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Featured stories about cricket, cricket quiz, analysis of cricket matches, players and teams and any other interesting news.
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India New Zealand – The Series Review
After the dismal show against Australia, India continue to prove that they are laggards when playing abroad. India not only lost to NZ, it lost badly. Barring the fight in the 3rd ODI when some fine knocks by Jaddu and Ashwin helped India tie the match. India could just bite dust in the entire series.…
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WAGs (Wife and Girlfriend’s) of Indian Cricketers
Dear Readers, Indian cricketers have historically maintained very quite private lives. Barring a few celeb romances like the linkup of Azharuddin with actress Sangeeta Bijlani, Indian cricketers have remained quite shy. Dhoni’s wife Sakshi did hog a lot of limelight, but that is because of Dhoni’s popularity. However, due to the commercialization…
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The lost winners….
In a cricket game, we are usually so much attached to end result that not much importance is given to the loosing team. Similar trend is followed for giving out the Man of the Match awards. The MoM award is usually given to a player of the winning team. However, if there is an…
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India vs Zimbabwe – a contest of differences
As the series between India and Zimbabwe ends with favorable results for India, it must have been a good experience for the young team. Although it is a heartening to watch India win, this series was mostly one sided. Although the Indian team was comprised of mostly youngsters, they had got the momentum and confidence…
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ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Fixtures
Finally the long and tiring IPL season is over. However, it was spiced up with controversies, fixing scandals, arrests, some close matches and a fitting finale in which Mumbai finally laid down their hands on the ‘not-so-coveted-anymore’ IPL trophy. It’s time for some exciting cricket now as the top 8 teams of the world…
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KKR start IPL 2013 with a thumping win over Daredevils
KKR received a lot of flak in the first 4 seasons of the IPL. But they came back in style winning the IPL-5 defeating Chennai Superkings in a tense final. KKR have lost all their opening IPL games till date. But it was not meant to be the case today. KKR won the toss and…
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Virat Kohli – Display of class and exuberance – Part 2
Virat Kohli’s performance in the match against Pakistan I hope you enjoyed reading about Kohli’s stellar performance against Sri Lanka in the previous post: http://cricbol.com/blog/2013/02/01/virat-kohli-display-of-class-and-exuberance-not-once-but-twice/ If you thought that was a one time performance, you have got it all wrong. In less than three weeks, on the 18th of March, 2012, India faced a similar…
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Virat Kohli – Display of class and exuberance, not once but twice!
28th Feb, 2012 and 18th March, 2012 – different days – different countries – different opposition, similar situation – similar results expected – same person delivers it. Yes, I am talking about India’s Virat Kohli. The Indian middle order batsman single handedly demolished the Sri Lankan and Pakistani bowlers to keep India’s hopes alive for…
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The wall turns 38 – Happy Birthday Rahul Dravid
Cricbol.com wishes Rahul Dravid a very Happy Birthday on his 38th Birthday.
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