Sunil Rajguru's World » cricket http://www.sunilrajguru.com A little bit of everything under the sun. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 India has won 8 global tournaments http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2025 06:19:51 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9906 India has now won 8 global level tournaments… 1. ODI World Cup–1983. (Captain: Kapil Dev) 2. Benson & Hedges World Series Championship–1985. (Sunil Gavaskar) 3. ICC Champions Trophy–2002. (Sourav Ganguly) 4. T20 World Cup–2007. (MS Dhoni) 5. ODI World Cup–2011. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/feed/ 0 India’s knockout performance versus its cricketing rivals http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:29:06 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9863 In large tournaments that have been called World Cups or mini World Cups, we have won the following knockout matches and finals against the following countries… Australia (5) 1. 1998 ICC Knockout Quarter Final 2. 2000 ICC Knockout Quarter Final … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/feed/ 0 Most improved cricketing teams in recent times http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:59:13 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9766 Most improved white ball team since 2010… England. 1975-2009: Zero Big Tournament wins (Comprising 5 or more teams). 2010-22: 3 World Cups. Most improved red ball team since 2015… India. 9 straight Test series wins from 2015-17. First 3-0 Test … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/feed/ 0 India’s Greatest Test Overseas Era ends http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:20:29 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9745 With Virat Kohli stepping down as captain, India’s Greatest Test Overseas Era (2015-21) has ended… In Australia: From 1947-2014 we have had Zero Test series wins on Australian soil. Now we have won two back to back 2018 & 2020. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/feed/ 0 What was it about Dhoni then, eh? http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:31:10 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9616 As captains… Sourav Ganguly won exactly Zero finals in tournaments that involved 4 or more teams. MS Dhoni won 12 finals in tournaments that involved 4 or more teams. Virat Kohli won exactly Zero finals in tournaments that involved 4 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/feed/ 0 Musings post India’s loss in the Champions Trophy… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/musings-post-indias-loss-in-the-champions-trophy/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/musings-post-indias-loss-in-the-champions-trophy/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2017 06:15:26 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8130 In the 1983 World Cup final, we made just 183 runs in 60 overs. We shouldn’t have won that. The West Indies batting line-up was the most powerful in the world. In the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy final, we made … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/musings-post-indias-loss-in-the-champions-trophy/feed/ 0 #IndVsEng series musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvseng-series-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvseng-series-musings/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2016 13:54:50 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7844 Jo shatak banayega wohi Sikander. #Sachin Jo Jeeta wohi Sikander. #Sachin MC-BC. Sikander gaya tel lene. Shatak bhi mera, jeet bhi meri! #Kohli Test captaincy. Test anchor. ODI anchor. iT20 anchor. RCB captaincy. RCB anchor. 3500+ runs in all the … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvseng-series-musings/feed/ 0 General cricketing musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/general-cricketing-musings-2/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/general-cricketing-musings-2/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:46:34 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7663 Champs for 10 years and counting… 2007-09—T20 World Champs. 2009-11—Test World Champs. 2011-15—ODI World Champs. 2013-17—Defenders of Champions Trophy. Pakistan. Shortest T20 Champions 2009-10: 329 days. Shortest Test champions in 2016: 42 days. Have you seen the Rocky series? Sir … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/general-cricketing-musings-2/feed/ 0 #IndVsNZ #EdenGardens: Greatest batting line-up ever… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvsnz-edengardens-greatest-batting-line-up-ever/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvsnz-edengardens-greatest-batting-line-up-ever/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2016 04:48:29 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7648 Here’s looking at the highest scores of all 11 batsmen in the second Test between India and New Zealand at Eden Gardens… 1. Shikhar Dhawn 187. 2. Murali Vijay 167. 3. Cheteshwar Pujara 206*. 4. Virat Kohli 200. 5. Ajinkya … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indvsnz-edengardens-greatest-batting-line-up-ever/feed/ 0 Yet another brand new innings for Sidhu the Great http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/yet-another-brand-new-innings-for-sidhu-the-great/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/politics/yet-another-brand-new-innings-for-sidhu-the-great/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:13:38 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=7555 Cricketer turned Commentator turned Convict turned Comedy Show Star turned Chief Minister? Kevin Pietersen played the switch hit on the field. Right to Left. Sidhu played the switch hit off the field. Right to Left = BJP to AAP. Strokeless … Continue reading →

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