The writer is a former captain of the Indian cricket team.
January 16, 2000 00:00 IST
Indian cricket is in a shambles, and lo behold, we need to be reminded of this predicament by Pakistani captain Wasim Akram! As if all is ...
January 09, 2000 00:00 IST
JANUARY 8: India's disastrous 0-3 performance in Tests Down Under reminds me of our total annihilation by England in 1974 -- The Summer of...
December 26, 1999 00:00 IST
DECEMBER 25: ``Kapil Paaji is out of this world,'' is an oft-repeated comment from the Indian captain. All this and many more compliments ...
December 18, 1999 00:00 IST
Once on a tour of England, the Aussies were introduced to the queen. Her Majesty remarked to the barely out of teens Ian Craig, ``I unders...
October 17, 1999 00:00 IST
Better communication neededTest cricket is alive in India but not quite kicking. And, if I may borrow a medical terminology, it (Test cri...
October 10, 1999 00:00 IST
Borde, true Big Brother to the new brigadeI feel almost apologetic to our guests from New Zealand. They may have arrived just about unnot...
October 03, 1999 00:00 IST
I may not be worthy of Joshi's fine gestureThere is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us. That being so it ...
September 26, 1999 00:00 IST
While India's mighty midget, Sachin Tendulkar, is recuperating the character of Indian cricket has been hit for a six. All convictions we...
September 05, 1999 00:00 IST
The last time we discussed the health of Indian cricket, it was in the ICU. As far as I am concerned, the patient is still there. If any ...
July 28, 1999 00:00 IST
I am still on the topic of ML Jaisimha. Very painful to add ``late'' MLJ. But then, in reality, the truth is often painful. When I went t...
July 09, 1999 00:00 IST
It seems only yesterday that I was sitting with `MLJ' (I used to call him Milli Litta Jai for his fondness, for his good things in life -...
June 21, 1999 00:00 IST
If memory serves me right, Lord's has always been a very happy hunting ground for Australia against England -- the oldest traditional riv...
June 20, 1999 00:00 IST
I refuse to believe there was ever an expert on cricket. Still, some of us would like to believe cricket followers in the sub-continent a...
If the Australia-Pakistan final turns out to be half the contest it was in Edgbaston, the St John's Wood area in London will explode. Bot...
June 13, 1999 00:00 IST
A match of little consequence for Indians. But surprisingly the Indians showed a lot of urgency in getting on with the game. Perhaps, the...
May 15, 1999 00:00 IST
The years pass by in an instant, but the end of the month never seems to arrive. Why, it only seems yesterday that Sri Lanka won the Worl...
May 11, 1999 00:00 IST
Like most sports, success in cricket can often be ascertained by the amount of thought a player puts into his individual game. In the cas...
