As far back as 2004, nine years ago, an 18-year-old made his first-class debut for Delhi. Opening the innings, this young lad would fall one ...
01:53 PM, Mar 20, 2013
Murali Vijay turns 29 next month; his opening partner Shikhar Dhawan is 27. One is on the road to re-establishing himself in the national side. ...
11:10 AM, Mar 19, 2013
The problem with Indian cricket is that it lives in the present. While philosophers will tell you that is a good way of life, it ...
01:02 PM, Mar 18, 2013
The axe has been wielded, and with some regularity. Thrice, in the span of three Test matches, the selection committee headed by Sandeep Patil has ...
02:57 PM, Mar 09, 2013
There was a time, not so long ago in the lives of us cricket people, that this was India's top six in a Test match- ...
10:28 AM, Mar 08, 2013
For once, let it be said, there was nothing morale-boosting about the Man-of-the-Match award MS Dhoni received. R Ashwin was the other obvious candidate, but ...
10:37 AM, Mar 02, 2013
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
India's eight-wicket win over Australia in the opening Test in Chennai was a well-deserved success. Sachin Tendulkar coming to the fore with a solid knock ...
02:47 PM, Feb 27, 2013
For a youngster, playing for India is a dream he grows up with and every time he listens to a former cricketing great, the one ...
01:30 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The Australians were a ruthless bunch during the last decade. They did not show their opponents on the cricket field any mercy. Match after match, ...
05:11 PM, Feb 21, 2013
In India, it is not cricket which is a reflection of society. It is the cricket board. Intolerance has suddenly become the national motto. Ashish ...
12:54 PM, Feb 05, 2013
If the Australian cricket set-up was anything like the Indian cricket set-up, odds on Ricky Ponting returning from retirement and regaining his number three spot ...
12:05 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Have any of you been watching the TV series Junior MasterChef Australia (Star World, 9 pm)? It is sponsored by Tourism Australia which has taken ...
05:40 PM, Jun 28, 2012
Paris: Yesterday was history, tomorrow's a mystery... Red Bull Racing and the other title contender teams would be reminding themselves of this adage ahead of ...
09:21 AM, Mar 15, 2012
There are a few phrases that jump gleefully into our cricket banter every now and then. Raj Singh Dungarpur's "Miyan, captain banoge" to the laconic ...
01:37 PM, Mar 07, 2012
Sachin Tendulkar's ODI career is on its last legs, if they haven't folded already. Those on the inside track say he was to announce his ...
10:52 AM, Feb 28, 2012
Thanks to the IPL auctions, Ravinder Jadeja has become the latest million-dollar baby of Indian cricket. Teams fought with each other to procure his services ...
01:27 PM, Feb 22, 2012
As painful as it might be for 10-time grand slam winner, Rafael Nadal who lost his seventh successive final to Novak Djokovic in the Australian ...
08:54 AM, Feb 04, 2012
When should one retire? This question has assumed greater significance ever since India's debacle in Australia and earlier in England. Ideally one should retire when ...
11:26 AM, Feb 02, 2012
When Duncan Fletcher took over the reigns of the Indian cricket team, it was, perhaps, one of the most enviable jobs in the cricketing world. ...
08:35 AM, Feb 01, 2012
