In their book Flight of the Buffalo, corporate gurus James Belasco and Ralph Stayer beautifully state the politics of change when they say, "change is ...
12:59 AM, May 07, 2013
Alec Stewart turns 50 today, less than a decade after the end of his international career - it stands as a testimony to the level ...
02:26 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Top-class cricket teams are getting skittled out for shambolic totals such as 47 and 49, as witnessed in Tests in South Africa this year. They ...
08:22 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Virat Kohli, as a cricketer, makes you think. When he led India to the 2008 Under-19 World Cup triumph, he made those watching think of ...
12:56 PM, Jan 17, 2013
Players are often selected on potential, not for what they might bring to a team immediately, but the difference they could make in a couple ...
02:14 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Traditionally, in India, with the pitches taking turn it's always been up to the spinners to take wickets. For the Indian teams over the years ...
12:38 PM, Dec 19, 2012
Where do India go from here? Even in the days when they were lambs abroad, they were usually tigers at home. Now they are pussycats, ...
03:08 PM, Dec 18, 2012
1989 was dreadful. I was 13. A friend went to America in our summer break while I was yet to see what a passport looked ...
10:59 AM, Dec 07, 2012
The battle for the Anthony De Mello Trophy is about to begin. It should be fascinating. England hasn't won the Anthony De Mello Trophy for ...
12:53 PM, Nov 08, 2012
India is unique. Elements of the Space Age on one hand and elements from the Stone Age on the other can be seen on the ...
12:37 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Kevin Pietersen will be travelling to India, and not merely to sit and as occasion demands dance in a television studio. That he will actually ...
09:21 AM, Oct 23, 2012
"I could probably look to bat anywhere, but the team wanted me to be at No. 4 all the time and that's where I've spent ...
01:58 PM, Aug 21, 2012
What a wonderful weekend! There was the Jamaican relay team's world record at the Olympics and wrestler Sushil Kumar's silver medal. There was Indian officialdom's ...
10:30 AM, Aug 14, 2012
A triple-century in Tests does not automatically qualify the player as one of the batting greats of the game. Yet, it does raise the level ...
01:22 PM, Jul 24, 2012
In exactly two months the ICC World Twenty20 will commence in Sri Lanka. Defending champions England will be keen to show the world that they ...
08:29 AM, Jul 18, 2012
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
It's funny how stumbling upon an archived scorecard brings back certain memories, and how glancing down a team's batting innings facilitates nostalgia. With the gentle ...
06:53 PM, Jul 02, 2012
In forty-four months, the standing committees of Parliament which examined the land acquisition bills have done an about turn on the issue of the state ...
06:17 PM, May 22, 2012
There is something unreal about cricket in England right now. The visitors, West Indies, might go into the first Test without having had a full ...
09:01 AM, May 08, 2012
Visited by thousands everyday and a symbol of courage and pride of the Indian soldiers, the famous India Gate is badly in need of a ...
06:15 PM, Apr 18, 2012
