Sandip G

Both Klopp and Guardiola are at once similar and dissimilar, similar in the unshakeable belief that football should be entertaining, dissimilar in how they choose their vehicle for entertainment.

Even the monkey-gate incident—which would follow him everywhere, and engrave itself invisibly on his epitaph—would have been perceived differently, at least would not have spiralled into a melodrama it turned out to be.

Emotional Rollercoaster: Virat Kohli though was livid, he cussed skywards, perhaps cursing the cricketing gods who seem to conspire against one of the greatest batsmen of his time, or perhaps he was cursing his own judgement when he played that shot.

Life hits a pause, little ‘Ronaldo’ and ‘Messi’ accompany their grandfather to the stadium, and the beautiful game goes on long after the match ends. Before the final that Kerala won against West Bengal in penalties, after it ended 1-1 in regulation time, the two teams had met in a league game. It was a game that Kerala had 2-0. Sandip G was there to watch the game from the bleachers

Strokeful Tripathi cornerstones chase after fiery pace-pack sting KKR.

Pandya stars as Gujarat Titans beat Rajasthan Royals by 37 runs in the newest western derby.

Cricket could be the least of Sri Lanka’s immediate concerns, when there is an acute shortage for food and fuel, but a great cricketing culture could be lost forever.

Enter Sharma with an infectious spunk. Tewatia served up the equivalent of a welcome sherbet, and Sharma gulped it over midwicket.

Ayush Badoni finishes with 4 & 6 as Lucknow Super Giants beat Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets.

Pat Cummins' fastest 50 buries Mumbai Indians as KKR win by 5 wickets.

He is an oligarch, the Chelsea Football Club owner and among the richest Russians, with over USD 8 billion in present wealth. Sandip G on the reclusive, silver haired magnate, a familiar figure in the stands at the club’s matches, who is now rooting for a different set of players; the negotiators between Russia and Ukraine.

A lot of micro-attention would be on how Ravindra Jadeja would go about his captaincy.

Shreyas Iyer would gather a lot of attention, not only the influence he would wield with the bat but also how he would lead the team.

When he walks out onto the field, he will still be the leader, the man who pulls the strings from behind the stumps.

IPL started with the concept of local icon players, but the CSK captain proved that success and creating a bond with fans led to stronger loyalty.

Vihari and Iyer prosper as replacements for Pujara and Rahane; Kohli era segues into Rohit's tenure.

Karunaratne has been Sri Lanka's lone ray of light in the darkest cricketing period in their cricket history. A tragic hero of Sri Lanka’s most tragic times.

Spinners were expected to reap a harvest on a pitch tailormade for them, but Bumrah took the surface out of the equation, again.

Gulf between the teams is so wide that the visitors seemed out of the contest long before target of 447 was set.

Hits fastest fifty by an Indian as further proof that he's aced Test batting method.

When a wicket starts to behave like this from the first hour of the first session of the first day, there has to be something wrong with the game itself.

India were in a spot of bother but Shreyas Iyer, in only his fourth Test, gives a masterclass in batting in a crisis.

Both teams have played three day-and-night Tests each, both have won two and lost one apiece.

In the current batting line-up, the 28-year-old will have to outgrow the utility-man role and aim to fill the big shoes.