Did “clashing ideologies,” as was being said until Ricky Ponting and Usman Khwaja spoke up and hit a discordant note, really “script an epic Ashes” series? Was it, as the Australian duo suggested, a bit of jiggery-pokery which may have sensationally fashioned the result of the Oval Test or was it the eternal “sour grapes” story playing out again?
Raju Mukherji, now 72, occasionally lets fall words and sentences which suggest he has finally put his feet up. That he hasn't come home when he lets you in on the drift of his thoughts on cricket.
Olympic football is for age-compliant players with a few big ones thrown into each team. Track and field has its own independent sources of sustenance.
The hosts thrashed the Dean Elgar-led Proteas by an innings and 276 runs in Christchurch with the tourists capitulating for 95 and 111 runs, respectively in the two innings.
New Zealand has repeatedly shown to be one of India's hardest opponents in ICC tournaments, the most recent being the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June. In the previous decade or so, India has crushed every competitive opposition team at ICC events, but they have yet to discover the secret of the Black Caps.
The redoubtable Sunil Gavaskar thinks India will win. But the independent view emanating from two former England helmsmen -- Michael Vaughan and Alastair Cook -- forecasts New Zealand are the favourites.
"Look at the other side of the ledger, and you look at Kohli, he is more of an aggressive captain," said Lee further.
The T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier is now confirmed to take place between 24 and 27 November in Nigeria involving Kenya, Nigeria, and the top teams from the Sub Regional Africa A and B Qualifiers respectively to allow sufficient time for the sub-regional qualifiers to be completed.
In August 2019, the company became the official jersey partner of the Indian cricket team.
"Women's cricket is as much affected as men's cricket. The planning is going ahead for the event and the situation is being monitored."
