Hashim Amla: South Africa’s captain-in-waiting
Hashim Amla is someone who did not have it easy and has worked his way to where he is today.
Venkatesan Iyengar
(Venkatesan Iyengar was a speedster who could swing the ball both ways. He captained his school team at the zonal and district levels. His boyhood dream was to open the bowling for Team India in the august company of his idol Kapil Dev. Even today the sight of Kapil makes him nostalgic)
BCCI's insatiable lust for money will kill the golden goose that cricket in India is
That Team India is going through one of the hardest phases is an understatement. The cold, hard reality of year-round cricket seems to have sapped...
Sourav Ganguly as Team India's coach - the pros and cons
When Zimbabwean-born Duncan Fletcher was appointed as the coach of Team India on April 27, 2011 on a two-year contract, he had a reputation to live...
Controversy: Ball Tampering – the seamy side of cricket
Australia’s 137-run victory over Sri Lanka in the recently-concluded first Test match at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, was marred by allegations...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's continuance as Test captain is detrimental and untenable
Seeing the way India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni rotates his bowlers in Test matches, one cannot but feel sometimes that he starts counting in...
Humour
Should Sachin Tendulkar retire after the Nagpur Test?
With the entire cricket-crazy nation vertically split over the question of Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement, we thought it prudent to personally...
The farewell of Bradman, Sobers, Gavaskar, Richards, Ponting and other batting greats to Test cricket
Cricket is like life. Both require one to constantly evolve and be at the top of one’s form. Those who adapt survive. But then survival is...
Should Sachin Tendulkar take a cue from Ricky Ponting?
Sachin Tendulkar has been going through arguably the worst phase of his career, with his last 10 innings producing just 153 runs at a measly average...
Key takeaways for Team India from the first two Tests against England
Those of us who expected the Indian cricket selectors to spring a surprise or two at the end of the November 27 selection committee meeting, especially...
Humour
MS Dhoni demands pacy pitches for the remaining India-England series
In a quick volte-face that has confounded cricket observers across the country and elsewhere, India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said...
