Best English Cricket Television Show In India !

1.NDTV (Tea Toast & Sports,Sports 24x7 and also special shows on match days). Why I rate NDTV as the number simple they talk sense! Their anchors headed by the Sonali Chander, interesting cricket experts 

Ajay Jadeja (AJ) - He is the go to guy for NDTV, he is on the show even if it meant video conferencing from his hotel during his supposed breakaway holiday.AJ is the best cricket expert on tele without a doubt,he basis his views purely on cricketing matters and nothing else which is a very rare trait especially when cricket in our country is so much more than a game,it gets emotional.

Dean Jones (Prof.Deano) - Witty analogues, in your face criticisms and his acting (though he repeats some scenarios).An Aussie point of view on scheme of things.

Sunil Gavaskar (not a regular on the show), - The mans a legend, we believe in whatever he has to say, 9/10 he predicts it right, if you are betting person! what this show, will be making a lot of money. (you can also read my blog ) :)

Navjot Singh Sidhu - Sidhuisms have taken a break for a year or so! but he was the humorous side of this show before he got into politics and went missing from the scene.

And there are more people adding flavour to the show from time to time, but a show is not all about the celebrities but the hosts play a part as well.

NDTV Anchors & Sports Desk

1.Sonali Chander - Only person who can control Mr.Sidhu when he is on song!
2.Jaydeep Bhandarkar - love his sports stories, he doesnt appear that often on cricket shows but hope he does and also does a show on Arsenal ( GUNNERS )
3.Rica Roy - May be she is the next best interviewer in the NDTV sports desk after Sonali.
4.Anjali Doshi - She is a breath of fresh air in sports anchoring, Smile Smile And Smile Some More!

Dail C For Cricket - NEO Cricket

This is a live show hosted by Manish Vallicha every weekday on NEO Cricket.The show usually has a Cricket expert and every Friday night special shows a fan would get a chance to appear on the show and take the questions himself.The Fans get to express their views and debate it with the expert.

Its raw, straight forward and superbly simple. All the attributes to make this show run forever.Manish Vallicha is easily the best man for the job I cant see anyone else at NEO Cricket coming close to his intelligence or presence.Sometimes he talks better than the cricket experts on the show.

Even the cricket experts are not high profile cricketing stars better still they are domestic and retired players. Which makes its more interesting, Sometimes when a debate gets out of hand it is laughed out not reigned in!

One advise we all know Irfan Pathan is a good cricket but will you guys please stop talking about him lol every show has some fan talking about him! Even Sachin wouldn't get such PR, Must be Irfan is spending all the IPL on PR.

Star Cricket

No nonsense show on Star Cricket, Nikhil Chopra (former India Cricketer), Gautam Bhimani, and Jatin Sapru. Though its more of a entertainment show than a cricket show they sometimes talk Cricket.

It's completely unique and different to other shows on TV, ROLE Play is a special segment on the show where Nikhil take the role of different cricketers and tries to answer to questions.Though they sometimes fail miserably with the English accent part of it :), they do a good job especially for sub continental players.

Gautam Bhimani your are anchors envy, Jim Carey would certainly be happy to have your job.If it involves Bikini, Beaches And Cricket....You are the man for a report..

CNN IBN

I unfortunately have watched CNN IBN's Cricket show, mainly because I don't have access to TV when I travel so use their live streaming which is good!They usually have very good cricket experts but their host are absolute amateurs.

Even their Sports Desk editor Gaurav does know how to handle a interview asking irrelevant questions that has no bearing on the current news, its like they have their own business interests to promote rather than cricket bringing the owner of cricketnext.com into every debate..

Everytime you turn to their show for some cricket news you get stuffed with scams,controversies and scandals.Yes we all know that there are scandals and scams in Cricket.We also know BCCI president is occupying two jobs but please can we discuss cricket the game in atleast 5% of the show.If we need anything of that sort we would have been watching Big Boss or Soap Operas we don't need that!Keep it to your entertainment shows


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Comparing the Champions League Of Cricket And Football ?

I don't whether some journalists are totally ignorant of facts or pretend to be one.I came across another article just before the launch of a big tournament on a cricket website.Just have read everyone

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/476331.html


I dont know how this article even passed cricinfo editors, it should more likely to be a press release of fifa's champions league rather than cricinfo's take on the cricket's champions league .

Lets get things right before you compare these two leagues?

When you compare these two league or sports you are really hiding a lot under the carpet and infact the above article I posted shows as if all the troubles in sporting world arises from cricket.

