Sunil Rajguru's World » world cup 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 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 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 You don’t speak a European language? You can’t win the Football World Cup! http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/number-of-fifa-world-cups-won-by-official-national-language/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/number-of-fifa-world-cups-won-by-official-national-language/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2018 14:55:57 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=5676 Number of FIFA World Cups won by official national language… Portuguese: 5. (Brazil: 5) Spanish: 5. (Uruguay: 2, Argentina: 2, Spain: 1) German: 4. (Germany: 4) Italian: 4. (Italy: 4) French: 2. (France: 2) English: 1. (England: 1) Moral of … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/number-of-fifa-world-cups-won-by-official-national-language/feed/ 0 South Africa anti-choke musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/south-africa-anti-choke-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/south-africa-anti-choke-musings/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:20:32 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=6295 Ref: South Africa versus Sri Lanka, March 18, 2015. After AAP political realignment, a choking realignment is underway in the South Africa-Sri Lanka quarter final match at World Cup 2015. South Africa needed 134 off 50. AB de Villiers wanted … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/south-africa-anti-choke-musings/feed/ 0 World Cup musings… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/world-cup-musings/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/world-cup-musings/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2015 06:16:53 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=6200 Total prize money up for grabs for 200+ players participating in 2015 ODI World Cup… $10 million. Yuvraj Singh’s fee for just appearing in IPL 2015… $2.5 million. The World Cup jinx… Sri Lanka has never beaten Pakistan. Pakistan has … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/world-cup-musings/feed/ 0 April 2011 Status Updates http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/april-2011-status-updates/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/april-2011-status-updates/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 09:05:37 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=1937 ∙ Just because you want to make Brick plural, you use the word s. Just because you want to make BRIC plural, you use South Africa? (April 14) ∙ Tired of India winning the Corruption World Cup over and again, … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/short-takes/april-2011-status-updates/feed/ 0 If wishes were horses… http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/if-wishes-were-horses/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/if-wishes-were-horses/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:24:07 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://sunilrajguru.com/?p=1869 After 20 years, Imran Khan is the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Sachin Tendulkar the PM of India. . India and Pak reach the final of the 2032 T10 World Cup. So Sachin invites Imran  to Eden Gardens where they … Continue reading →

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