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  1. Inside the dressing room

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    / March 29, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Sachin spoke about it the other day. That what is spoken inside it should stay there. Rahul too mentioned the D-word the day before. That he will miss being a part of it. Both were referring to the `dressing room’. For long, cricket fans have used this term, without bothering...

  3. India’s first cricket museum. Howzat !

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    / January 3, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Indian cricket will see its first cricket museum being inaugurated today at Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai. This prestigious project will be inaugurated by the original Little Master, Sunil Gavaskar. And no prizes for guessing what is the first photo at the museum. Yes, of India winning the ICC World Cup...

  4. The Cup that cheers, is finally ours

    Posted by Vijaya Nadar
    / April 3, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Vijaya Nadar   What a night ! A night to beat all nights hollow. A night when the men in blue took centrestage, with a performance, none can find flaws in. Incredible to see the team which was faltering all along the World Cup, gain momentum and produce a...

  5. Blue is in ! One theme, one anthem, one colour !

    Posted by kamal kamaraju
    / April 3, 2011 / Leave a comment
    The pinks, the yellows, the whites and many more such colours which evoked varied emotions were thrashed out to welcome a new colour into the lives of 1.2 billion Indians yesterday. It was as if the entire country was celebrating a marriage of harmony. We could see children, youth and...

  6. Afridi and the Men in Green

    Posted by Mehmal Sarfraz
    / April 2, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Mehmal Sarfraz   On March 30, millions of hearts were broken while billions rejoiced when Pakistan lost the World Cup semi-final to India in Mohali. It was the biggest and the most important match of this grand tournament. Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter were abuzz with Pakistanis...

  7. Will India Lord it over Mumbai?

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    / March 31, 2011 / 2 Comments
    My colleague in Bangalore, Vasanthi Hariprakash, a self-confessed cricket-hater posted this on Facebook the morning after the Mohali clash : “Now I realise, I should have gone to Tirupati yesterday. I am sure there would have been no soul, no queue either for darshan or for the world-famous laddoo !”...

  8. The Wednesday at Mohali

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    / March 28, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By T S Sudhir“Mohali mein hum itne chauke-chhake maarenge ki confuje ho jaaoge ki boundary pe khade ho ki border pe!!!” This Salman Dabangg Khan inspired joke is just one of the hundreds that facebook and twitter are brimming with, ever since India ruined Punter Ricky Ponting’s dream of another...

  9. A chance for peace beyond the boundary

    Posted by Bilal Naqeeb
    / March 26, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Bilal Naqeeb   These days thanks to the performance of Shahid Afridi and his boys in the World Cup, cricket is successfully treating the trauma of Pakistani people who have been severely hit with terrorism during last few years. In addition to economic and social losses, terrorism also deprived Pakistan of the...

  10. Beware, Pink Kevin O’Brien could leave Dhoni red in the face !

    Posted by Vijaya Nadar
    / March 4, 2011 / 2 Comments
     By Vijaya Nadar   The turning point in this World Cup so far has been the sensational win posted by Ireland over England, which could even knock off the latter from a spot in the quarter-finals. With the ICC threatening to keep out the minnows of the next edition of...

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