Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

Waqar Younis told the story with relish of a one-day game in 1989 when he dismissed Kris Srikkanth twice in two balls. First an lbw ...
03:53 PM, Jan 18, 2013

Navneet Mundhra

Sweet Chin Music |

Unmukt Chand is the flavor of the season, having led India to their third Under-19 World Cup with an unbeaten 111 in the final against ...
02:22 PM, Sep 04, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

For 28 years, only one generation of Indian cricket fans had known a certain joy. It was the jubilation of a surprise triumph, beating a ...
09:38 AM, Apr 02, 2012

E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

Kris Srikkanth, the chairman of the BCCI's selection committee, was gracious enough to own up responsibility for India's failure in England and Australia on national ...
09:48 AM, Mar 30, 2012

R Mohan

Stump Vision |

The biggest turnaround for cricket in recent times was the fact that the Pakistan team began playing to win again and not to lose as ...
11:32 AM, Mar 13, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Rahul Dravid was never my favourite cricketer. To someone who followed cricket for the dominance of Sachin Tendulkar, it was nearly frustrating to watch him ...
02:03 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Jaspreet Sahni

Gun Barrel |

Stop, stop right there and come out of the stadium. Switch off that TV. You have messed it all up. Your cricketing viewpoint is suffering ...
01:53 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

It is facile to say that India lost to Sri Lanka because skipper Mohammad Azharuddin decided to field on winning the toss. It was a ...
12:45 PM, Nov 21, 2011

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

Aakash Chopra likes to call himself the '245th Indian to represent India in Test cricket'. It is a statement of fact. But it is also ...
10:43 AM, Nov 21, 2011

Gaurav Kalra

Grumble with Gaurav |

Aakash Chopra likes to call himself the '245th Indian to represent India in Test cricket'. It is a statement of fact. But it is also ...
10:42 AM, Nov 21, 2011

Pragati Ratti

Sanguine Symphony |

On Saturday, April 2, 2011, a new glorious page got added to the book of Indian history, or I'd rather say, a new book itself ...
07:18 PM, Apr 04, 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

Rituparna Chatterjee

Begging Your Pardon |

As the last ball of the match soared over thousands of tiny heads blurred into one cohesive mass of colour, the silence in the news ...
01:45 PM, Apr 03, 2011

Digvijay Singh Deo

Totally Devious |

It's been an interesting World Cup. Lit up by Virender Sehwag's blazing 175 on the opening day of the tournament it soon descended into the ...
11:32 AM, Apr 01, 2011

Rituparna Chatterjee

Begging Your Pardon |

India will clash with Pakistan on Wednesday in an epic World Cup semifinal that will be telecast live to millions of wildly cheering fans. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 29, 2011

Hemender Sharma

In Conversation |

The India -Pakistan world cup semifinal clash at Mohali could not have come at a better time for the ruling UPA government in India. It's ...
06:32 PM, Mar 28, 2011

Soumyadip Choudhury

Pixelated |

Everybody and their mother-in-law is doing a blog post on the big cricket match on Wednesday. It does take superhuman effort or an utter dislike/extreme ...
01:07 PM, Mar 28, 2011

Pragati Ratti

Sanguine Symphony |

On March 24 2011, the whole country was set for the big match - The India vs Australia World Cup quarter final. All the Indian ...
05:54 PM, Mar 26, 2011

Mahima Sharma

Storm Chaser |

"Wants all those pasting 'patriotic' messages on their walls to know that the day to pay homage to the real patriots was yesterday - 23rd ...
09:04 PM, Mar 25, 2011

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

One of the great joys of journalism is that it introduces you to many wonderful people, including at times childhood heroes. As a teenager growing ...
11:04 AM, Mar 25, 2011