Way back in 1988, during the course of a Ranji trophy match between Delhi and Bombay, couple of players in the Delhi side who had represented the country were convinced that a school boy in the rival side was destined to become an all time great. During that contest, they had witnessed a spectacle from a 15 year old boy from arguably the best seat in the house, the playing field!!!.
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The World Cup 2011 which began on February 19th with the India-Bangladesh clash, in its three weeks journey, has offered an early peek at the form book of the teams.
Punter and his men are all set to lock horns with Englishmen in what promises to be an enthralling Ashes series. The upcoming Ashes series has been touted as the Test series of the calendar year and there is an air of expectancy in the build up to the series.
Spain won the recently concluded FIFA World Cup and there by exorcised the ghost of perennial under achievers that has been haunting it for a long while. The Spanish Armada ambushed all the opponents on its way after they managed to hit the straps after losing the first game to Switzerland.
I am penning down this article a few hours before the start of the much anticipated final of IPL 3. As one reads through this article, they would get to realise that this article could not have been published at a more inopportune time!!!!.
The hype created during the build up to the India-SA test series was phenomenal. In a way the hype and frenzy could be justified to an extent as the ICC number one test ranking was at stake. The series lived up to the hype and the honours were shared at the end of it. However in both the tests the competitive element was missing as either side dominated in totem in the respective victories.
In a keenly contested ODI series, the men in Blue emerged victorious against the Lankans. There was a lot of expectation on the Indian team following their recent ascent to Numero Uno spot in Test Cricket. The Indian team certainly lived up to the expectation and achieved a series triumph in a clinical fashion.
