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Quite the norm in the year gone by, the new year too begins with India scrambling for survival. For much of 2012, Indian cricket was in a shambles. The 4-0 whitewash in the......
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http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/putting-mind-matter-dhoni/42763
Mahendra Singh Dhoni isn’t the most attractive batsman going in world cricket. He is not the most technically accomplished either. Sheer pace doesn’t daunt him, but he has repeatedly been found out in......
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http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/ishant-mishra-return-shami-lone-face/41472
Ishant Sharma made a return to the Twenty20 International set-up and Shami Ahmed was drafted into the One-Day International squad as India’s selectors named separate 15-member squads for the T20I and ODI series......
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Pakistan dropped Shahid Afridi from their squad for the three-match One-Day International series against arch-rivals India starting in December 2012. Afridi, however, found a place in the squad for the two-match Twenty20 International......
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Saeed Ajmal played his first international match only at the age of 31, but since then, he has become one of the leading bowlers in the world, taking wickets in a rush in......
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Pakistan falter as India record face-saving win
Pakistan, resilient, clinical and professional all through their current tour of India, sacrificed those virtues on Sunday (January 6), throwing away a golden chance of completing the first whitewash in India-Pakistan One-Day International......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/pakistan-falter-india-record-face-saving-win/43843
Games like these get the team together: Dhoni
Fuelled by a wonderful display in the field, India salvaged something from a series gone horribly wrong, edging out Pakistan by ten runs in a low-scoring thriller in the final One-Day International in......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/games-team-together-dhoni/44016
Misbah says India’s fielding made the difference
Misbah-ul-Haq termed India’s fielding in the final One-Day International in New Delhi on Sunday (January 6) as the difference between the two teams in a low-scoring contest that India won by 10 runs to reduce Pakistan’s margin of victory......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/misbah-indias-fielding-difference/44032
Important to back the players we have: Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s mask of inscrutability and composure slipped, understandable in light of the turmoil due to recent results, but the slip was so brief that if you weren’t looking closely, you could......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/important-players-have-dhoni/43758
Our fast bowling has made the difference: Misbah
Misbah-ul-Haq credited Pakistan’s excellent performance on their current tour of India to the mental strength and resolve of his players, adding that the difference between the two teams had been Pakistan’s fast bowling......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/fast-bowling-difference-misbah/43770
Players feel the chill as temperature plummets
It has been a bitterly cold winter in New Delhi, with Friday night (January 4) recording the lowest minimum temperature in the last six years at 2.7 degree Celsius. Saturday was marginally better with......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/players-feel-chill-temperature-plummets/43777
Dhoni doubtful as India look to end series on a high
The series might have been won and lost, but there is no such thing as a dead rubber when it comes to an India versus Pakistan contest. Pakistan came into this short tour of India having lost three of......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/preview/dhoni-doubtful-india-series-high/43740
Nasir Jamshed looks all set to go “a long way”
History will attest that India’s bowlers have had problems against left-handed batsmen. There is a long list of such individuals who have tormented India for years at a stretch, not least Sanath Jayasuriya and Saeed Anwar,......
http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/nasir-jamshed-looks-long-way/43618
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Sehwag: Break or Breakup?
The story of Virender Sehwag getting dropped from the one-day side was somewhat lost in the aftermath of Sachin Tendulkar’s one-day retirement, and India’s relentless schedule that allows little scope for reflection and......
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Runs, ruins, maidens and catches
India’s recent loss in the One-Day International series to Pakistan was a surprising result for many. Notwithstanding the home Test series loss to England that preceded the Pakistan series, India were still considered......
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Old is always gold
The years 2011 and 2012 were strewn with the retirements of some of the biggest names of modern cricket, including Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, who announced his retirement from the limited-overs game......
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End of the ODI road for Sehwag?
When news trickled in that Virender Sehwag was not part of the Delhi team that was taking on England in their second warm-up fixture at the Feroze Shah Kotla on Tuesday (January 6),......
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Lionheart Shami rises to the challenge
“This boy, with this attitude, is going to go places,” says WV Raman, coach of the Bengal Ranji team, of Shami Ahmed, the 22 year-old who set the 2012-13 Ranji Trophy alight with......
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