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Sehwag needs to assess his fitness levels

Not everything is right with Virender Sehwag. He has been falling injured far too many times to be called a fit enough player now, and at 30, he already looks like he is on the verge of retiring if these injuries keep coming at me.
So, it was the 2009 edition of the IPL, and then, [...]

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India will look to target inexperienced Pakistan batting

Now that is what is called a mouth watering contest. India take on Pakistan in the fourth game of the Asia Cup at Dambulla, and the lack of games between the two countries due to obvious political rivalries have ensured that the fans will be charged up fully for the game.
India will know that the [...]

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Sri Lanka should beat Pakistan in first game of Asia Cup

The Asia Cup starts from the 15th of June, and in the first game of the series, Pakistan plays Sri Lanka. All the games will be day-nighters and will be played at Dambulla.
All eyes will be on Pakistan and the kind of performance that they dole out in this tournament. after all that happened in [...]

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Why Tendulkar should have played the Asia Cup

In the last article we spoke about why Yuvraj Singh shouldn’t have been dropped from the side. In this one, I would like to question the wisdom of allowing Sachin Tendulkar the rest from the side.
The question here is that Tendulkar last played in a game on 25th of April, the day of the IPL [...]

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Why Yuvraj Singh should not have been dropped from the side

The Indian team for Asia Cup was announced and it was hardly a surprise that Yuvraj Singh was dropped from the squad. After all, his form, fitness and fielding were the three aspects that seemed to be going nowhere!
Yuvraj Singh seemed to have taken his place for granted alright, but the question that needs to [...]

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Were the selectors when they selected this team for Zimbabwe?

India’s intentions to play young, and new talent in place of seniors is a good way of going about the rotation policy. That should help the team build towards the World Cup next year and help in deciding who will make it to that final 15-member squad, and get the best result possible in that [...]

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Why India can go on and win the ICC World T20…

Afghanistan were supposed to pull off an upset against India. They were crushed. South African captain Graeme Smith spoke about how the South African side had played against most of the Indians in the IPL and knew where to bowl and how bat against them. They had probably not played against Suresh Raina in the [...]

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