Rahul Namjoshi

Rahul Namjoshi (Rahul Namjoshi, an utter failure as an MBA, has no published novel to boast of and hence trying the next best thing - blogging. There, too, the results there aren't too encouraging. Rahul pens his thoughts on the game in a blog called “Not Cricket”)

News By Rahul Namjoshi

Why Mahabharata was the first-ever timeless Test!

The Kauravas and the Pandavas face off the first timeless Test in world history.

30 July 2014 •12:08 PM

Trade Unions in the Indian Premier League?

During the early part of my career, an era when the wheel was just about starting to gain popularity, I came across a horror story of how ruthlessly companies behaved with their staff.

01 May 2013 •10:04 PM

IPL 2013: Katrina Kaif vs Ajit Pawar!

This is not going to be a rant about how commercial the IPL is and how I hate the fact that commercials are shown in between "natural breaks" (between overs) and "contrived breaks" (strategic) and how it breaks momentum of a match.

13 April 2013 •10:54 AM

What if two Australians are suddenly unfit or injured before the Mohali Test? Will they have 11 players?

The last time the Australian cricket team looked extremely pathetically was when Kim Hughes broke down emotionally in front of the media. Michael Clarke’s latest 'tactical masterstroke’ in disciplining four of his team-mates eclipses that feat.

12 March 2013 •1:11 PM

Memories of Sachin Tendulkar before he became a star

The first time I watched him in action was on the New Year's Day in 1989 when he turned up for Mumbai against Baroda at Thane’s Dadoji Konddev Stadium. It was his first season of First- Class cricket, but he was already famous for his world record partnership with Vinod Kambli. Most of the crowd at the stadium was there to catch a glimpse of the one who was touted to be India's next superstar - this in the stone age of zero TV coverage.

25 December 2012 •8:12 AM

Sachin Tendulkar and the James Bond in Skyfall – unmistakable parallels!

What makes Skyfall a complete value for money movie is that over and above being a Sachin Tendulkar story it also incorporates a couple of other movies and if anyone has missed those movies, one can assure him/her that they need not watch those movies after watching Skyfall.

10 November 2012 •12:04 AM

An open Letter to Rahul Dravid: “I fervently hope my kid grows up to be like you.”

You were the undisputed harmonic resonance on the basis of which the Indian cricket team produced some outstanding music. Your presence was always taken for granted but your absence underlined your value.

13 March 2012 •12:42 PM

Geoff Boycott and Michael Vaughan would do well to look back at England’s recent track record

Michael Vaughan and Geoff Boycott say that England are the No 1 team in the world

17 August 2011 •10:43 AM

Celebrating a few days in the year in honour of cricketers

The cricketing world should have special days on the birthdays of their favourite cricketers.

20 June 2011 •11:08 AM

Conversations from the Mumbai Indians, RCB and CSK dressing rooms

Hilarious takes on what the dressing room atmospheres could be like in the IPL teams.

27 May 2011 •11:14 AM

Politics gets a “free-hit” in the name of cricket diplomacy

A decade back it was always about measuring the country's & the team's performance Pakistan.

28 March 2011 •10:49 AM

The mystery that was about Ashwin

The reams of newsprint spent on discussing Ravichandran Ashwin

21 March 2011 •11:24 AM

Why Ashish Nehra was shocked!

Ashish Nehra of India in action during a World Cup game against Netherlands.

15 March 2011 •10:54 AM

Kamran Akmal – a glove affair comes unstuck!

Kamran Akmal has patented his dropped catches.

10 March 2011 •10:46 AM

Shahidbhai, what’s your real age?!

Santa and Ghanta were two brothers who had conflicting opinions on Shahidbhai’s age.

06 March 2011 •9:54 AM

Harbhajan Singh’s ‘honest opinion’ and other stories of India vs South Africa Test series

he expressed his heartfelt opinion

31 January 2011 •12:55 PM