Krishnamachari Srikkant's blog from IBNLive.com http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:30:28 +0100 IBNLive.com http://www.ibnlive.com/pix/common/ibnlogo.jpg http://www.ibnlive.com/index.html Feed provided by IBNLive. http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7613/some-tough-decisions-are-must.html Faridabad match has shown that the youngsters in the team are realising their responsibility. Today Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni played a very responsible knock to take India editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:16:45 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4669/the-match-is-now-a-mind-game.html India are back to square one. Now the question is whether India is going to win or draw the match? In my opinion there can be no draw as editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:52:29 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4613/indians-did-not-apply-themselves-properly.html The second day belonged to Pakistan as clearly they were the better team. They did not allow India to take the lead and then in the second innings their batsmen editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:18:57 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/11709/team-indias-attitude-very-disappointing.html It was a very disappointing last-match loss for India. The least everyone expected of the match was a decent fight from a team that was already down in the series. editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 29 May 2006 03:07:33 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4568/a-dream-spell-by-pathan.html After two boring Tests at lahore and Faisalabad, the Karachi match was a revelation. The wicket was suited for the fast bowlers. India won a crucial toss and Rahul editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 29 Jan 2006 07:47:52 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7440/this-match-reminded-me-of-1983-final.html The match has been a great thriller even though not many runs were scored. To win a match after scoring just 203 runs and that too in the subcontinent is editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:18:31 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/11540/team-india-from-deadly-to-vulnerable.html India's defeat in the Trinidad ODI can be attributed to a highly unplanned batting strategy. I don't know if it could be called an unimaginative gameplan, but it editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 27 May 2006 12:11:06 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4374/pakistan-prepared-a-lousy-track.html Today must have been the most boring day of cricket that I have ever seen. Except at the end of Pakistan's innings when the wickets fell in a heap, it editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:36:28 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4313/both-the-teams-lack-strike-bowlers.html After the third day when Mahendra Singh Dhoni played that brilliant knock every body now knew that it will end in a draw. Both Dhoni and Pathan played very well editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 24 Jan 2006 08:04:59 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4230/i-still-believe-in-miracles.html For a change it was a very interesting day of cricket although India looked in trouble when four wickets fell in a clutter after the lunch break. At the end editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:10:52 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7151/this-defeat-is-a-disgrace.html Before the start of the Mumbai Test match Andrew Flintoff had said that it would be very unfair if his team would have to go back after losing the series. editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:07:40 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4152/chappells-gamble-seems-to-have-failed.html At end of the second day India looks in a pretty decent position. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have been batting with a positive approach and they should continue in editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 22 Jan 2006 08:31:50 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/11024/losing-the-match-a-blessing-in-disguise.html The second One-Dayer did not go the way India wanted. In the end the hosts won the match by the narrowest of the margins. However, this match would have editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 21 May 2006 10:20:40 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7099/neither-team-was-proactive.html This match is very interestingly poised and frankly I don't want to hazard a guess on which team will win the match. One thing that baffled me today was editor@ibnlive.com Tue, 21 Mar 2006 10:31:22 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4076/ganguly-deserves-a-better-treatment.html Today was a day when every thing that could go wrong went wrong for Team India. Right from the team selection to some of the decisions taken on the pitch editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 21 Jan 2006 07:59:48 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7041/sreesanth-is-lionhearted.html You can always trust the Indian team to make things more exciting on the cricket field. The way things have gone today, it is now certain that there will be editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 20 Mar 2006 07:45:58 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4032/dropping-ganguly-will-be-ridiculous.html Everybody has been saying so many things about the Faisalabad Test. But I will talk about the team composition first. There have been rumours that Ganguly might be editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:19:56 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/10857/a-captains-knock.html India's victory against the West Indies in the nail-biting one-dayer was certainly a well-deserved one. Skipper Rahul Dravid definitely walked away with the honours for having played a editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 19 May 2006 10:23:54 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6994/dravid-has-to-become-the-wall-again.html It has been a day that India would like to forget. Every thing that could go wrong for the team went wrong. The batting was bad and the fielding editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:33:29 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/5595/the-nucleus-of-the-team-is-ready.html A fantastic ODI series win for India after losing the first match. Without a major contribution and involvement of the big and established players it was a very comprehensive win. editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:10:49 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/36287/no-excuses-team-india-was-horrible.html India's five-wicket loss to Bangladesh is perhaps the most horrible and humiliating defeats I have ever seen. We planned badly, batted poorly and there is absolutely no excuse editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:29:34 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6955/chappell-dravid-should-share-the-blame.html Why did Rahul Dravid chose to field after winning the toss is beyond my imagination? The team management and coach Greg Chappell must also take the blame for this decision editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:49:03 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3821/veeru-can-break-any-record.html It was a great batting performance by the Indians. It was a really wonderful showing. Especially Sehwag. When