* * * 23rd March, 2003 We didn\’t have cable TV at home. It had always been deemed a \’distraction\’ towards our academic performance. However, as luck would have it, my granddad, a devout cricket fan, had decided to visit us a couple of months earlier and my father had to, grudgingly, get Doordarshan SportsContinue reading “The Cricket World Cups Of Our Lives”
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India vs. South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Preview, Predictions, Key Players, Strategies, Match-Ups & Everything Else
Once more into the breach, dear friends? At the onset of yet another Indian World Cup campaign (for anyone doubting where my loyalties lie), there is hope like never before. Sure, there was hope in 2011 as well but this time there is a formidable bowling line-up that doesn\’t include Sreesanth. In the other cornerContinue reading “India vs. South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Preview, Predictions, Key Players, Strategies, Match-Ups & Everything Else”
Why I Feel Virat Kohli, And Not Sachin Tendulkar, Is Indian Cricket\’s Biggest Inspiration
Sachin Tendulkar never inspired me. When I started getting into cricket at the age of 9, Sachin was already a nationwide phenomenon. Cricket fans at the turn of the century were witness to the birth of a contagious, ill-fated cult of personality. Sachin had become omnipresent in Indian pop culture. He could make a nationContinue reading “Why I Feel Virat Kohli, And Not Sachin Tendulkar, Is Indian Cricket\’s Biggest Inspiration”
Why I Stopped Loving Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Long locks, a classical Maharaja-esque countenance, a subconscious shrug, a conscious ball smashing bravado and the bursts of childlike impishness. That was the Dhoni I first saw, that was the Dhoni that caused love at first sight. That was also the Dhoni I lost, and the Dhoni I never saw again. Unlike Sachin, Sehwag, Dravid,Continue reading “Why I Stopped Loving Mahendra Singh Dhoni”
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