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India vs New Zealand 2012
Mon, August 25 2014
When Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli first filled in the void created by Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman
On September 3, 2012, India won the Test series against New Zealand 2-0. For the first time in sixteen years, India were without the service of either VVS Laxman of Rahul Dravid. Cheteshwar Pujara considered heir apparent of Dravid filled in the big shoes of the great man batting at No 3 while Kohli’s pace of the innings and the control with which he constructed his knocks reminded people of Laxman. Sarang Bhalerao revisits the moment where Indian cricket took a seamless transition.
Fri, August 22 2014
Not the second Rahul Dravid, but the first Cheteshwar Pujara
It was only in the August of 2012, against New Zealand, at Hyderabad, that he returned to the international fold. By then, Indian cricket was in doldrums. The team had been whitewashed in England and Australia, seldom impressed at home, and were minus the services of Rahul Dravid and Laxman.
Sat, February 16 2013
Tim Southee’s international career heads North
When Tim Southee left the beautiful Basin Reserve ground on April 6, 2009, he seemed like a man whose career was at crossroads.
Sat, July 12 2014
Yuvraj Singh gets an ovation hitherto reserved for Sachin Tendulkar!
In one of the most emotional moments in Indian cricket, Yuvraj Singh returned to the side and batted like the man everyone knows. Arunabha Sengupta retells how the match was lost, but the battle with death was won.