Once upon a time a chemical engineer and management graduate, now cricket and motivational speaking my calling!
May 21, 2010 00:52 IST
At the check out counter at our hotel in St Lucia,a fairly dignified lady came to say hello and ask politely if she could have a photograph....
Fri, May 21, 2010May 14, 2010 01:47 IST
So India go out again,having delivered a box-office dud.
Fri, May 14, 2010April 30, 2010 23:55 IST
The incessant tide of world cricket throws more our way. For once it is welcome for we in India have seen too many rumours,leaks and the like passing off as news.
Fri, Apr 30, 2010April 23, 2010 01:05 IST
A monks extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision making. The ability to bat for six hours can come in the way of playing a ten-ball explosive innings.
Fri, Apr 23, 2010April 16, 2010 00:54 IST
So cricket again descends to the front pages,normally the abode of tragedies,scams,budgets or,more lately,full page ads.
Fri, Apr 16, 2010April 09, 2010 01:57 IST
Gautam Gambhirs reprimand for calling his opponents ordinary was unfortunate and unnecessary. He was not abusive,he did not insult them,there was nothing racist about it....
Fri, Apr 09, 2010April 02, 2010 00:13 IST
An English player directs a profanity towards an opponent and Kevin Pietersen defends him,saying cricket isnt for girls.
Fri, Apr 02, 2010March 26, 2010 00:30 IST
When Indias selectors sit down to pick the team for the World T20,they will have to choose between form and class.
Fri, Mar 26, 2010March 12, 2010 00:31 IST
Pakistan hand out bans like toffees,those handing out the ban pretend they are pristine; Australias vice-captain leaves his team behind to offer...
Fri, Mar 12, 2010March 05, 2010 23:41 IST
The clock is ticking down to the next installment of crickets present and future. Test cricket,like the mighty thespian is holding its own strongly...
Fri, Mar 05, 2010February 26, 2010 00:18 IST
Sachin Tendulkar sugar coated the recent reality of India and gave its people something to cheer about.
Fri, Feb 26, 2010February 19, 2010 00:39 IST
At different ends of the performance spectrum,organisers are having to live up to the standards expected of them.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010February 12, 2010 00:56 IST
For a better part of its tenure,this selection committee,like good umpires and obedient children,has neither been seen nor heard.
Fri, Feb 12, 2010February 05, 2010 03:21 IST
Shahid Afridi has always brought the essence of roulette to cricket. Not just the gambling variety but the rather more deadly Russian version....
Fri, Feb 05, 2010January 29, 2010 00:05 IST
Bangladesh may have lost the series but there are unmistakable signs of green shoots there. Hopefully,unlike the economists,we wont have...
Fri, Jan 29, 2010January 22, 2010 00:54 IST
There was a time not so long ago when your address defined which cricket matches you could see. So as a kid growing up in Hyderabad...
Fri, Jan 22, 2010January 15, 2010 00:01 IST
Eventually the conditions triumphed in Dhaka and while that cannot be good for cricket,one must add a little footnote about the teams that failed to overcome them and lost an opportunity to showcase their pedigree. When a team ranked second on the ICC rankings cannot put up much up of a fight against a team […]
Fri, Jan 15, 2010January 08, 2010 00:50 IST
Australia might find themselves in occasional strife,and at the receiving end of jibes that have long waited for the moment,but they are not in decline.
Fri, Jan 08, 2010January 01, 2010 00:57 IST
Another year slips by,this time accompanied by a decade,another reference point gets created....
Fri, Jan 01, 2010December 18, 2009 00:49 IST
Rajkot was a cricket occasion,not a cricket match. It was a spectacle,not a contest. It wasnt good for cricket.
Fri, Dec 18, 2009December 11, 2009 01:14 IST
India have not set foot on the summit by stepping off a helicopter,they have got there after establishing several base...
Fri, Dec 11, 2009November 27, 2009 14:12 IST
Virender Sehwag thinks Gautam Gambhir is the best Indian opener since Sunil Gavaskar. Hes wrong but in a rather pleasant kind of way...
Fri, Nov 27, 2009November 20, 2009 00:01 IST
So umpires in India have started calling bowlers for chucking and it is nice to see a forgotten law being implemented!
Fri, Nov 20, 2009
November 15, 2009 05:59 IST
<i>As Sachin Tendulkar completes two decades in the international arena,we take a look at the impact hes made on cricket,and the effect the sport has had on him...
Sun, Nov 15, 2009November 13, 2009 01:37 IST
Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet...
Fri, Nov 13, 2009



