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It’s a typically cold day in Manchester. The World Cup semi-final hangs in the balance, with India needing 25 runs off the last 10 deliveries. All eyes are glued onto one man; MS Dhoni. Ferguson  sends down a quick bouncer to which Dhoni responds with a sluggish pull shot. Hesitantly, he takes off for a second run against the arm of  Martin Guptill . A rocket-throw towards the stumps results in a direct hit and Dhoni is sent packing, taking along with him a billion shattered Indian hearts. With that, it was yet another ‘what if’ moment for India at a major ICC event. The team that was once again fancied a title win couldn’t get itself over the line (quite literally). Since 2013, India’s ICC trophy cabinet has not seen any addition. That does come across as a surprise, considering that it’s the same period (post 2013) which has overlapped with the coming of age of India's top three batsmen;  Rohit Sharma ,   Shikhar Dhawan   and   Virat Kohli , along with a world-class fast b

India vs. Australia; runs, runs and more runs! The Indo-Aussie cricketing rivalry has always been one of my favourites. Be it Rohit 's disdainfully graceful double hundred at Bangalore,  Ishant's  heroics at the Commonwealth Bank series triumph in 2008 and more recently, Australia's comeback from 2-0 to a 3-2 series victory, the contests have always been captivating, passionate and powerful. There’s been a fair share of drama off the field, but let’s not get into that. Lately, the resurgence of India’s fast bowling wolf-pack has evened out the contest, and how! That’s one department in which Australia was head and shoulders above India and more often than not, it evidently made the difference. Not. Any. More. The thrill of watching India’s quicks tear through Australia at Perth in 2018 remains my fondest memory of this team. Rewind the clock 10 years and who would’ve thought that India would terrorize the mighty Aussies through sheer pace? Well, you aren’t dreaming!