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Cricketing Rifts
Fri, April 06 2012
Cricketing Rifts 15: Vaseline controversies that soured India-England relations
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In this episode he revisits the famed Vaseline wars that rubbed the gloss off the noble game.
Fri, May 02 2014
Cricketing Rifts 14: When West Indies made Greig’s life miserable for using word ‘grovel’
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In Part 14 of the series, he writes on how the West Indians hounded and humiliated Tony Grieg for his insensitive choice of words.
Thu, March 29 2012
Cricketing Rifts 13: Ranatunga vs Warne; Steve Waugh vs Ambrose; Azhar vs Sidhu
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Mon, March 26 2012
Cricketing Rifts 12: Imran vs Miandad; Akram vs Waqar; Asif vs Sarfraz …
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Fri, March 23 2012
Cricketing Rifts 11 – Multiple issues around Boycott and Botham
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Thu, September 03 2015
Cricketing Rifts 10: Sunil Gavaskar versus Bishan Bedi, Kapil Dev & Dilip Vengsarkar
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Mon, March 19 2012
Sunil Gavaskar vs Dennis Lillee, 1981 Melbourne
A video showing the Sunil Gavaskar and Dennis Lillee incident where the former was given leg before wicket and Lillee points Gavaskar to leave the field when he protests the wrong decision. In 1981 in Melbourne, Kapil Dev's fiver in the second innings handed India a famous series-leveling win. But more than the...
Tue, September 02 2014
Cricketing Rifts 9: Ian Chappell’s nasty duels with Greig, Waugh & across a generation
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Tue, September 02 2014
Cricketing Rifts 8: 1960s – Chuckers, cheats and Boycott
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.
Mon, March 12 2012
Cricketing Rifts 7 – Sparks in Indian cricket that lit up a drab 50s & 60s era
The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.