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The Coin, the Woman, and the Great Game Of Cricket

The Coin The story behind this is that the coin often decides the match. Especially in the 50-over format. Statistics agree with this as well...

Written by Dann Khan about about 1 month ago 244 reads 44 comments
Award Ceremony No. 2: When Expectations Increase

And finally, we reach the time when we declare the awards. For those who do not know, awards were introduced for cricket writers by me a couple of months ago. You can check it out here. I am not overly impressed with this month's performance...

Written by Dann Khan about about 1 month ago 37 reads 3 comments
Tamim Iqbal and the Hopes Of Bangladeshi Cricket

I know that the Champions Trophy is going on right now and, therefore, this article might seem a bit irrelevant given that it is about a player from a team that did not even play in the tournament...

Written by Dann Khan about 2 months ago 110 reads 24 comments
The Rather Interesting Case of Fielding

Coming to think of it, fielding is something that is massively important in cricket. It is often the part of the game which makes the difference between a winning unit and a decent unit...

Written by Dann Khan about 2 months ago 38 reads 3 comments
The True Fans Found In India

It said often, that India only has two passions, Cricket and Bollywood (Indian film industry). And now that so many of our movie stars are getting connected to cricket as team owners, mascots for teams, team ambassadors etc...

Written by Dann Khan about 2 months ago 123 reads 15 comments
Pitch Perfect: The First Cricket Writers Awards Ceremony

And finally we reach the time when we declare the awards. For those who do not know, awards were introduced for cricket writers by me a month ago. You can check it out here...

Written by Dann Khan about 2 months ago 150 reads 33 comments
If Arrogance Were Taught Properly...

Given as the reason for all the problems, Accused of tampering with perfectly good brains, I cry and hide from thou Yes, I am scared of thy fury, I am scared. Not cause I can't faceth thy fiery mouth, But cause I cannot bare lies Lies...

Written by Dann Khan about 3 months ago 161 reads 30 comments
The Forgotten Kiwis and Lankans Series

The guy up their in that picture is Ross Taylor. I am sure this picture somewhat tells you the way the New Zealand cricket team might be feeling...

Written by Dann Khan about 3 months ago 93 reads 23 comments
Announcing Cricket Awards

Hello friends, Not only is this the announcement of awards, it is also my way of communicating to you all that I am your new cricket community leader at Bleacher Report...

Written by Dann Khan about 3 months ago 162 reads 37 comments
The Not Out Batsman and Cricket

In cricket, there are plenty of emotions. In fact, in any sport there are plenty of emotions. But since I am writing on cricket, I will concern myself with nothing else. So as I was saying, cricket has plenty of emotions...

Written by Dann Khan about 3 months ago 95 reads 22 comments
Form and Confidence: Two Words That Really Confuse Me

Form is temporary, class is permanent. This is a very old saying. Sports are one area where it is used the most. It is as if the sports fraternity has a monopoly over this word...

Written by Dann Khan about 4 months ago 141 reads 17 comments
Farokh Engineer: A Man Forgotten in Indian Cricket

Engineer was probably India's first dasher. It is unfortunate that he was stuck with a team which lacked confidence and often looked out of sorts...

Written by Dann Khan about 4 months ago 214 reads 24 comments
Andrew Flintoff's Decision To Quit Test Cricket Highlights a Wider Problem

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Written by Dann Khan about 4 months ago 196 reads 21 comments
This Ashes Guarantees a Rise Of Lot More Than Just a Team

As we all know, Ashes is the oldest rivalries in cricket. According to me, it is the biggest one too. These days people do think that India-Pakistan, India-Australia and Australia-South Africa have overtaken it, but I disagree...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 83 reads 18 comments
Test Cricket Discussions: ICC Talking About Four-Day Matches

Some time back today, I got to know that ICC is thinking about four-day test matches from five-day test matches so that this oldest format of the game does not die because of the huge rise of T20 cricket...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 122 reads 23 comments
Indian Cricket Fans: We Just Want to Bully Someone, Even if We Also Lose

