C. Rajshekhar Rao's blog from Cricketnext.com http://www.cricketnext.com/index.html Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:28:48 +0100 Cricketnext.com http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/web3/cricketnext_logo.gif http://www.cricketnext.com/index.html Feed provided by Cricketnext. http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1696/cricket-is-in-a-mess.html If at all one needed any confirmation about cricket being in a mess, it came over the weekend with two episodes in different parts of the world. The first editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:58:53 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1803/cricket-is-in-a-mess.html If at all one needed any confirmation about cricket being in a mess, it came over the weekend with two episodes in different parts of the world. The first editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:58:53 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1689/two-wrongs-make-a-right.html Foreign coaches may have rid the Indian cricket team of parochial considerations to an extent, but we are still awaiting the day when administrators consign their prejudices to the bins. editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:22:24 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1693/blamegame-will-get-india-nowhere.html The bigger they try to become, the harder they fall. The Indian team's ignominious exit from the World Cup stunned millions of fans who are left following the fortunes of editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:26:45 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1608/maverick-akhtar-always-in-the-news.html Shoaib Akhtar will probably be remembered as much for his mercurial twists of temperament as his fearsome in-dipping yorkers. The 31-year-old has often been in the news, and not editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 27 Jan 2007 10:59:14 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/2021/blog-your-way-to-cnnibn.html Indian cricket provides a roller-coaster ride to its fans, who seem to be in a perpetual tizzy. Their passion shows not only when the team hits winning ways but also editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 23 May 2007 04:31:43 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/2527/dhoni-darling-of-media.html The two comprehensive wins over England and South Africa have led the Indian press here to heave a collective sigh of relief as the ghosts of the World Cup in editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:03:48 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1691/indias-1983-heroes-still-eulogized.html Each cricket World Cup brings with it memories of India’s epic 1983 victory, and invariably, also comparisons with the squad readying to leave for the next edition. Pictures showing editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:06:18 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1688/dont-count-indian-cricketers-out-yet.html In India, cricket is the opiate of the masses and a poor run for the national side a catastrophe. So, when the team loses its rhythm in One Day editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:47:55 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1692/whatmores-midas-touch.html Amid the celebrations by Bangladesh and the gloom in the Indian camp, one man who failed to get the credit he deserved was coach Dav Whatmore. The Aussie has been editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:20:12 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/2514/south-africa-ruled-by-sports.html That South Africa is a sports-loving nation is evident in everyday life. Sports discussions are rampant, be it at work or after work. People in hotels and malls talk about editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:45:00 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/2507/indopak-fever-grips-kingsmead.html It is one of those days, which is looked forward to with anticipation. A day when people flock to the ground expecting a cracker of a contest and others try editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:18:54 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/2496/south-africa-tour-dairy.html Welcome to the World of Twenty20. Well, this is not a sign greeting you at any of the venues of the ICC World Championship for the newest and shortest version editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:13:37 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1695/alarm-bells-for-sachin-sourav.html The Indian cricket Board officials may have played to the gallery by announcing a slew of measures aimed at shrinking cricketers' incomes, but the intention to blood youngsters in the editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:55:15 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1690/star-who-never-sparkled-for-india.html The past few weeks have seen any number of discussions over the composition of the Indian team for the upcoming World Cup in the West Indies and more options have editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:44:39 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/c.rajshekharrao/823/1694/no-doubting-tendulkars-commitment.html Sachin Tendulkar has been anything but an enigma during his 17-year international career. He has been an open book, the contents of which are known to every afficionado countrywide. editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:19:33 +0530