Ah, cricket: smaller than football, but to many - notwithstanding match-fixing, rain, the unbearable dullness of most limited-overs matches, greedy administrators, egotistic administrators, power-hungry administrators, actually, administrators, period, and, of course, opinionated reporters - far closer to being perfectly formed

- Quote from CricInfo.com Article

Its just not cricket which has all the evil that money brings, footballer have been there done that if anything just have a look at the recent controversies with wayne rooney-juci jenni what not...

FIFA's governing council's refusal to accept goal line technology despite worldwide protest that has been going on for sometime, is just another saga showing its remarkable ability of football's top body to do what it wants, some may call it arrogance, some ego and others Power.If some else does it before us we better not go that way

While comparing the price money of that of champions leagues is another dubious error in judgment, while football is played in all of the developed countries in Europe its bound to have more price money and its not a shorter tournament like the cricket league so the advertising revenues and sponsorship deals are also higher.

The claims of champions league of football to be truly global even is also questionable, it doesnt involve teams outside of europe while cricket has representative teams across the board.

Crickets league is still in its infancy, you cannot build Rome in a day, its takes time.Champions league of football has been here for since 1955 , ie over 55 years while crickets league just started in 2009 and its just its second edition.

I will add more points to this article, g2g now

Duminy Strikes Royal Challengers Out

Duminy smashed five sixes and eight fours in an awe inspiring display of power hitting as you could hope to see, and his partnership of 61 with Ryan Canning transformed the game after Bangalore had grabbed three early wickets in defense of 180.


Royal Challengers Innings

innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	JH Kallis	c †Canning b Langeveldt	8	9	1	0	88.88
	2.6 edged and taken! Langeveldt pitches fuller and wider and lures Kallis into a booming drive, looking to hit the ball over cover but instead edging to Canning 14/1
	RV Uthappa	c Gibbs b Zondeki	51	39	7	2	130.76
	10.5 oh well held, Gibbs! Uthappa opens the face and slices a full ball to point where Gibbs pouches an outstanding catch out of nowhere, it was flying but he just knelt down and plucked it 82/2
	R Dravid	run out (Philander/†Canning)	28	24	2	1	116.66
	12.6 Ontong to Kohli, a bit of hesitancy and Dravid has to go! Kohli comes out and chips the ball wide of midwicket, they run the first hard and Dravid wants two but gets sent back, then he has to dive full stretch but he's a fraction slow as Canning collects a throw from the deep and breaks the sticks 97/3
	V Kohli	st †Canning b Henderson	17	14	2	0	121.42
	15.2 comes out, then goes back as he sees a slower ball pitch shorter, he swings and misses, beaten by a long way as the ball stays low and spins away, Canning collects and breaks the sticks and Kohli just walks away 115/4
	LRPL Taylor	not out	53	24	4	4	220.83
	MK Pandey	not out	10	10	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 9)	13		Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs)	180

	Cape Cobras innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	AG Puttick*	c Kohli b Kumar	11	11	2	0	100.00
	2.4 The openers are gone! The change of angle works, lands on a good length on the off stump and moves away just as Puttick attempts to tap it into the leg side, gets a leading edge straight into the palms of Kohli at point 14/2
	HH Gibbs	c †Boucher b Kumar	0	1	0	0	0.00
	0.6 Gibbs goes first ball! Beautifully bowled, tempting him with a fullish delivery outside off, Gibbs can't help poking at it, just a hint of away movement, enough to produce the nick and Boucher takes it comfortably 5/1
	H Davids	c Kohli b Vinay Kumar	27	21	2	1	128.57
	7.6 third time unlucky! Struck it well, not the best delivery from the bowler, short again, on the off stump, he made room and smacked it hard but straight to Kohli positioned perfectly at point 62/3
	JP Duminy	not out	99	52	8	5	190.38
	JL Ontong	b van der Merwe	19	14	2	0	135.71
	12.2 bowled'im! A timely wicket for the hosts, bowled quick and full on middle and off, made room to smack it over the bowler's head, a nice hard swing but made no contact whatsoever, it spun away, he missed and the stumps were rattled! 103/4
	CC Canning†	c Kumble b Kumar	20	18	1	0	111.11
	18.2 slower one bowled short, has a big swing, the slow pace does him in, too early into the shot, gets a top edge and Kumble takes a dolly at midwicket 164/5
	RK Kleinveldt	not out	5	2	1	0	250.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 1)	3
	Total	(5 wickets; 19.4 overs)	184

Result : Cape Cobras win by 6 Wickets against Bangalore Royal Challengers
Awesome Display JP Duminy has proved anything is possible in T20. Just like IPL Season I royal challengers face a blitzkrieg.

