For starters, the population of India today, based on crude birth and death rates, would have been 610 million. But, them, Sachin Tendulkar would not have happened...
The Indian captain defends his decision to bowl first but admits that it was 'generally a poor bowling performance' and that even chasing 300 runs was possible but 360 was a bit too much.
History is always written by the victorious. But that doesn't mean it's true. There is so much else to remember when you look back on World Cup 2003. And screw history as written by the victorious.
As the Indians come down from the narrow stairs on Thursday, they will know that a billion people back home will never forgive them if they don't win. The Kenyans, on the other hand, as their coach says smugly, 'have nothing to lose'.
Aren't we ready to face the Aussies? The Indian captain publicly admits he would much rather play the Sri Lankans -- despite seven straight wins! Spiritless Australia phobia or what? What's in a metal cup when some other team is still considered the
It didn't rain, it poured -- but not the kind the Sri Lankans would have wished -- runs from Indian top 3, first, and then Lankan wickets, as Team India strode into the Semis with a comprehensive 183 run victory.
... is a condition by which India will win a particular number of matches in a row and then lose the next one no matter which country it plays because it has to respond to its natural instinct to be inconsistent.
