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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

As Ganguly's career winds down, it feels good to see him go with a bang rather than a whimper. For all the complaints I have of him, I was also one of his biggest fans during his peak days and it ...

Ironically, a couple of days after my post regarding 'old men and old minds' comes the performance at Mohali. This match just highlighted to me the difference that a mindset can bring to the side, ...

As Zaheer Khan and Lee trade barbs on whether the Australian team were defensive in the first test at Bangalore or whether the Indian team played for a draw, one thing is certain - most Indian fans ...

The Indian team selection for the Australian series would be a keenly watched one by all, and Krish Srikkanth and his band of selectors in their very first test have their work cut out. An Australian ...

In the Irani Trophy match between Delhi and Rest of India, there was a bowler who took just a couple of wickets in the entire match. He hasn't been part of the Indian team since the Chappell days and ...

It was probably a year back or two when I was watching a weekly cricket program on NDTV, and as usual Navjot Sidhu was shouting and drowning out anyone else who wanted to say anything. The argument ...

The myth of the "Fab Four" is so strong that when Ganguly wasn't selected for the Irani Trophy tie, there was chaos in the media coverage of Indian cricket. Ironically also, though no one in Indian ...

Greg Chappell becoming the coach of the Indian team was an exciting event for me as I, like a fool, envisioned the possibilities of a sharp and revolutionary cricketing brain team up with the flair ...

When Andrew Symonds accused Indian crowds of racism some months back, I wondered (here and here) at that time as to whether it was not more of a "they are out to get me" mindset than any intended ...

If MS Dhoni becomes the captain of the test team, a lot of pundits are predicting the ouster of the senior members of the team like Ganguly, Tendulkar, Laxman, Dravid and Kumble. ...

Gary Kirsten in no way suggested that Kumble should be removed as the captain in favor of Dhoni but just stated his view that Dhoni was coming along nicely in his education as a leader. However, in ...

It was while I was writing an article on why it was good that cricket wasn't part of the 2008 Olympics, that a thought struck me; a delicious thought that just had to be shared. ...

Recently there have been suggestions by more than a few people that cricket should really be a part of the Olympics. While there have been attempts before at including cricket as part of multi-sport ...

When the BCCI chucked England out of the Twenty-20 Champions League, and even assumed total control of conducting the event without even a by-your-leave from the erstwhile hosts, I couldn't stop ...

When MS Dhoni sat out the test series against Sri Lanka, it raised more than a few eyebrows. A player voluntarily pulling out "for rest" was unheard of; it usually took a broken bone or four for them ...

The recent hullabaloo about the Kevin Pietersen "switch hitting" had me thinking a lot because while being innovative I couldn't see anything criminal about it as has been suggested in various media ...