SRI'S Blog

I was waiting for the past two weeks before I wrote this post with immense satisfaction and the result of the third ODE was just wonderful to savour and so this happy post ! As Dhoni smashed Tim Bresnan over for a four that signalled the India's third successive win in the current ODI series, the crowd at Mohali launched in to Bhangra and with that the series was in the bags of the Indian team. Too much was spoken about England's win in the English Summer, couple of months ago and I think this sport is a great leveller and England are back to the ground. Virat Kohli said before the start of the series that we ( India ) did very well in England in the ODI but were done in by the Weather , Duckworth Lewis method and dame luck ! How true .. The weather gods did not intervene in Hyderabad , Delhi and Mohali and so no Duckworth Lewis and the luck factor simply went away from the English. Of course , the weather ( hot ) did influence the English performance …. Dhoni went through a le...

The Indian Cricket team tour of England has finally ended. It was one of those tours that Indian Cricket lovers ,would like to forget. A test series washout ,( lost all the four tests ), lost the one off T- 20 match and a performance in the ODI not supported by the result ( Series lost but the result could have been more favourable to the Indian team ). The team did not win a single match except the side county practice matches that it played against local teams and this "no win "must be a record of sorts for the ODI World Cup holders. While it is easy to criticise , many things went against Team India and Dhoni's lady luck deserted him totally. Some thoughts and comments : A total of ten players were injured as the tour progressed and replacements were sent in. I am not sure if any touring team called in for ten replacements on a tour . There was a eleventh injury on the final ODI ( Munaf Patel ). It is difficult to plan your team options in this situation. It is incredi...