Champions League may not take place after Mumbai Terror Attacks

Mumbai was under terrorist attack late last night several key locations and hotels were targeted.Including the Taj hotel were the Victorian BushRangers were to stay. This is unprecedented in a way and it is a serious security risk for teams touring to India right now.

Middlesex Crusaders have cancelled their flight to India on Thursday for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 after the attacks in the financial capital Mumbai.

Cricket Australia has also suspended its plans to send the Western Australian and Victorian bushrangers squads to India in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

The Western Australian Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers were expected to leave for India today for the 20-twenty Champions League competition.

"We are in contact with DFAT, we have been speaking to our own security expert who is in India, we've been speaking to the ACA the players association and our own playing groups and stakeholders," Mr Pope said.

But all hopes are not lost on the tournament it is just an immediate security measure
"We find in circumstances like these that it takes at least 12 hours if not longer to gain a very clear picture and for clear details to emerge."Mr.pope Said

This is a very serious blow to the champions League organisers. As the situation looks grim for Champions Trophy, the options left are to either shift the champions trophy to either Australia or South Africa or use a neutral venue.

Champions League cannot afford to be abandoned, Millions of dollars are riding on this contest.
Every cricket fan would like to see the tournament go ahead. Lets hope so and let we spoil the intentions of terrorists.

Anil Kumble retires From International Cricket

Today Anil kumble the Indian captain, the cricketer with a Lion's heart. has announced his retirement.

This is a huge loss for the Indian test team.Kumble has been the pillar of India's bowling attack which used to rely heavily on the spinners but India's bowling attacks have changed since then but his contribution to the team has never changed, Anil Kumble is a captain's dreams,throw him a ball and he will bowl from an end all day without complaining. He is the pinnacle of determination and perseverance. Kumble who made his Test debut 9 August 1990: v England has played for India for almost 16 years.

Anil Kumble has taken 619 test wicket and he is the third test bowler in the world after M.Muralitharan and Shane Warne to cross 600.His retirement has left a big void to fill in.

His performance against the pakistani's during the 2001 test match series in which he took 10 wickets in a single innings was the stuff of legends. He shares this rare feet with Jim laker of England.

His arrival to the ODI Seen was through a spectacular display of line and control . When he single handed won the match against the then strong West Indians in the Hero Cup Final.Anil kumble has already retired from ODI in 2007.


He has now picked up 619 test wickets and 337 ODI wickets. Becoming the Highest wicket taker in Test for India.

Kumble will always be remembered as the gentlemen with a lion's heart.Will always be rememberd for the courage he showed when he bowled with a broken jaw,the gentlemaly behaviour he showed in the sydney test. Lets just say he will be remembered for being Anil Kumble.
Here is the stat of Kumble:

Personal information
Full name	Anil Kumble
Nickname	Jumbo
Born	17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) (age 38)
	Bangalore, India
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm Leg Break
Role	Bowler: Current Test Captain
International information
Test debut (cap 192)	9 August 1990: v England
Last Test	9 October 2008: v Australia
ODI debut (Cap 78)	25 April 1990: v Srilanka
Last ODI	19 March 2007: v Bermuda

Last Test Match 2 November 2008: v Australia

Adam Gilchrist apologises to sachin tendulkar

Gilchrist feeling the pressure of millions of angry Indian and cricket fans across the globe has finally succumbed to it and apologised for his comments against sachin tendulkar,

Adam Gilchrist apologised to Sachin Tendulkar over his 'liar, dishonest and sore loser" comments against Sachin Tendulkar

Gilchrist phoned Sachin Tendulkar today, and has reportedly apologised saying, 'Sorry'. Gilchrist also said that his comments were taken out of context by ,who else would it be?? other than our media.

Gilchrist also assured the master blaster that he will soon issue a clarification on this issue.

As I posted in the previous post no one can say something like that and remain loved by cricket fans. If gilchrist didnt make those comments,I hope he didnt then this issue will die soon, as both of these players have a lot more to offer for Indian cricket fans. Gilchrist had called Sachin Tendulkar, names like a "liar", "dishonest", "a sore loser" and a "bad sport" in his soon-to-be published autobiography "True Colors of My Life", over the Harbhajan-Symonds controversy. Gilchrist's remarks created a furore in India and abroad, forcing him to apologise.

