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Australia vs India 2013
Mon, August 25 2014
Rohit Sharma’s 209: Comparisons with Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag’s double tons
Rohit Sharma made his entry in the elite club of double centurions in One-Day International (ODI) cricket. Rohit’s innings of 209 was the third ODI double century after Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 200 against South Africa at Gwalior in 2010 and Virender Sehwag’s 219 against West Indies at Indore in 2011.
Mon, August 25 2014
Ravindra Jadeja’s analysis of 100 ODI wickets
Ravindra Jadeja became the third Indian left-arm spinner after Ravi Shastri and Yuvraj Singh to take 100 One-Day International (ODI) wickets. Sarang Bhalerao analyses Jadeja’s figures for India in details.
Mon, August 25 2014
India register 2nd most successful run-chase in ODI cricket
For a statistician, after Australia scored 359 for five in 50 overs, there were several things that delighted us. This was the third time Australia had scored 359 runs against India. The first occasion was the World Cup final at Johannesburg where India were beaten by 125 runs after Ricky Ponting’s magnificent unbeaten 140 runs. The second occasion was in the tri-series final against at the Sydney Cricket Ground which India lost comprehensively.
Mon, August 25 2014
Dinesh Karthik — The fall guy of Indian cricket
Dinesh Karthik did nothing wrong to deserve the axe from the selectors before the One-Day International series against Australia. He made way for the in-form Yuvraj Singh and lost out to Ambati Rayudu, who the selectors wanted to give a proper chance. Sarang Bhalerao takes a look at Karthik’s chequered international career and finds out whether he is the fall guy of Indian cricket.
Sun, August 24 2014
India squad for Australia series 2013: Too many bowlers spoil the broth?
India announced a 15-man squad for the one-off Twenty20 International and the first three of seven One-Day Internationals against Australia later this month. While all the focus and the debates have centred on the comeback of Yuvraj Singh and the exclusion of Dinesh Karthik and Umesh Yadav, Jaideep Vaidya goes behind the scenes and analyses the balance of the squad, while comparing it to Australia's.
Wed, August 20 2014
India vs Australia 2013: Five talking points from the Border-Gavaskar series
MS Dhoni-led India reversed their 4-0 drubbing in the Australian summer of 2011-12 to vanquish Michael Clarke’s team by a similar margin a year later at home to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Like
Tue, August 19 2014
Arthur, Clarke and Dovey were right in axing Watson, Johnson, Pattinson and Khawaja
Trailing 0-2 in the four-match series, Australia have shot themselves in the foot, not once, but four times, by disallowing Shane Watson, James Pattinson, Mitchell Johnson and Usman Khawaja, from being in contention for the upcoming Mohali Test against India. However, once all the anger and the Twitter jibes have subsided, Jaideep Vaidya says that one would realise it was the correct call to take.
Tue, August 19 2014
India vs Australia 2013: Tendulkar and Dhoni positives ahead of 2nd Test, Ojha’s exclusion a howler
On a typical Martian Chennai track, India thumped Australia by eight wickets in the first Test to open their account in the four-match Border Gavaskar Trophy. As the teams gear up for the second Test in Hyderabad, Jaideep Vaidya lists five talking points from the Chennai rubber:
Tue, August 19 2014
India vs Australia, 1st Test at Chennai: India likely to test Michael Clarke’s men with mega dose of spin
Your money would be safe on India going in with four spinners — Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja — against Australia in the first Test at Chennai starting on Friday, Jaideep Vaidya says the four-Test series provides a great opportunity for MS Dhoni’s men to regain their lost reputation in whites.