India’s captain Rahul “the Wall” Dravid will be sitting out the next match against Sri Lanka to rest. He experienced leg cramps in the 5th game of the series, and wants to be in the best possible shape for game 7. The team, who already clinched the series of 7 one-day matches, has [...]
You know how much things have changed when the the favored team beats the underdogs but it feels like an upset! Sri Lanka played a very good came of cricket last night and finally managed to take down the Indian squad. This came at a pivitol time for the Sri Lankans, who, re-moralized, [...]
India has now officially clinched the series vs. Sri Lanka. I don’t like to make a lot of speculation on this site, but I am sensing maybe a 7-0 sweep could be in the works for India. The big star of the match, in my mind, was Captain Rahul Dravid. Besides giving [...]
The boys in blue have all but clenched this series of seven against Sri Lanka in the toughest game yet. After Sachin Tendulkar, a hero of the last two games, was dismissed early with only 2 runs to his name, things were looking grim. Soon, Sri Lankan ace Kumara Sangakkara had the Indians [...]
After an impressive showing at Mohali, India is now half way to clenching the 7 game series against Sri Lanka. Much credit must be given again to the Indian spinners, who bowled the Lankans out for a pathetic 122, even lower than their last score against India, and the lowest score for any one-dayer [...]
The underdogs have done it! Earlier today, Rahul Dravid led the Indian squad to a massive 350-198 victory against the heavily favored Sri Lankans, giving them a 1-0 lead in the nascent seven-match series.
Stars of the match included spinners Harbehajan Singh and Murali Katik, with three wickets each, and Sachin Tendulkar who [...]
It seems that Rahul Dravid is the only man on Earth who does not consider Sri Lanka the favorites to win in India tomorrow. It will be a hard match, and Lanka is favored, but sometimes the underdog does prevail. Stay tuned here for more on the India/Sri Lanka one day test!
Sri Lanka have a formidable record of 30-75, but still fear playing the Indians at India. Besides having an overseas record of just 11-75, they have not played in India in eight years, and have not played 7 one day matches for a long time.
From Web Mid Day:
“We know we have done well in [...]
Results are coming in slowly but surely, and the Dravid-led Indian squad is squaring off strongly vs. Sri Lanka. How is this done? Planning, practice, and determination. More details and results will be posted as they come on, but for now, take a look at this article from New Kerala about how [...]
Laxman, Zaheer left out
Coach Chappell is running the team the way he wants, finally, sidelining some old favorites in favor of younger bucks. Ganguly is injured of course, but Laxman, apparently, is just old. Same for Zaheer. Stepping up to take their places are 19-year old Kerala pacer S Sreesanth and Suresh [...]