Today, I am a die-hard cricket fan. But it all started when I became a die-hard fan of team India. It was so nice when India won. I used to forget my issues in school and how badly I had been doing there...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 228 reads 31 comments
Cricket These Days:The Value of the Single Has Gone Down

Running between the wickets has been a very important feature of cricket in recent times. Drop the ball and run. Don't fear anything and run. If you are clever and quick, you cannot be stopped...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 43 reads 6 comments
Painting My Sports Idol

There was a day in my life when I existed. But the strange part is I don’t know where I was. I can’t even describe it properly; it seems so long ago. The whole area seemed very similar to a dream, but I know it wasn’t...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 636 reads 94 comments
A Deep Analysis After India's T20 World Cup Exit

Yesterday India crashed out of the t20 world cup. This was after they were tagged favourites this year. It is particularly sad to see this as the team was world champions last time and could not even make it to the semi-finals this tournament...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 440 reads 22 comments
Looking at Sports: When It Sickens Me

Sports has been touching all our lives, but it is imortant we don't get to soapy about how sports helps us learn this and how it helps us do that etc. And I say this because it really iritates the hell out of me...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 529 reads 117 comments
New Bats For You Andy: Answers Some Problems of Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia is currently having a torrid time taking care of its affairs. They have had their team just crash out in the very first round of the tournament...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 122 reads 16 comments
BCCI The Superpower: Its Greatness, Its Mistake, and Its Potential

I do not like the BCCI. My stance is very clear about this. Overall, the board has become something to be scared of. It treats the ICC as it's subordinate...

Written by Dann Khan about 5 months ago 112 reads 13 comments
The Official Curtain Closer for the Indian Premier League

I am a Bangalore Royal Challengers fan. And despite knowing that after the kind of final we had, cricket has to be the clear winner, I still feel a bit low. But that is my problem, not yours...

Written by Dann Khan about 6 months ago 245 reads 36 comments
Sports and The "Unimportant": Half Fought Debates

Sports like any other field encounters problems. Problems related to specific players, problems related to finances of a certain team or board or the sport in general, problems related to dynamic ...

Written by Dann Khan about 6 months ago 114 reads 33 comments
Cricket and the Machine-Made Product Phenomenon

Life that we lead is a very interesting. Full of new technology. Full of manufactured stuff. And of course, where manufacturing comes in you have the use of machines. These days everything is completely machine made...

Written by Dann Khan about 6 months ago 113 reads 10 comments

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Dann Khan Article Archive

The Coin, the Woman, and the Great Game Of Cricket

Award Ceremony No. 2: When Expectations Increase

Tamim Iqbal and the Hopes Of Bangladeshi Cricket

The Rather Interesting Case of Fielding

The True Fans Found In India

Pitch Perfect: The First Cricket Writers Awards Ceremony

If Arrogance Were Taught Properly...

The Forgotten Kiwis and Lankans Series

Announcing Cricket Awards

The Not Out Batsman and Cricket

Form and Confidence: Two Words That Really Confuse Me

Farokh Engineer: A Man Forgotten in Indian Cricket

Andrew Flintoff's Decision To Quit Test Cricket Highlights a Wider Problem

This Ashes Guarantees a Rise Of Lot More Than Just a Team

Test Cricket Discussions: ICC Talking About Four-Day Matches

Indian Cricket Fans: We Just Want to Bully Someone, Even if We Also Lose

Cricket These Days:The Value of the Single Has Gone Down

Painting My Sports Idol

A Deep Analysis After India's T20 World Cup Exit

Looking at Sports: When It Sickens Me

New Bats For You Andy: Answers Some Problems of Cricket Australia

BCCI The Superpower: Its Greatness, Its Mistake, and Its Potential

The Official Curtain Closer for the Indian Premier League

Sports and The "Unimportant": Half Fought Debates

Cricket and the Machine-Made Product Phenomenon

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