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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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. ...

With the wicket of Owais Shah in the ODI at Kanpur, Harbjajan Singh reached the milestone of 200 wickets in one-day-international cricket. ...

There was something about Sourav Ganguly that irked me no end. For the better part of his career, I mocked at his existence. ...

Indeed if Pete Sampras made centre court at Wimbledon his living room, then for Anil Kumble the Feroz Shah Kotla was home away from home. ...

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 ...

A cursory look at the Aussie second inning batting scorecard at Mohali summarizes the whole match perfectly. Every time the Australian batsmen looked to break away from the stranglehold of one of the ...

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 ...

While the grey skies on the last day of the Bangalore test denied Ricky Ponting and his men a full day's play in forcing a result in their favour, the silver lining in it for the Indians was that they ...

If only Ricky Ponting could read into the future. If only he could know what fate has in store for him and his team over the course of the next forty days. If only he could bring his gallant knights ...

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 ...