October 19, 2022 1:42 pm
As the Indian board chief, Sourav Ganguly would sit for selection committee meetings, even promise Wriddhiman Saha - allegation made by wicket-keeper himself - a place in the national team.
October 09, 2022 8:10 am
With Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli occupying the first three spots, and Suryakumar Yadav at No.4 , the only realistic vacancy in the playing XI is down the order. Among those in contention, and that include Deepak Hooda and Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson is easily the better No.5.
October 02, 2022 8:32 am
Weekly Sports Newsletter: Australia, under Ricky Ponting, looked like Ocean's XI or Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs - a bunch with varied skills equipped to pull off the most difficult of heists. With India, minus Bumrah, you have question: Who has the gas lighter to break the safe?
September 03, 2022 5:42 pm
Weekly Sports Newsletter: In his early days playing white-ball international cricket for India, Hardik Pandya was merely a class jester, far from being the future captain. Hardik was the baby of the team, far away from the top of the pyramid where MS Dhoni sat.
June 20, 2022 7:07 pm
A few months back, while training in Turkey, he had met Jan Železný, the supreme deity of the javelin faithful. Now he was hitting headlines from Finland, the country where spear-throwing is a national pastime and the very popular Keihaskarnivaalits - they have a designated word for javelin-carnivals - have a kumbh mela-like fervour.
April 18, 2022 6:20 pm
In times when meme-makers and trolls have the power to amplify any trivial slip-ups into epic blunders, social-media toxicity can leave the sensitive among cricketers scarred for life.
March 29, 2022 11:53 am
Just like his predecessor MS Dhoni, Chennai Super Kings' new captain Ravindra Jadeja too keeps his cricket simple and the world at an arm's length.
March 21, 2022 12:01 am
The recent Test matches in the sub-continent threw up a disturbing trend for Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Unlike India that had the spinners and pitches to be formidable at home, Sri Lanka and Pakistan were found wanting.
March 13, 2022 8:20 pm
Is there any Indian captain with Warne-like quality? Rohit Sharma’s name comes to mind immediately.
March 06, 2022 10:40 am
For a country historically blessed with an unending pool of batting talent, new names of retired icons get periodically added to the scale, putting the newbies under pressure to reach those lofty heights.