Sunil Rajguru's World » Cricket & Sports http://www.sunilrajguru.com A little bit of everything under the sun. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:19:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6 India has won 8 global tournaments http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2025 06:19:51 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9906 India has now won 8 global level tournaments… 1. ODI World Cup–1983. (Captain: Kapil Dev) 2. Benson & Hedges World Series Championship–1985. (Sunil Gavaskar) 3. ICC Champions Trophy–2002. (Sourav Ganguly) 4. T20 World Cup–2007. (MS Dhoni) 5. ODI World Cup–2011. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-in-the-7th-heaven-of-delight/feed/ 0 India hits a century in terms of foreign tour wins http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/why-indian-cricketers-arent-really-poor-travellers/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/why-indian-cricketers-arent-really-poor-travellers/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2025 18:31:04 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=8831 England is yet to win a major multi-nation ODI tournament outside England. South Africa and New Zealand have not won a World Cup anywhere. Forget a Test series—Sri Lanka has never even won a single Test in India. Pakistan won … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/why-indian-cricketers-arent-really-poor-travellers/feed/ 0 India’s knockout performance versus its cricketing rivals http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:29:06 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9863 In large tournaments that have been called World Cups or mini World Cups, we have won the following knockout matches and finals against the following countries… Australia (5) 1. 1998 ICC Knockout Quarter Final 2. 2000 ICC Knockout Quarter Final … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/new-zealand-is-our-nemesis/feed/ 0 4 languages have won 18/21 FIFA World Cups http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/4-languages-have-won-1821-fifa-world-cups/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/4-languages-have-won-1821-fifa-world-cups/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2022 08:40:17 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9771 Only 2 continents have ever won: Europe and South America. None from North America, Africa, Asia or even Russia and Australia. In fact, only 6 languages have ever won the World Cup… Spanish (Uruguay, Argentina, Spain) German (West Germany, Germany) … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/4-languages-have-won-1821-fifa-world-cups/feed/ 0 Most improved cricketing teams in recent times http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2022 04:59:13 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9766 Most improved white ball team since 2010… England. 1975-2009: Zero Big Tournament wins (Comprising 5 or more teams). 2010-22: 3 World Cups. Most improved red ball team since 2015… India. 9 straight Test series wins from 2015-17. First 3-0 Test … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/most-improved-cricketing-teams-in-recent-times/feed/ 0 India has been choking for quite some time now http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/#comments Sat, 12 Nov 2022 12:30:00 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9763 In the 2014 T20 World Cup India played spectacularly winning 5 matches in a row including the semis where they comfortably chased a target of 173 against South Africa. Then in the final they crashed to an abysmal 130 in … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/india-has-been-choking-for-quite-some-time-now/feed/ 0 India’s Greatest Test Overseas Era ends http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2022 15:20:29 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9745 With Virat Kohli stepping down as captain, India’s Greatest Test Overseas Era (2015-21) has ended… In Australia: From 1947-2014 we have had Zero Test series wins on Australian soil. Now we have won two back to back 2018 & 2020. … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/indias-greatest-test-overseas-era-ends/feed/ 0 How India fares in Tests at home and abroad http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/#comments Thu, 25 Nov 2021 06:13:06 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9648 The last time a visiting team won a Test on Indian soil… Sri Lanka: Never. Bangladesh: Never. Zimbabwe: Never. New Zealand: 1988. West Indies: 1994. Pakistan: 2005. South Africa: 2010. Australia: 2017. England: 2021. The last time India won an … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/how-india-fares-in-tests-at-home-and-abroad/feed/ 0 What was it about Dhoni then, eh? http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 18:31:10 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9616 As captains… Sourav Ganguly won exactly Zero finals in tournaments that involved 4 or more teams. MS Dhoni won 12 finals in tournaments that involved 4 or more teams. Virat Kohli won exactly Zero finals in tournaments that involved 4 … Continue reading →

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]]> http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/what-was-it-about-dhoni-then-eh/feed/ 0 Olympic Gold Medal won, now time for a World Cup http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/olympic-gold-medal-won-now-time-for-a-world-cup/ http://www.sunilrajguru.com/sports/olympic-gold-medal-won-now-time-for-a-world-cup/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2021 15:56:35 +0000 Sunil Rajguru http://www.sunilrajguru.com/?p=9623 There was a peculiar jinx when it came to sports and politics in India. Every Olympic Gold Medal and Cricket World Cup was won when there was a Congress Prime Minister. Just look at the list… 1948 Hockey Gold: Nehru. … Continue reading →

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