Cricket Tales

Image Credits - Cricket Australia           Rohit Sharma , the name does not require any introduction. He is one of the most talked-about cricketers of this generation. From the past 7 years, he has continuously fascinated us with his batting. His elegant strokeplay adds an extra value to his talent. He is one of those few batsmen who hit sixes for fun. On his day he can destroy any bowling attack single-handedly. Today is the birthday of the "hitman" of Indian cricket. Let's celebrate that by going down the memory lane and look back at his career. The beginning of his journey          Mumbai has been a constant source of World's top-rated cricketers. Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar are the biggest examples of it. Rohit also belongs from Mumbai only. He was born on 30th April, 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra. But due to the poor financial condition of his family, he used to live with his uncles, grandparents.           Rohit is a naturally gifted bats

Image source -  Unsplash, Image Credits - Samarth Shirke           India is a country of 1.32 billion people and half of that population dreams to represent Indian cricket team one day. From that large pool of budding cricketers, only a few lucky ones are selected to play for India. But once in a while, a legend is born whose selection inevitable. Talking about legends, the very first name comes into the mind is none other than the “Master Blaster”, Mr  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar .           He was an inborn cricketer. A sixteen-year-old boy usually remains confused about their plans but Sachin was a special kid.  He made his international debut against Pakistan in 1989, at the age of sixteen. Since then he represented India for the next 22 years and achieved many accolades.     The beginning of being the Great Sachin Tendulkar Even before stepping into International cricket, he was a known face to all courtesy of the record 664-run partnership between him and his friend 

Few members of current Indian Women's Cricket Team - Starting from left Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Jhulan Goswami, Punam Yadav            Indian Women cricket team has been top of their game since the last two-three years. With their performance in ODIs and T20Is, this team has achieved the most important thing that is thousands of passionate spectators. But unfortunately, even ten years back, it was not same not even comparable with today. People hardly knew there was a women’s cricket team that represents India. The men’s team were light years ahead of the women’s team in every aspect of the game like available facilities, viewership, media coverage, fame etc. But now, the women’s team has come a long way and made their presence felt, as now they share the same page with the men’s team.            Indian Cricket legacy is more than a thousand years old but it took quite a long time for a cricket crazy nation to introduce its women’s team. While Aust

          It is an undeniable fact that India has been producing world-class spin bowlers since quite a long time. Though nowadays the Indian team has a strong pace bowling attack but the faith on the spinners remained the same as it was fifty years back. Many world-class spinners have played for India and certainly, there are also few unfortunate talents like  Rajindar Goel ,  Padmakar Shivalkar  who could have achieved the same accolades as their fellow colleagues if they had the chance to represent India.           The subcontinental condition, especially the Indian condition is like heaven for spinners. The rough patches in the pitch holds the ball and helps to turn. But having a rough patch is not enough, the spinners should possess the quality to spin the ball and pitch it at the right spot. This is where the Indian spinners excel. They have been India’s greatest strength in overseas conditions as well. The bouncy pitches of Australia, New Zealand offered the batsmen easy opp