My dream Indian XI

Gambhir - Best opening partner for Sehwag that India currently has.
Sehwag - Hit or miss but huge potential for match changing starts to innings.
Dravid - The Wall has simply been sublime this year.
Sachin - Greatest modern batsman.
VVS Laxman - Still very much class.
Virat/Rohit - Best of the young bloods. Virat preferred in India. Rohit outside.
Dhoni - The Skipper's batting may be a bit off, but is by far the best option for wicketkeeper and captain.
Jadeja - A triple ton in the Ranji season and has had good bowling form as well.
Irfan Pathan - Excellent Ranji season. Seems to be getting his swing back.
Ashwin- Becoming a bowling all rounder lately. Bats better than Dhoni in tests.
Zaheer Khan/Praveen Kumar - Bowling spearhead.

Dropping Jadeja for another quick such as Yadav may be preferred in seam friendly conditions.

Best batting line up ever? #ShortHistoricalSense

160kph - The Quick Hits: India - Australia Border - Gavaskar Trophy First Match Bullet Review

I may have a full post later, but here are some quick thoughts I took away from the 1st test form the MCG.

• Gambhir may not be deserving of his place in the XI. More edgy than the much maligned Phil Hughes. However, Rahane had not looked good either in the tour matches.
• Virat Kohli is my favorite Indian player other than Sachin, but he needs to be a short leash after the next test. He needs to score at least one half century (and not a duck in either innings) or Rohit should be given his place. Virat should also be allowed to bowl a couple of overs at his slow-medium place. He has decent control over his line and he can bowl the yorker that no Indian bowlers apparently can.
• India misses Praveen Kumar a lot. Praveen can swing the ball. A lot. When Ishant is bowling 152, where he bowls 142 in India, I can expect PK to bowl at 120s or even 130s with excellent control and ability to swing both ways in the swing friendly conditions of Australia. His recent tweet seems to suggest a desire to get fit to play down under. I hope this happens. 
• Mike Hussey played a match winning innings in his second innings. This, coupled with a tough adjudement of out in his first innings should be enough to guarantee his spot for a minimum of the rest of the Indian tour. 
• Likewise for Ricky Ponting. His twin half centuries should be enough to cement his place as well.
• Shaun Marsh did not impress much. He was amazing in his last BBL innings. Perhaps he should be a limited overs candidate. 
• The fast bowlers were all equally impressive. Siddle persevered and was more than handy with the bad showing excellent technique. Pattinson showed the most bowling skill and Hilfenhaus even managed to become a trending topic world wide. Good show from them.

Introduction

I am not good at intros.

I really am not.

I can be awakward  and clunky at the start and not allow my charm to flow through until later.

I guess I am doing that again.

So bear with me and hopefully it will be worth it. I created this blog due to a dearth of cricket blogs accessible to people in America. Cricinfo can be biased and slightly obnoxious at times and SBNation, the current leader of partnership of blogs has a very inconsistent Cricket blog. Therefore, I hope to create a blog that provides consistent output of news and information about the various tours and tournaments going around the world. I will not withhold the information that I was born in India and am an Indian cricket fan. However, this does not mean that my posts will read like BCCI propoganda (I support DRS [except maybe whatever HotSpot was used in India's tour of England]) and will criticize Indian players. (For example, Gambhir has been more edgy than Phil Hughes so far in Australia.)

So rather than becoming pedantic, I will end it here. Enjoy. Have fun. Take Care.