Indian team in a jubilant mood after defeating Pakistan in the finals of the the inaugural T20 World Cup for blind. The match was played at Bangalore. India had only lost to Pakistan in the group stage and thrashed Sri Lanka in the semifinal. Pakistan had thrashed England by nine wickets in the semifinals. In the recent […]
Author Archives: Ankit
Indian Womens Cricket team become the champions – defeat Pakistan in T20 Asia Cup
Congratulations to the Indian Women Cricket Team for clinching the Asia Cup Women T20 tournament. They defeated Pakistan team in the title clash.
The dilemma of flawed averages in Cricket
A batting average in cricket is simply the runs scored divided by the number of innings played. Remember only the innings in which a batsman got out are considered. Thus if a batsman scored 3203 runs in the 100 innings he played and he was not-out 20 times, will result in an average of 3203/80 […]
Cricketer performance analysis – Suresh Raina’s batting
Suresh Raina is one of the iconic Indian cricketers. He is an asset for the team – a good batsman, a great fielder and a handy bowler. This post will revisit Raina’s batting career in all the three formats of the game. The post will not access his bowling and fielding capabilities. He made his […]
Party time!
What you shouldn’t do…
Cricket, baseball and tennis!
Can you think of some similarities between cricket, baseball and lawn tennis? Probably they are all played with balls and bats/rackets, all require good reactions etc. Anything else? Well, there is a beautiful correlation between these three sports. Let us have a look at cricket. A cricket pitch is 22 yards i.e. close to 20 […]
You might have won the game, could not win our hearts…
Winning and losing does not matter if you play your heart out. India has exited the world T20, but it is by no means a heroes exit. Dhoni might boast that team India won 4 out 5 T20’s in the World Cup and cannot control the outcome of other matches, but in reality team India […]