Blaming Dhoni for the defeat is pointless!

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The writing was on the wall for many many weeks. The India T-20 World Cup squad was basically a good team, capable of winning any cricket tournament. Unfortunately, it is also the most over-worked team in the world. Mahindra Singh Dhoni, the captain himself could do with some much needed rest. It is absolutely insane [...]

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India has failed to develop a cricket culture!

Posted on April 2, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

Winning international cricket matches is important for a country like India but a sustained long term development of talent is imperative. It was on June 25, 1932 that India started playing international Test Cricket and during these 77 years it has achieved a lot. Currently India is doing rather well in Twenty20 cricket as well [...]

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South Africa is an excellent choice for IPL-2

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Pavan Gupta

The BCCI decision to move the IPL tournament to South Africa is prudent and in many ways path breaking. Cricket is like a religion in India. People are not only passionate about the game, they worship our cricket icons. Taking any chances with their security would have been irresponsible for the Board of Control for [...]

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The decency of a boy from Bihar!

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the current captain of the Indian Cricket Team, was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar (now Jharkhand). His parents, Pan Singh and Devaki Dev moved from Almora District of Uttarakhand to Ranchi before he was born. This kid from Ranchi had the decency to honor his former captain Sourav Ganguly, [...]

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Mumbai Mob is on the way out of BCCI…

Posted on September 28, 2008 by Pavan Gupta

Former India cricket captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth became the new Chairman of the National Senior Cricket Selection Committee on September 27, 2008 replacing Dilip Vengsarkar at the helm of affairs. Sharad Pawar stepped down as the Board President of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and was succeeded [...]

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