IPL 2013: Controversies have damaged what has been otherwise been a good sixth edition
The spot-fixing scandal and the pull-out of the Sahara Pune Warriors have taken the spotlight away from the comparatively minor controversies on...
Akash Kaware
(Akash Kaware is an Indian IT professional, who would've been a successful international cricketer if it hadn't been for an annoying tendency to run towards square-leg while facing tennis, rubber or leather cricket balls hurled at anything more than genuine medium-pace! Watching Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid convinced him that breaking into the Indian team was not going to happen anytime soon and hence he settled to become an engineer and MBA, who occasionally wrote about cricket. A few months ago, sensing his uselessness and constant use of cricket websites at work, his company banished him to Canada. His hopes of playing international cricket have, thus, been renewed!)
Twenty20 is a five-bowler game
Unless they have a burly, broad-shouldered tree of a man called Jacques Kallis in their squad, most teams these days — regardless of the format...
ICC World T20 2012: AB de Villiers' explosive talent is wasted at No 6
By Akash Kaware
Picking a balanced playing XI in a cricket match is hard enough, but once a captain gets past...
MS Dhoni's idea to drop Virender Sehwag may yet turn out to be a masterstroke
By Akash Kaware
MS Dhoni has always liked to have the cushion of seven batsmen, regardless of the format or...
Don't blame IPL & T20 leagues; it's about the absence of lucrative central contracts
By Akash Kaware
Last week, one the same day that Shivnarine Chanderpaul put up a familiar rearguard in the...
Dravid's exit will not be realised till India next play outside the subcontinent
By Akash Kaware
When the end came, it was typical of the man. No farewell match. No grandstand finish. An almost...
Do we really have to vilify Tendulkar for having the temerity to continue?
By Akash Kaware
The rotation policy that Mahendra Singh Dhoni has chosen to implement in the series has drawn...
Cricketing world needs to see Sachin Tendulkar come out all guns blazing
By Akash Kaware
Barring some amazing performances in the World Cups of 2003 and 2011, and an occasional innings...
Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma & Umesh Yadav can rattle Australia on a helpful track
By Akash Kaware
It is an age-old saying that batsmen save Test matches or, at best, set up a win, but it is...
The mantra for an injury-free career: bowl more, not less!
By Akash Kaware
Virtually every player’s injury is followed by platitudes like ‘it’s all part...
