
A very, very special career innings has come to an end. VVS Laxman, the backbone of the Indian middle order for the past decade, has ...

04:22 PM, Aug 20, 2012

There was a vulnerability about VVS Laxman's batsmanship, a delicacy, that somehow enhanced the brilliance of his strokeplay. It made him the most loved of ...

06:01 PM, Aug 19, 2012

When should a sportsperson retire? This question was debated fiercely during and after India's disastrous tour of Australia, which ended in a 4-0 whitewash to ...

04:56 PM, Jun 25, 2012

The grand old man of Indian cartooning, RK Laxman, has a delightful anecdote that embodies the charm of political cartooning. Soon after the 1962 Sino-Indian ...

12:22 AM, May 18, 2012

Let me get this straight. Every time a ball crashed into Rahul Dravid's stumps this Australian summer, it was because stints with the Royal Challengers ...

10:40 AM, Jan 31, 2012

The heartbeat of India - the batting - does not beat anymore. The golden age is over. I know my fellow columnists differ on this ...

10:20 AM, Jan 31, 2012

When we lose is a good time to ask some fundamental questions. Why do we play international cricket? Is it to a) win all ...

08:11 AM, Jan 10, 2012