Once upon a time a chemical engineer and management graduate, now cricket and motivational speaking my calling!
May 08, 2009 15:25 IST
I am delighted that the process of eliminating the time-out has begun.
Fri, May 08, 2009May 01, 2009 23:27 IST
One of the greatest,and indeed finest,variables in cricket,only matched to some extent by tennis and golf,is the nature of the surface....
Fri, May 01, 2009April 24, 2009 01:09 IST
In sport,indeed as in life,balance is the key to success and its a word used very often in the media and in strategy sessions....
Fri, Apr 24, 2009April 17, 2009 23:35 IST
By a nice coincidence IPL 2 starts on the same date it did last year.
Fri, Apr 17, 2009April 10, 2009 23:30 IST
An anomalous statistic has been buried,an oddity has been consigned to the bin. Indias awful record in New Zealand was an aberration...
Fri, Apr 10, 2009April 03, 2009 03:11 IST
Exhibit One is shortish,tubbyish,balding and very very Delhi. Exhibit Two is tall,lean,muscular,a rebellious South African in English colours.
Fri, Apr 03, 2009March 27, 2009 09:50 IST
It is a relief and an accomplishment that the IPL is on. There has been much discussion and debate and that is not wrong.
Fri, Mar 27, 2009March 20, 2009 01:47 IST
For an organisation that is largely high on intent,the ICC gets an extraordinary amount of criticism.
Fri, Mar 20, 2009March 13, 2009 09:48 IST
It would be easy to image Virender Sehwag as a pirate,terrifying genteel passengers on a cruise liner with his weapons and his audacity.
Fri, Mar 13, 2009March 04, 2009 14:58 IST
Like on far too many days in this part of the world,a bullet left this morning hoping to find a target.
Wed, Mar 04, 2009February 27, 2009 23:31 IST
One of the joys of watching T20 unfold is the realisation that wickets count. Eighteen months ago you wouldnt have dreamt of hearing a captain say that keeping wickets in hand is important.....
Fri, Feb 27, 2009February 20, 2009 23:45 IST
India havent won a Test match in New Zealand since 1976,have never won a bilateral one-day series and last won a Test series in 1968.
Fri, Feb 20, 2009February 13, 2009 04:32 IST
So there will be no ICL this March and while it might be too early to write the obituary of a patient it seems the doctors have been summoned.
Fri, Feb 13, 2009February 06, 2009 08:52 IST
Pakistans exit will mean a greater opportunity for the genial Sri Lankans but also for New Zealanders and South Africans.
Fri, Feb 06, 2009January 30, 2009 02:52 IST
In a dream that often recurs I find I am visiting familiar places,some I may have lived in,others merely travelled through...
Fri, Jan 30, 2009January 23, 2009 02:16 IST
Five months ago India were in Sri Lanka to play five one-day internationals,no more than two months after having played them in the Asia Cup.
Fri, Jan 23, 2009January 09, 2009 22:50 IST
Once again two rivals,with a history of bad blood between them,have shown us up to be a community of hypochondriacs...
Tue, Jan 10, 2023
July 15, 2008 17:54 IST
After years of being trampled upon by the big bad guys of international cricket, Bangladesh stood up to and asked to be noticed.
Tue, Jul 15, 2008
July 15, 2008 17:54 IST
Over the last couple of weeks in Bangladesh, the improbable has manifested itself quite dramatically.
Tue, Jul 15, 2008
March 10, 2006 00:20 IST
The churn continues, more heat gets generated and players discover that the world is changing a little too fast for some of them. In this re...
Fri, Mar 10, 2006
March 03, 2006 01:45 IST
India’s young new-ball bowlers showed old-fashioned virtues of the kind a headmaster would have been proud to find in his wards. They h...
Fri, Mar 03, 2006
February 25, 2006 00:00 IST
India’s cricket selectors have taken a decisive step forward. They have been bold and adventurous but not foolhardy. They have bowed to...
Sat, Feb 25, 2006
February 17, 2006 00:27 IST
Through good deed or fortune India have one outstanding captain following another; each well suited for the situation confronting Indian cri...
Fri, Feb 17, 2006
February 10, 2006 01:04 IST
Some strange things happened last week. Greg Chappell thought a bowling action looked different and got a letter from the ICC for it. Murali...
Fri, Feb 10, 2006
February 03, 2006 00:23 IST
India lost a match to a side that was better equipped for the conditions and played better cricket. I suspect they lost to a happier side as...
Fri, Feb 03, 2006



