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Recently there was this news item that some of the Mahendra Singh Dhoni disciples had decided to build a shrine in his honour and in another incident there were almost riots in the Kolkata region when former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly had some problems with the country’s cricket administration. It is the basic truth that in India most of the cricketing superstars attain demi-god status. If that is the status-quo what could be the public feeling on a personality of the stature of Sachin Tendulkar? … Phenomenal!

Let the bats do the talking

Who said Test cricket is dying and who said that Test cricket is boring? Well, the first Test in Galle provided all that entertainment even Houdini may not have been able to provide. But, it also left us with more questions at hand than answers.

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