this guy gets going, he is simply superb. Sehwag's game today showed editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:29:11 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/8285/team-indias-young-blood.html Young players in Team India have proved that they deserve their place. The team has now several options when it comes to one-day cricket, and that's a good sign. editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:31:12 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3775/veeru-is-very-special.html What a dull and boring day it was for cricket fans as well as the players. One thing I can assure you is that I would not have liked to editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 15 Jan 2006 08:53:06 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3742/indians-can-still-level-it-off.html The second day's play went reasonably as expected from the Pakistan's point of view. The only thing I did not expect was the rate of scoring. That's where I think editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:59:17 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6744/munaf-is-the-find-of-the-series.html A great day for Indian cricket as the team has shown that it can win the match after trailing for nearly half of the match. When the final day editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:33:33 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3696/ordinary-cricket-from-great-indians.html It was a very ordinary performance by the Indians at Lahore today. There are two reasons. Firstly, the wicket was not very helpful for the bowlers, and obviously, it looked editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 13 Jan 2006 09:08:13 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/8182/indian-batsmen-failed.html India has already won the ODI series against England, but the defeat at Jamshedpur means they can't be complacent. The track was perfect for batting but they lost. The team editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:13:20 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6687/pathan-set-the-tone.html It has been a great come back by India after the England team looked to be in control on the third day. All this happened only due to the editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:11:55 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3633/sehwag-is-the-key-for-india.html The India-Pakistan series promises a lot of excitement and there is a lot at stake for both the teams. The key to a match in this series, I believe, editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:31:12 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/3623/pak-wickets-can-help-indians-too.html The India-Pakistan cricket series is going to be an exciting one - everybody is talking about it and we all know that. A lot has been said about strategies, a editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 12 Jan 2006 05:57:11 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6655/kumbles-good-show-ruined.html Today was a great day for Indian bowlers and they bowled their hearts out to restrict England for just 300. Anil Kumble and the pacers especially young Munaf Patel did editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:46:59 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/5223/the-pressure-is-on-pakistan.html It was a resounding victory for India. Basically in my opinion the bowlers should be given all the credit for this win. Generally the One-Day matches are won by the editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 11 Feb 2006 07:48:49 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6611/flintoff-reminds-me-of-kapil.html Well there is not much to say about the game. The weather has spoiled what had promised to be great contest. Bad weather and rain stoppage affect both the editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:38:34 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/8030/players-play-for-pride.html It was very sad day for the players as after waiting for half of the day the match was called off. Robin Uthappa was expected to make his debut editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:39:14 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6569/indian-bowlers-were-good.html After the first match where England gave a good fight to India the second match has generated a lot of excitement. Even after losing the toss India made a editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:00:24 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/12422/its-a-moral-victory-for-team-india.html The Antigua Test can easily be described as one of the best Test matches in the recent times. Despite the disappointing draw, I would say that Team India played well, editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:14:39 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7890/england-is-a-oneman-batting-army.html England have been totally out played in the One-Day series though Team India, too, is not in the best of the form. The visitors have not been able to bat editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 06 Apr 2006 07:48:06 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4952/indian-bowling-was-pedestrian.html I thought it was very sad that a great match like this should come to an end in such a manner. India should have won the match but it lost editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:23:10 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6313/england-proved-me-wrong.html India played with a positive attitude on the final day and even though the target of 368 in 90 overs was improbable, the way India approached the target in the editor@ibnlive.com Sun, 05 Mar 2006 08:04:16 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6289/pathetic-show-by-india.html Great England batting and poor fielding coupled with poor planning by the Indians were the hallmark of the day's play. England have done their homework well and I believe editor@ibnlive.com Sat, 04 Mar 2006 07:59:10 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/7720/what-it-takes-to-win.html You just need two batsmen to win a match - India proved that again in Goa. The top order collapsed yet again, but India won because two men saved the editor@ibnlive.com Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:19:08 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6260/indian-batsmen-were-too-defensive.html I have always believed in a positive approach and still believe that India can make a come back into the match and even win it. But for that India editor@ibnlive.com Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:28:01 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6215/bowlers-let-india-down.html At the end of the second day's play the match is evenly poised. With three more days to go the match will surely produce a result. On Day I editor@ibnlive.com Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:22:08 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/6171/englands-approach-was-negative.html To put it simply England gave a very poor performance. Even though some of their main players are not in the team I thought that they would put up some editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:57:22 +0530 http://www.ibnlive.com/blogs/krishnamacharisrikkant/247/4733/india-needed-a-miracle-to-win.html It was a very pathetic display by the Indian team. Pakistan were clearly the better side and they deserved to win. As I had already said yesterday that there editor@ibnlive.com Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:44:04 +0530