the two countries’ governments need to decide. I […]

Scintillating Sehwag says farewell to cricket

                  By Kersi Meher-Homji Virender Sehwag who recently announced his retirement from cricket was a spectators’ delight, a six-o-maniac who skied balls for sixes whether he was on naught or 99 and had the twenty-twenty vision to see the ball a fraction earlier than most batsmen. I […]