Sunil Rajguru's World » Tests 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 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 has been choking for quite some time now http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9763 In the 2014 T20 World Cup India played spectacularly winning 5 matches in a row including the semis where they comfortably chased a target of 173 against South Africa. Then in the final they crashed to an abysmal 130 in … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/feed/ 0 How India fares in Tests at home and abroad http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 06:13:06 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9648 The last time a visiting team won a Test on Indian soil… Sri Lanka: Never. Bangladesh: Never. Zimbabwe: Never. New Zealand: 1988. West Indies: 1994. Pakistan: 2005. South Africa: 2010. Australia: 2017. England: 2021. The last time India won an … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/feed/ 0 When India beat Australia @ Dharamsala… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/when-india-beat-australia-dharamsala/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/when-india-beat-australia-dharamsala/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:15:36 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8015 ICC Test Rankings. No. 1 team: India. No.1 Bowler: Jadeja. No. 2 Bowler: Ashwin. No. 2 batsman: Pujara. No. 4 batsman: Kohli. No. 2 All-rounder: Ashwin. No. 3 All-rounder: Jadeja. India never had it this good in Tests! Ardh-Shatak ka … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/when-india-beat-australia-dharamsala/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 #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 Brisbane Test Day 4 musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-4-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-4-musings/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:19:46 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=6025 Ref: Second India-Australia Test at Brisbane. For Steve Waugh, India was the final frontier. For India, every country is the final frontier. No matter what day of the Test, when India begins its second innings, it is always just one … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-4-musings/feed/ 0 Brisbane Test Day 3 musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-3-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-3-musings/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:37:07 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=6023 Ref: Second India-Australia Test at Brisbane. Overseas Tests… Play pathetically: Lose. Play badly: Lose. Play well: Lose. Play really well: Lose. Play awesomely: Draw. Once in four years: Win. The Indian attack is great at getting batsmen out. It just … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/brisbane-test-day-3-musings/feed/ 0 Adelaide Test musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/adelaide-test-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/adelaide-test-musings/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2014 08:35:43 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=6021 Ref: First India-Australia Test at Adelaide. Aus series he kya? Nahi, Aasu series hai. ‪#‎IndVsAus‬ Kohli, Viru ya ho Dhoni, Fast bowling, spin ya kuch bhi anhoni, Foreign pitches pe bas wohi hi honi. ‪#‎IndVsAus‬ 2011: Can’t play fast bowlers … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/adelaide-test-musings/feed/ 0 Ghungroo ki tarah bajta raha Indian batsman… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/lyrical-atyachar/ghungroo-ki-tarah-bajta-raha-indian-batsman%e2%80%a6/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/lyrical-atyachar/ghungroo-ki-tarah-bajta-raha-indian-batsman%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:07:53 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=3192 Indian batsmen are having a really torrid time on foreign pitches. Please sing to the tune of Ghungroo ki tarah from the film Chor Machaye Shor. Ghungroo ki tarah, Bajta hi raha hoon main, Kabhi is pitch pe, Kabhi us … Continue reading →

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