India Vs England, 4th Test Match, Day 3: Finally Indian cricket team has entered into the Final of World Test Championship!! Well done!!  They have been magnificent throughout. Despite the changes in calculation rules mid-way through the WTC, they have still managed to reach the final with series wins over Australia and England Final frontier is facing NZ at Lord's. India have only lost one series in WTC and that was against NZ, so they'll have chance to set that record straight too. Of course qualifying for WTC was important, but these two coming-from-behind series wins- one in A ..read more

Day 1, 4th Test match between India and England:  Ultra-defensive approach from #England here. They have picked 8 batsmen and 3 bowlers. Yes Stokes and Root can bowl, but this can backfire.  Now, look at the first wicket #AxarPatel got today, there was nothing wrong with pitch, ball didn't even turn, it's all in the mind of the batsman #DomSibley who just stood there doing nothing and got bowled inside-edge to a straight ball. After that, #Crawley threw wicket away by trying to go over the top before getting set. If this is how they are going to bat, then Axar will get them out ev ..read more

Big test match win for Indian Cricket Team! Of course the series and chances of getting into World Test Championship final are still hanging in balance. So, the job is not yet done, but incredible performance from India to bounce back after  to England defeat in first test. Rohit Sharma gave India the head start with high-class and big hundred on first day. He played a Sehwag-like knock on difficult turning track. Rohit is kind of an impact player, the longer he stays at the crease the more damage is done to the opposition, because he played with intent and wasn't afraid to play sh ..read more

My favourite sports campaign - '#GameBanayegaName'. In last few years, we have seen some truly brilliant sports campaigns on digital media and TV also.  Fan engagement is an important aspect of it, but I think what's even more important is the inspirational thoughts and wisdom being conveyed to young fans through these campaigns. That's why I loved this '#GameBanayegaName' campaign that was run before and during #VIVOIPL2019 by Star sports India. Some really important things were told subtly through this campaign. We see the huge glamour and big money these sports stars get ..read more

For many years, Cricket is the only sport that has been followed at such large scale and cricketers have been worshipped by masses. One reason is the tremendous success that India has enjoyed in Cricket at the top level, but also the financial support and exposure it has got. It's not like fans in India do not like other sports and players in other sports, but they were never exposed to other sports. How can you like something if you haven't seen it, right? Obviously there were some examples of occasional individual brilliance in other sports that had caught the attention, but cer ..read more

As a kid I used to listen to the stories of fearsome fast bowling quartet West Indies had in 70's and 80's and of brilliant spin bowling quartet that India had in 60's and 70's from my parents.  I myself grew up watching likes of Brett Lee and Shane Bond terrorizing batsmen with their genuine pace and watching Kumble and Harbhajan spinning web around batsmen as well. I always dreamt about Indian Cricket team having best fast bowling attack in the world, but never actually thought this would become reality so soon. This doesn't mean India never had good fast bowlers before, but we n ..read more

Let's all hope Jasprit Bumrah remains fit and plays for a long long time. What a bowler!! A very special player!! He has incredible accuracy, lightening pace, can swing the ball both ways, has toe-crushing yorkers, a well directed bouncer. He is a complete fast bowler with every weapon ready his in repertoire. One more thing which makes him lethal is he's relentless, does not give a breathing space to batsmen. He has calm and shrewd head on his shoulders.  He seems to be in control and with the plan all the time. One of the hardest working players and a quick learner.  A find of IPL no ..read more

“Tendulkar has carried this burden on his shoulders for more than 20 years, it’s time we carry him on our shoulders” These were the words of 22 year old Virat Kohli just after India had won their 2ndODI World Cup on the glorious evening of 2nd April 2011 and these weren’t just some hollow words to attract headlines, he has actually been walking that talk ever since. He’s literally carried Indian Cricket for last 7-8 years.           In 2006, he was playing a domestic game against Karnataka and his father died of stroke, he continued playing; he made 90 for his team and then went f ..read more