India have just wrapped up a spectacular 72 run against Australia in Perth, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive Test wins. Despite Dravid and Tendulkar's fifties, I am assured that it was the bowlers who won the match for India.I have always had my reservations about Ishant Sharma but he has matured massively recently and has been showing the consistency which had always eluded him. His line a...

With a long, belated appeal, Anil Kumble dismissed Andrew Symonds caught behind to pick up his 600th Test wicket.Anil Kumble is one of the all time great spin bowlers. He applies brilliant variations and congratulations to him for getting 600 Test wickets. The recent development of the spinning leg break for him has ensured that his act does not become stale but his primary skill will always be har...

I believe that India's pitches are the main cause for the lack of fast bowlers at state domestic level. The problem of pitches is two fold:1) The pitches have no grass covering which means that they do not skid through and any bounce is merely vertical and so does not trouble batsmen.2) The pitches are so flat that bowlers have to bowl 20-30 overs an innings. It is not possible to do this at a high...

Aside from my rant about the ICL (the problems), now on to the solutions.I think that India should have two overseas players for each team for the Ranji Trophy and Ranji One Day Trophy to up the level a tad which I feel is very low. The biggest target should be England whose season does not coincide with the Indian Ranji seasons (Nov-Jan & Feb-Apr). Another good target will be Bangladesh who ra...

After a brief hiatus, I am back posting my opinionated views about Indian cricket.Now that I feel more informed and am aware more of Indian domestic cricket, I am starting to support the ICL more.The BCCI are pathetic in banning people from their jobs (or making them enforce stricter hours) and from grounds. It perplexes me as to why they did not embrace the idea of grooming Indian talent in parall...