In India Mumbai is regarded as the capital of Indian Cricket for very obvious reasons One being, the first Indian playing as a team was the Parsis of Bombay, and another being Indian Cricket has always been dominated by Mumbai Cricketers, still few years back. There are two other places which also place a [...]

V. V. S. Laxman also known as Venkatsai Laxman scored 281 runs against Australia in the 2nd Match of series at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 15 March 2001. In this match, Australia batted first and scored 445 runs in the first innings. Steve Waugh scored 110 runs in that innings which lift Australia from 256 [...]

During this Series, a number of controversies took place. There were three major controversies: Racial Allegation, unfair play and poor umpiring. This blog mainly emphasizes on Racial Allegation. Racial Allegations The Indian off-spinner and the star Australian batsman were involved in the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ scandal during a Test match at Sydney in 2007-08 series down [...]

The Second Test of the India’s Australian tour was a controversial Test cricket match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from 2 to 6 January, 2008. Australia won the First Test played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by 337 run and was seeking a 16th consecutive Test win to equal the record set by Steve Waugh’s team. With the help of unfair play from Australians, [...]

In the Indian cricket team’s tour of Australia for the 2007–08, The Second Test was a controversial Test cricket match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from 2 to 6 January, 2008. In this match, a number of mistakes were made by the international umpires Steve Bucknor and Mark Benson. There were many wrong decisions made by the umpires against both the teams. The [...]

Indian Fast bowler Ishant Sharma bowled just 5.3 overs in the first day of the first practice match against Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI, who placed a total of 398 runs for 6  and declared in the first innings after dual centuries from Wes Robinson and Tom Cooper at the Manuka Oval on Thursday. Ishant is [...]

Harbhajan Singh Plaha was born on 3rd July, 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India and commonly known as Bhajji is an Indian cricketer. Bhajji is the most successful off spin bowler who has the second-highest number of Test wickets behind Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. Harbhajan is an attacking bowler who is known for his ball control and ability to vary his length and pace. [...]

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman also known as V. V. S. Laxman was born on 1st November, 1974. Laxman is a right-handed famous for his batting against Australia, both in Tests and One Day Internationals and also noted for his superb timing and the ability to hit against the spin. He is always considered as the rescue man when all [...]

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born 24 April 1973 in Mumbai, India and also known as “Little Master” and the “Cricketing God” is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket and currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and One Day Internationals. Tendulkar is the most complete batsman [...]

In the game of cricket, Fast Bowling is a technique by which a person runs up to the wickets and throws the ball to the batsman and trying to hit the wicket to get the batsman out. A bowler is a player whose specialty is bowling. There are three types of bowling: Fast, Medium and Spin Bowling. The Blog will [...]

In the game of cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgments on the cricket field. Cricket is a sport that is played around the world in several different countries. An umpire is responsible for the calling of many rules of the game and also keeps the record of the deliveries and [...]

The name “Cricket” have been derived from the Middle Dutch word krick (-e) which means a stick or the Old English word cricc or cryce which means a crutch or staff. Cricket has been played as a recognized sport since the early 18th century.  The first match of cricket was played in Sussex, England in 1697. The game of cricket is known to [...]