Indian cricket excess

In the 24 months leading into the World Twenty20 in September 2007, and the 25 months or so thereafter, India played almost the same number of Tests and ODIs, but the latter period includes 17 T20s. In case we all forgot, there were two IPLs and a Champions League in-between. Insane numbers indeed. No wonder some of India's leading players and those from across the world are plagued by injuries, writes Kadambari Murali Wade in the Hindustan Times.

On a final note, here’s another interesting stat that might give the BCCI some pause to think before scheduling more and more T20s — the Indian public has been notoriously fickle when it comes to supporting their team and India, despite popular perception, is not a very good T20 unit.

In the same paper, Atreyo Mukhopadhyay, touches on a crucial point in India's big win at Nagpur, the running between the wickets. Mohammad Kaif talks about the importance of taking singles and how it's enough to deflate the opposition.