Let me first emphasize that I don't find the concept of multiple captains to be ridiculous. I think that as more ideas are tried out, some will fail and some will succeed, and make cricket better in ...

As much masala the IPL is providing with its high voltage on field action, over the past two weeks cricket fans have been getting their daily fix of off-field masala through the blog of the "Fake IPL ...

I've seen this happen several times before and yet never quite understood it. Cricket is a game that is played between two opposing sides, where generally the side that executes better on the day ends ...

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar – the name that elicits genuine admiration and awe the world over. ...

In my last blog on this forum (http://cricketblog.aol.in/2009/04/14/ipl-preview-1/ ), I had previewed the chances of the Punjab Kings XI, the Delhi Daredevils, and the Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming ...

The IPL in its second edition shall kickoff in less than a week in South Africa. Eight teams shall traverse the length and breadth of this vibrant nation to do battle with bat and ball. ...

Finally it took a 'badshah' to publicly tell Sunny bhai to shut his trap. Whether the 4 captain theory put forward by John Buchanan works or not, Gavaskar's smugness was getting more than irritating. ...

Yuvraj Singh could well be facing a quarter life crisis. For at 27 years and 115 days old, Yuvraj is having to play a constant game of catch with the promise he had shown in the early days of his ...

The port city of Napier in New Zealand plays home to nearly 60,000 people from different ethnic backgrounds. It is a major tourist attraction as it boasts of the statue of the Pania of the Reef, a 1.5 ...

"To make a business decision, you don't need much philosophy; all you need is greed, and maybe a little knowledge of how the game works." - Bill Watterson. ...

The decision by the BCCI to shift the IPL out of India is being greeted with dismay by many (fans) and with glee with some (politicians). Typical of its nonsensical style of functioning, the BCCI has ...

Believe it or not – but the last time India won a test in New Zealand, most of us weren't even born. It was the 1975-1976 series and in complete contrast to the Australian or West Indian way of ...

In one of my recent blogs on this forum (http://cricketblog.aol.in/2009/01/24/cricket-and-the-need-for-comparison/), I had vented my ire on the infatuation of the cricketing cognoscenti to indulge in ...

In a couple of days, two eagerly awaited tours shall begin for cricket fans across the world. India will be returning to New Zealand after six long years, hoping to exorcise the ghosts of the last ...

India's defeat in the last game of the one-day series may have been a bit of a dampener, but in all fairness, Sri Lanka were convincingly outplayed in the previous four matches to hand the Men in Blue ...

The line is often a blur. The line that separates the game's legends from those next in line. What puts a Adam Gilchrist or a Malcolm Marshall in a league of their own – is a question yet to be ...

One of the quirks that seems intrinsic to the game of cricket is the overwhelming need on the part of its patrons to create a hierarchy of sorts amongst its finest exponents. ...

"There's players who play the game. There's players who absolutely love the game" said Doc Rivers – coach of the Boston Celtics, in appreciation of Paul Pierce – after the latter had put ...

Somewhere a little after the crack of dawn yesterday in India, South Africa ushered in a new era in world cricket. ...

2008 was a good year for Indian cricket. We were able to beat the best team in the world in two different formats of the game. ...