Sriram has got it absolutely spot on when he writes that the sooner the team decides to stop opening with Dravid, the better. I admit I have immense respect and admiration for Dravid. So that would ...

I've watched some of the games in the Indian Cricket League and so far, it has been reasonably impressive. The most significant aspect of the tournament has been the superb fielding, especially the ...

The first Test between India and Pakistan got under way Thursday morning and shortly after the lunch break, Pakistan slipped to 85/5, with Zaheer (2), Munaf (1), Kumble (1) and Ganguly (1) picking up ...

It is pretty obvious that Kumble's appointment as Test captain is a short-term one, but by appointing him as captain for only the series against Pakistan, the BCCI selectors seem to have interpreted ...

The announcement by the Indian cricket team's selectors of the line-up for the first two one-dayers against Pakistan has caused a lot of furore owing to Rahul Dravid's omission, as a result of which ...

This whole issue about Andrew Symonds complaining about being racially targeted by crowds at a couple of venues is a clear indicator that the BCCI is opting to deny the possibility of spectators ...

At long last, it seems like the BCCI selectors have realised that making Dravid, Ganguly and Tendulkar play in every single limited-overs international makes no sense, keeping in mind that aside from ...

I really do love these déjà vu moments in cricket. A couple of days ago, I posted about the Twenty20 tournament win and mapped it with the 1983 World Cup win. Along with the possibility ...

Deja vu moments in cricket keep cropping up every now and then. For example, there is the picture of Gilchrist walking in a semi-final in Karachi, 2006, and of Tendulkar returning from injury twice in ...

A lot has been written about Sachin Tendulkar's batting in England - that it was boring, scratchy, lucky and that it was unlike the Tendulkar of a decade ago, etc. I really don't particularly care. ...

I've always admired Mike Atherton for his batting (except against Australia) and his writing. He has been involved in a few interesting incidents on the field too! Run out on 99 in a Lord's Ashes ...

There've been several reams of newsprint and many more bytes spent on India's ageing middle-order of Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman. The focus has been on the recent records, their age, ...

If the game against Sussex was a reasonable success, the one against England 'A' was less so. Once again, the bowlers failed to get the tail-enders out. Despite England potentially having three ...

A short while ago, the tour game between the visiting Indian team and Sussex ended in a nail-biting draw with the game going into the final over and India needing to take one wicket. Going by ...

Late last year, a committee setup by the Pakistan Cricket Board ruled that Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were not guilty of doping offences. The two had been banned by the PCB's anti-doping ...

Anil Kumble (552 wickets @ 28.58, 266 of them @ 18.40 in India's Test wins, 273 @ 22.08 in India's series wins, 10 wickets in an innings, etc.) didn't find a place in an all-time India XI chosen to ...

Sharad Pawar is a prominent Union minister in the Indian Government and has the unenviable job of ensuring farmer welfare, food security and delivery of agricultural produce to every nook and corner ...

After the World Cup, the ICC Cricket Committee had a meeting where they made a few ridiculous recommendations to the ICC Executive Committee, such as free hits after no-balls, ball change after 35 ...

Well, he hasn't said it anywhere but Piyush Chawla must be wondering what the big deal about the leap from age-group/domestic to international cricket is all about. In three one-dayers, he has taken ...

You'd normally expect the BCCI to opt for some strong-arm tactics and use the moolah power at its disposal to have its way in international cricket. We certainly saw that when it got Cricket Australia ...