cricket and corona

We all want some cricket to resume. The higher authorities are doing everything they can to resume cricket as they are the ones who are really losing out from this pandemic. New rules are being devised just to resume cricket and the rules are very strange. These precautions are necessary but will it be the

Things to learn

“Sports teaches you a lot”, “It makes you a better person”. I used to play cricket and when I think what has it taught me? I could not come up with a proper answer until recently. There are numerous things to take from any sport let alone cricket, and these are my learnings which I

Stats are for brats

This applies in every sport, but talking about cricket, what separates extra ordinary players from the ordinary players are the performances. Fair enough. But how do you pick out the greatest batsman and bowler ever from the list of the extraordinary players? Talking about different era’s, is 2010’s Virat Kohli/Steve Smith better than the 90’s

An unpopular opinion

Pakistan vs England, Lord’s test, August 2010. Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt agreed to some match fixing moments and performed them. It is said that “you need a brain to cheat”. A Pakistani bookmaker *Majeeb Mazhar* contacted the players and these players agreed to it. A news channel named “News of the world”

Playing 11

Let me recommend some really good cricket podcasts on spotify: Yorked The lords cricket podcast The pitch side expert podcast Stumped The shackles are off Cricket unfiltered The professor and barney podcast Oval time No balls The cricket podcast 22 yarns with Gaurav Kapur These are more than enough podcasts for you to listen. My

badminton days

I recently started playing badminton in my society park. It’s a lot of fun. I am right handed in badminton and a left hander in cricket. My dominant hand has always been the left hand while batting which is not how it should be and I have been trying to make the right hand dominating

India vs Australia 2006

30 October, 2006. India vs Australia, Mohali. India lost. This match was life changing as in physically, mentally, emotionally. My father had managed to get 4 tickets to the game. Me, my brother, my father, and my uncle went for the match. I was 7 years old then, knew almost nothing about cricket, but just

100 runs or 5 wickets??

This is something which has always fascinated me. Which one is harder to get, 100 runs in an innings or 5 wickets? There have been around 45 bowlers who have taken a total of 1047 test 5-wicket hauls and 105 batsmen who have made a total of 2145 test centuries. The data taken is updated

Indian sports

Money. Passion. Smart work. These are the 3-basic catalyst of how sports are changing every season. Growing economies, population, connectivity has also been important. As the world turned towards a capitalistic approach, the livelihood pressure on everyone increased and sports be it cricket, football, hockey seemed to be the source of joy. Before, only people

Healthy Lifestyle

I was never a fitness freak and still not. I have a good height so I think it compromised with the body fat always. Maybe because of the height, it did not look as if I had good body fat. Anyhow, I joined a gym in 2016, 6 months before my class 12 board exams.

Seizure wrong time

It was in July starting that we(45 people) went to Kashmir for Amarnath Yatra. Me and my brother were given 2 days to pack our bags. We were not allowed to carry our cellphones. I was not aware of Kashmir. Not aware about the situation, not aware about the natural beauty there. I was 17

Big match

Just 4 years 16 days ago. It was India vs Australia virtual quarter-final of 2016 T20 world cup. The way India came back and won against Bangladesh was nothing short of a fairy tale. India was losing till the final half over where heroics from Dhoni/Pandya or early celebration from Bangladeshi’s won India the game

Corona and cricket stories

These are difficult times for everyone, especially sportspeople. We are so much used to doing all kinds of activities that staying at home for a month with no proper activity is a very difficult task. I am so used to do running, weights, playing cricket, football that this is consuming. There is no live or