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India gives Spirit of Cricket but does not receive it back down under

By Kersi Meher-Homji It’s a case of give, give and give but no happy returns for India. I am referring to the Tri-nation match between India and Australia and another defeat and controversy on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. True, India’s performance in Australia this summer, with few exceptions, has been pathetic. But when […]

Hold your head up, India; you lost but you won our esteem

Sir Don Bradman By Kersi Meher-Homji   Sri Lanka beat India by 51 runs in the Tri-Nation match in Brisbane last night (Tuesday the 22nd) to go ahead of India on the Points Table. The win was well-deserved but India’s captain Virender Sehwag and Little Master Sachin Tendulkar should hold their head high. Why, you […]

Cool Dhoni transforms India from ‘zeroes to heroes’

Mahendra Singh Dhoni By Kersi Meher-Homji Like billion other Indians I fretted and fumed last night (Sunday, 12th February) as I cajoled and yelled, “Come on Dhoni, stop this hit and run singles nonsense and start smashing fours and sixes.” India needed 27 runs off three overs, then 17 off two and 13 off the […]

Ash-wins it for India

By Kersi Meher-Homji   An unconvincing win but a victory all the same! Thanks to Ravichandran Ashwin’s all-round excellence and Virat Kohli’s never-say-die batting India defeated Sri Lanka last night (8 February) in Perth by four wickets with 20 balls to spare. On paper it looks an easy win but actually it was not. It […]

The Indians visit Australia

  By Lokesh Varma The wait is finally over. India’s first XI cricket team is finally here. As I sit at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) watching the first test match, the road to the last frontier is now occupied. The men in blue have embarked on their journey to finally win a Test series […]

Report Card on India’s debacle

Young, energetic and a true revelation Umesh Yadav By Dilip Mahanty The First Test between India and Australia in Melbourne which offered so much hope to Indian fans, was dashed to pieces through inept Indian batsmenship. Having put Australia under pressure for most of the match, the abject surrender of the batsmen when they were […]

An Australian study puts Sachin as the top willow wielder

  A study conducted by a Griffith university researcher has put Sachin as   the greatest cricketer of all time, Sachin Tendulkar has officially usurped Sir Don Bradman as the greatest Test batsman. A study done by an Australian professor found Tendulkar greater than Bradman. Researcher Dr Nicholas Rohde used economic theory to compare batsmen […]

Rahul Dravid’s speech at Sir Don Bradman’s Oration 2011

Rahul Dravid was invited to give an oratory speech at the Sir Don Bradman Oration 2011 at War Memorial in Canberra [youtube qr4bK63WxXY]

HE Sujatha Singh welcomes Indian cricket team in Canberra

  Her Excellency Sujatha Singh welcomes Indian Cricket Team at the Indian High Commission in Yaralumla, Canberra [youtube R79BmMG5fBI] HE Sujatha Singh’s welcoming speech for the Indian cricket team [youtube gnppXMOveng] Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s speech at the IndianHigh Commission Indian High Commissioner in Canberra Her Excellency Sujatha Singh on December 17 welcomed the Indian Cricket […]

Michael Clarke beware, Sehwag is breathing fire

Sensational double century by Sehwag By Kersi Meher-Homji  Last night India won the one-day international (ODI) series against the West Indies 4-1 yet cricket lovers have not stopped raving about Virender Sehwag’s spectacular and record breaking 219 at Indore last Thursday. Especially Australians as they will encounter the six-smashing fire-breathing phenomenon Sehwag in the Boxing […]