Sachin Tendulkar also clarified that he received a call from adam gilchrist !!

It will be interesting what sort of welcome hyderabad fans will give for their team captain. May be its time to move on!! Only good thing to come out of this issue is that now gilly's autobiography is all set sell like hot cakes.

Gilchrist slams Sachin - In his autobiography-sachin a sore loser

Adam Gilchrist the Australian Wicket keeper Batsman and Deccan chargers captain has supposedly lashed out on Sachin Tendulkar in his upcoming Autobiography.

He claims that Sachin had changed his stance in Sydney Test fiasco involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds. He points out that in the beginning sachin claimed that he didn't hear what harbhajan said and then he changed his stance in the second hearing in which he said that he was actually using a Hindi word which sounded similar to monkey.

Gilchrist also calls "Sachin a Sore loser". He says that he can never find sachin for a handsake when India loses a match.

But My question is Why did Mr.Adam Gilchrist a wonderful Cricketer like him after years of cricket behind him say something like this, when the thing has been down adn dusted for over a year now??
The answer may be he just wants to sell his book.

Money makes people go mad!!

By the way he will be leading the Deccan chargers Side in IPL, I dont the fans of Hyderabad will be happy if Gilly leads a side if he did release his book with these remarks about Sachin.

Gilly was an very popular and cherished cricketer by the cricket crazy fans of India But I doubt he will be anymore. You cannot call Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar a Sore Loser and be loved by Indians it is as simple as that.

Sachin being the man he is will not reply to this, because he is to good a man to get involved in a diatribe.

Please vote so lets know what sachins fan think about gilchrist claims.

India Thrash Australia in Mohali Test by a whopping 320 runs margin

What a day for Indian cricket and what a test match. From the start of this test match India has played flawless cricket and the Australian were clueless as what hit them.Indian bowlers mesmerized and bamboozled the Australians today and thrashed them by 320-run with more than two sessions to spare in the second Cricket Test in Mohali on Tuesday.

Indians took just one-and-half hours and 18.4 overs to clean up the Australian tail which didn't wag as it did in the first innings, thoroughly pounded and humiliated, Australians were subjected to one of their worst defeats ever in Indian sub-continent.India now leads the series 1-0.

Australian captain Ricky Pointing said " We lost the match in the first innings, with India scoring 469 we needed to get near that score but we didnt, from then on we needed to play a perfect game to win but we didnt. India deserved to win as they outplayed us in all the departments. But we have champions players in our side and you can never count them out"As Ricky said It was too much to expect the lower middle order batsmen and tail-enders to do what their front-line willow-wielders could not and Australia eventually folded for 195.

With respect to India, India's batting looks ominous with prince of kolkata firing in the first innings. I think dad wants to prove a point before he leaves, But as fat as I am concerned he doesn't have to prove anything he is a champion already and will be remembered as one of India's greatest ever captain.

It will be a hard for the selectors to drop Amit mishra and bring Kumble back into the side after the former's performance. Dhoni lead the side in an aggressive manner and that gave much dividends in the way the bowlers responded.Dhoni has an aura around him that commands respect from his fellow team mates. It will be interesting to see what the selectors do for the next match.

But it is always good to have a problem of plenty than scarcity. Australians will look to bounce back but I doubt they will even get close to winning the next test match, if india plays like what it did in the past five days.In the end the entire world will be happy to see this result as we have shown to them that Australia ain't invincible anymore.

Cheers!!

Leave you with some of the Images from the test

Sachin Gets the Record!!, breaks Lara’s record for most runs in Test match cricket

Sachin tendulkar has finally broken the record of Brain lara.Tendulkar has emerged as the highest run-getter in Test cricket's history, staking a legitimate claim as the best batsman cricket has known since Don Bradman, both aesthetically and statistically.

Peter Siddle sent down the first ball of the post-tea session. Tendulkar glided it to third man for three runs to surpass Lara's record of 11,953 runs and raise the bar even higher for posterity.

Tendulkar's satatistics are mind-blowing, I doubt will this record will ever be broken again for no one starts playing at the age of sixteen and continues playing for 18 years in contemporary cricket.

Tendulkar arrived here with 11,939 runs against his name from 151 Tests, averaging 54.02 hitting 39 centuries in the process. His ODI record put together-- he tops the run-accumulator's chart there too with 16,361 runs -- Tendulkar has scored more than 25,000 international runs with the help of a mindboggling (42+39) 81 centuries and 138 half-centuries.


A great gift For Diwali by sachin to his die-hard fans, Just Like me!!