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
The first day of the first Grand Slam of the new year went off without any major upsets. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal cruised into ...
10:55 PM, Jan 16, 2012
The 1988 Australian Open marked a historic occasion in the tournament's history probably more so by the change in surface rather than the shift of ...
03:05 PM, Jan 16, 2012
What could be the worst for a batsman: poor form, runs drying up, his potential being questioned and with that his place in the side ...
01:04 PM, Jan 09, 2012
![Chetan Narula]( "Chetan Narula")
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
![R Mohan]( "R Mohan")
Let's face some hard facts squarely. India are a team on the decline. In two away series they have faced a quality team in England ...
10:07 AM, Jan 03, 2012
![Suresh Menon]( "Suresh Menon")
To paraphrase the philosopher George Santayana, those who don't see patterns are condemned to repeating them. India played nine Tests abroad last year in four ...
06:00 AM, Jan 03, 2012
![Aakash Chopra]( "Aakash Chopra")
Images of India winning the toss on an overcast morning and electing to bat first on a dampish wicket summon. Batting was going to be ...
05:54 PM, Jan 02, 2012
![E R Ramachandran]( "E R Ramachandran")
India came into the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne with a win over West Indies under the belt after a disastrous tour of England. Australia ...
02:15 PM, Dec 30, 2011
![Gaurav Kalra]( "Gaurav Kalra")
Chew on these numbers for a minute. Just re-read them. Rub those eyes and do your own searches for confirmation if you are still in ...
01:51 PM, Dec 30, 2011
![Gaurav Kalra]( "Gaurav Kalra")
Chew on these numbers for a minute. Just re-read them. Rub those eyes and do your own searches for confirmation if you are still in ...
01:33 PM, Dec 30, 2011
![Chetan Narula]( "Chetan Narula")
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
![Jamie Alter]( "Jamie Alter")
This series is being billed in some quarters as India's big batsmen against Australia's new crop of fast bowlers, but the contest I am eagerly ...
07:26 AM, Dec 23, 2011
![R Mohan]( "R Mohan")
There will be a different feel to the Indian team that will take the field on Boxing Day at the gigantic Melbourne Cricket Ground. There ...
03:38 PM, Dec 20, 2011
![Suresh Menon]( "Suresh Menon")
Will the loss to New Zealand in the Hobart Test make Australia a more dangerous side when they take on India a fortnight from now, ...
02:44 PM, Dec 12, 2011
![Jamie Alter]( "Jamie Alter")
Another captivating Test match, another nail-biting result. After Bulawayo, Johannesburg and Mumbai in November, Hobart has thrown up a fourth example of how enduring and ...
12:24 PM, Dec 12, 2011
![R Mohan]( "R Mohan")
With the possible exception of Abhimanyu Mithun, a last minute call-up to cover for injury, there will not be a single cricketer on the plane ...
10:19 AM, Dec 06, 2011
![Chetan Narula]( "Chetan Narula")
Picking a side for a tour of Australia is not an easy job. The gravity of the situation is realized in the manner in which ...
04:47 PM, Dec 03, 2011
![R Mohan]( "R Mohan")
The situations are eerily similar. Ten years ago, a young off-spinner dominated a landmark series that was considered one of the best in cricket's post-modern ...
01:17 PM, Nov 29, 2011
![Suresh Menon]( "Suresh Menon")
When two players have roughly equal skill levels in their primary jobs (bowling or batting), then extraneous factors play a role in team selection. And ...
02:05 PM, Nov 28, 2011
