
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