Gautam Gambhir’s inclusion in the Indian cricket team was put down to the regional selection pulls and his longevity at the international level was seriously doubted by many (including self). He was too flashy outside the off stump so wasn’t really Test...
Both the MI v/s DDD match and the RRs v/s the CSK match seem to be following a similar pattern. Both teams batting first ended up scoring a smallish total against formidable batting opponents. Whereas the MI's batting fell apart from the word 'go'...
Let one start by admitting that this is not going to be the standard match summary/ report that one reads on haloed cricket sites. This is a fan’s account of the celebration, torture, hope, despair and sweat, which was the IPL semi final between the Rajasthan...