Hrishikesh Kanitkar

viewpoint |

With the Ranji Trophy semi-finals slated to begin on January 16, the excitement for the teams preparing for the same has begun. Indian domestic giants ...
12:03 PM, Jan 15, 2013

Sanjay Bangar

Buddha Speaks |

It was indeed a difficult decision to announce my retirement from first-class cricket, which I did a few days ago. It's too early to assess ...
03:33 PM, Jan 08, 2013

Hrishikesh Kanitkar

viewpoint |

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

Sanjay Bangar

Buddha Speaks |

The Railways team which is used to starting its cricket season on placid tracks of Karnail Singh stadium in front of hardly any spectators is ...
09:40 PM, Oct 30, 2012

Sanjay Bangar

Buddha Speaks |

As the BCCI is on the anvil of making yet another alteration to the domestic structure, it is interesting to look back upon the various ...
11:22 AM, Jul 12, 2012

Hrishikesh Kanitkar

viewpoint |

They say one should dream with their eyes open. Every cricketer worth his salt playing first-class cricket in India dreams of winning a Ranji Trophy. ...
08:29 AM, Jul 04, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

The lack of awareness on social media when the Ranji Trophy recommendations were first announced was baffling. '27 teams now in Ranji' was the call ...
12:06 PM, Jun 18, 2012

Sattwik Biswal

Offside and Onside |

After being down and out in the recently concluded Test series in Australia, one thing is clear for Indian cricket: change is imminent, sooner than ...
05:20 PM, Feb 28, 2012

E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

How can we expect the Virat Kohlis, Suresh Rainas and Rohit Sharmas, who have been fed on ODI and T20 staple diet, to come good ...
12:28 PM, Jan 12, 2012

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

Aakash Chopra, the former India opening batsman has emerged as a significant member of a small group of cricketers who have played the game at ...
12:13 PM, Dec 21, 2011

Aakash Chopra

Insight Edge |

The first three rounds of this season's Ranji Trophy have seen teams amassing thousands of runs, with batsmen notching up triple and double-hundreds frequently - ...
05:31 PM, Nov 30, 2011

Jamie Alter

Spin, Bounce and Turn |

One of the more pleasurable aspects of watching a Ranji Trophy match live is the opportunity to watch cricket closely and personally and, if you're ...
12:15 PM, Nov 21, 2011

Jamie Alter

Spin, Bounce and Turn |

"What I learned playing Ranji Trophy cricket cannot be matched by any experience," KP Bhaskar, one of Indian domestic cricket's batting behemoths, once told me. ...
12:16 PM, Nov 05, 2011

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

Post the 2007 ODI World Cup debacle, there was a huge clamour for the joint exit of the big names in the Indian team. Sachin ...
03:58 PM, Nov 04, 2011