Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Look beyond the needless razzmatazz of the Indian Premier League and you will see a few benefits, real ones. The first is obviously the humongous ...
10:44 AM, Apr 15, 2013

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

Tomes have been written about how captaincy affects a player's batting. Sourav Ganguly, for example, averaged eight runs per innings higher when he was not ...
08:50 AM, Feb 28, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

As per Google, a punching bag is 'a stuffed or inflated bag, typically cylindrical or pear-shaped, suspended so it can be punched for exercise or ...
09:59 AM, Jan 03, 2013

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

After Jose Mourinho was fired in September 2007, Chelsea FC have had eight different managers in five years. That is a huge figure of imbalance ...
09:23 AM, Dec 14, 2012

E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

MS Dhoni's statement in a media conference that "Sehwag, Sachin and Gambhir are slow in the field and that costs 20 runs to the team ...
11:35 AM, Mar 12, 2012

Priyanka Kumar

Off the Ball |

Displaying remarkable prescience before the start of the match, MS Dhoni, with his usual sage-like demeanour and circumlocutory reasoning, had this to say about his ...
05:10 PM, Feb 29, 2012

E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

In times of calamity we all look to hold onto straws being blown away by fate. Sometimes it is these straws that help us rebound. ...
11:57 AM, Jan 19, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

With India going 2-0 down in Australia, the talk of town is now to pin the blame somewhere. After all, it is the sixth consecutive ...
01:54 PM, Jan 07, 2012

Aakash Chopra

Insight Edge |

What a marvelously invigorating 2011 it has been for cricket aficionados - a restless 28 years of wait finally paid off when MSD and his ...
11:21 AM, Dec 26, 2011

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

India first visited Australia for a Test tour in 1947-48, their first contest after Independence. Lala Amarnath was captain of that squad and they were ...
10:01 AM, Dec 24, 2011

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

For every leader that inspires, there is one who derails. Power can enrich but also cripple. A demagogue can benefit his constituents but chooses instead ...
11:24 AM, Jul 31, 2011

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the country's new Pied Piper. From his hairstyle to his helicopter shot, Dhoni's every single move is followed by millions. Sachin ...
11:59 PM, Apr 07, 2011

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

In journalism fancy headline writing is a much admired skill. But in the aftermath of India's World Cup victory, the phraseology to describe Indian skipper ...
09:17 AM, Apr 04, 2011