Benjamin Prabhu - Articles & News

How the present crisis in Australian cricket could have been avoided!

How the present crisis in Australian cricket could have been avoided!

I was wondering on Monday morning how slowly time passes by while one waits for the next cricket match featuring the Indian team. Then, without warning, the cricket universe erupted over the axing of four Australian cricketers. The four players had failed to submit an assignment to coach Mickey Arthur within the set deadline. The coach"wanted three points from each of them [players] technically, mentally and team as to how we were going to get back over the next couple of games, how we were going to get ourselves back into the series."

Benjamin Prabhu, cricket humour, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, Mickey Arthur, James Pattinson, Glenn Maxwell, Australia, India vs Australia, Australia tour of India 2013

March 13 2013, 10:30 am

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Mahendra Singh Dhonis personal diary reveals interesting insights!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's personal diary reveals interesting insights!

Press conferences are not the place where you will get to know what is really in the captain’s mind about his team mates. Statements to the media are understandably diplomatic exercises. There is, however, one place which can reveal what is there in a captain’s mind – his personal diary. Benjamin Prabhu brings us what is there in MS Dhoni’s mind by producing excerpts from jottings from his diary in the year 2012.

Benjamin Prabhu, MS Dhoni, cricket humour, India, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, VVS Laxman, Duncan Fletcher

December 31 2012, 10:54 am

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Does Dhoni have it in him to turnaround Indias fortunes? Well, of course!

Does Dhoni have it in him to turnaround India's fortunes? Well, of course!

The clamor for Dhoni's removal from captaincy is mostly suggested by people who believe that his past successes are due to luck. Many of them feel vindicated by the twin failures in England and Australia, where all the ‘luck’ disappeared and his defensive tactics didn’t seem to help in any way. Well, I disagree.

Benjamin Prabhu, MS Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Gary Kirsten, England, India, IPL 5, KKR, CSK

December 11 2012, 1:04 pm

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Week 7 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Week 7 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the IPL? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most ‘DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend; or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the ‘pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

Benjamin Prabhu, Sunil Narine, Dale Steyn, MI, CSK, DC, DD, KKR, IPL, IPL 5, IPL 2012

December 11 2012, 1:05 pm

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Week 4 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Week 4 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the IPL? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most ‘DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend; or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the ‘pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

Benjamin Prabhu, KKR, CSK, MI, KXIP, DC, RCB, IPL, IPL 5, IPL 2012

December 11 2012, 1:08 pm

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Week 1 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Week 1 of the IPL - The hits, the misses, the heroes, the villains and more

Have you been too busy studying for your exams to take note of what has been going on in the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Or have you been too engrossed in searching for a job to know who has hit the most ‘DLF Maximums’ over the past week? Maybe all your time is being taken up by stalking your ex-boyfriend, or you could just be some closeted IPL fan who likes to keep up appearances by publicly denouncing the ‘pajama cricket’ but want to know how your favorite IPL team is doing?

Benjamin Prabhu, IPL 5, RCB, DD, DC, KXIP, CSK, MI, RR, PWI, KKR

December 11 2012, 1:12 pm

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Much to learn from Tendulkar & Dravids dignified response to Shoaib

Much to learn from Tendulkar & Dravid's dignified response to Shoaib

While most other Pakistani cricketers have rubbished Shoaib’s tales, Afridi has backed him on his observations over Tendulkar, generously adding that Tendulkar’s legs used to ‘shiver’ when facing him. Setting aside the fact that this is hard to visualise, it is mighty impressive that Tendulkar managed to score a brilliant 98 in the 2003 World Cup – while suffering from ‘shivering legs syndrome’!

Benjamin Prabhu, Shahid Afridi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Shoaib Akhtar, Sourav Ganguly, MS Dhoni, India, Pakistan, World Cup

December 11 2012, 1:14 pm

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