eBay India have gotten into the craze around the Cricket World Cup. If you check out their Cricket Craze splash page, there is a lot going on.
But the item that is getting the most coverage is the auction of saris worn by Mandira Bedi and signed by the entire Indian cricket team. Mandira Bedi is [...]
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Two pieces of information got me thinking about censorship in India — Niranjana’s post on banned books and news that the Government of India (GOI) was taking action against Neo Sports.
Let me restate - my Neo Sports post on their advertisements on the West Indies tour stated that I personally found the ads tasteless and [...]
I’ve been in India watching the cricket live on TV, which is much better than on my computer! But one of the downsides is having to watch the advertisements.
The India vs. West Indies series is being shown on Neo Sports which brands itself as “The home of Indian cricket”. A lot of the ads on [...]
This is so funny, it is worth watching.
For background, India won a test match in South Africa for the first time ever (since South Africa was re-admitted into world sports). It was truly a blowout performance, especially after how they were whitewashed 4-0 in the one-dayers. The funniest moment though was from the Man of [...]
Amidst all the brouhaha about the performance of the Indian cricket team, finally, Rediff has done some analysis. Amazing stuff, analysis - actually gives you facts to talk about!
Ganguly vis-a-vis Dravid as captain in ODIs
Captaincy record
Mts
Won
Lost
NR
Won%
Lost%
Ganguly
146
76
65
5
52.05
44.52
Dravid
53
27
23
3
50.94
43.39
Ganguly after 53 matches
53
27
26
0
50.94
49.06
Hmm… seems to me they are *exactly tied* at this stage in their captaincy careers. [...]
I slept on the couch. I was up at 3:45 AM. I turned over; my computer was on and plugged in. The browser was open, set to Willow TV. I refresh the browser and start watching the India-Australia match at the ICC Champions Trophy.
Half way through the match, I was feeling quite good. India didn’t [...]
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