England's decision to withdraw from the Champions Trophy in Pakistan at the last moment once again leaves the cricketing fraternity – the fans, the media, the players, the organisers etc. in a ...

Evidently, a biographical account of Mohammed Asif's cricketing career on celluloid would make for an A grade Bollywood potboiler. From a strapping young lad who was easily the best thing to have ...

In hindsight, coming to terms with the game of cricket in India as a bumbling adolescent, in the late 1980's and 1990's, wasn't such a good idea. I mean if the military rigours of our academic system ...

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 ...

While there is a lot of euphoria over India's Twenty20 win, there are also those who look to throw cold water on the achievement by quoting the luck factor. There aren't so many right now, but I am ...

Everyone has his own biases, little or big, and I am no exception. If I write this post tomorrow or after the Twenty20 final gets over, definitely the bias of the happenings in that match will reflect ...

Maybe this was destiny's way of getting India its next good captain. It probably said - "Oh heck, the BCCI can't do it in a million years; I gotta take a hand myself." Out of the blue, the big three ...

Today, I enjoy watching Twenty20 more than when I did at the start of the ongoing World Cup. I can safely say it is growing on me. Earlier, I had watched the Twenty20 match in South Africa which was ...

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 ...

A little over a year after bagging the 2011 World Cup, representatives from the sub-continent's cricket boards met in Pakistan to kick off the planning for the tournament. Just about all the ...

Sachin Tendulkar's withdrawal from the second Afro-Asia Cup should be the last straw on the back of the camels called the Asian Cricket Council and the African Cricket Association. He is not the first ...

World Cup 2007 was forgettable for many reasons. It was the longest world cup ever, not only in terms of the number of games played, but for a majority of the viewers (read Indians and Pakistanis), ...