Castrol Harsha Blog

Pakistan has two opponents, but Sri Lanka only one!

sri lanka's progress in this tournament is a great advertisement for bowlers in t20 cricket

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Little things determine the big verdicts!

there has been much criticism of mahendra singh dhoni's tactics in this world t20

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

England played better, with more intent and they won

this is not the time to burn effigies since showing disappointment doesn't mean demeaning yourself

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

india's future is in their mind and in their speed on the field

india might still turn things around but they have been disappointing

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

IPL has emerged as the global sport brand from India!

whichever way you look at it the ipl has been a fantastic success

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Cometh the hour cometh the men ...

just to give you an idea of how quickly perceptions change in t20

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

A match worth calling a Semi Final...

somebody asked me yesterday if adam gilchrist's blitzkrieg was among the best limited overs innings i had seen

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

And my choice of the most valuable player this year is...

three matches to go as i write this

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Often teams are not bad, they are just playing badly...

i'm delighted that the knight riders won a game

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

T20 is about guerrilla warfare, not a military campaign!

batting in the ipl seems to have fallen into some kind of rhythm which is so unlike what t20 cricket is all about.t20 is about following your instinct, catching your opponent unawares, it is more like a guerrilla strategy than a military campaign

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Teams playing above themselves are always fun to watch!

so the mumbai indians are out of this year's ipl and they have four long days to endure before their last match, and their flight to mumbai

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

A Hayden off-day in the league stage will help Chennai!

the most fascinating paradox at the ipl is that the first team into the semi-final has done so with very little contribution from its opening pair

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Are spinners doing better than seamers on the tired wickets of South Africa?

in a tournament where slow bowling seems to hold the key, and where fast bowlers seem to value the slower ball more (on another note, if you bowl four balls at 110 kmph and two at 135kmph, are you bowling four slower balls or two faster balls?), it

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Southpaws dominating down south?

i have found over the years that the most studied explanations of events come from enthusiastic bloggers-the kind i hope frequent this site and make occasional forays towards this blog

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

League tables are becoming meaningless!

the flair captains have been doing well at the ipl

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Empowered young names are winning games

with one quality bowler (rp singh), another untested at this level (ryan harris) and absolutely nothing else to write home about, the deccan chargers defended a fairly ordinary score on a good batting wicket against the mumbai indians who are fast

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Who should have been the player of the match?

today's blog is the story of two performances; both outstanding, both deserving of much credit but creating a vastly different impact on the match

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

The X-factor makes the difference

here's a quick one for all you to ponder over while you think about all the different ways in which this year's ipl is different

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

The balance between caution and risk-taking is key

more interesting than the fake ipl blog, which is a lot of fun and a lot of fiction, is a peculiar trend that has emerged in this year's ipl

25-Feb-2013•Srinivasa Reddy

Is holding on to wickets while chasing a “gettable” total the right approach?

confronted with low totals, or at any rate totals that are not himalayan, teams that are chasing are trying to adopt a safety first and mayhem later approach

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

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