Sandip G

Sandip G, Delhi-based, writes primarily on cricket and football. He pens a weekly football column, Total Football. In 15 years of sports journalism, he has covered a vast spread of sports, including World Cups in three different sports (cricket, football and hockey).

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Questions over facilities at Kanpur shouldn’t push BCCI to prune list of Test venuesSubscriber Only

October 04, 2024 18:47 IST

The most powerful cricket Board in the world should not compromise on basic facilities like drainage. But taking test cricket out of small centres will mean robbing the game of its rich diversity

Fri, Oct 04, 2024

Coach KM Elsamma (L in top right pic) has been influential in the rise of Wayanad cricketers Sajana Sajeevan and Minnu Mani. (BCCI)

How a mother’s failed dream spurred rise of Wayanad as nursery for women’s cricketSubscriber Only

October 04, 2024 08:35 IST

Two of Kerala's three women cricketers to have represented the country are from Wayanad and one of them, all-rounder Sajana Sajeevan, is in the India squad for the Women’s World Cup.

Sat, Oct 05, 2024

Abhimanyu Easwaran strikes third 150+ score in last one month, as Rest of India reach 289/4 post Mumbai’s 537Subscriber Only

October 03, 2024 14:17 IST

A few months short of turning 30, the elegant opener has already racked up four hundreds in seven innings this domestic season, though selection continues to elude him

Fri, Oct 04, 2024

QUICK COMMENT: India 2.0, Bangladesh 0; Rohit Sharma led team’s ‘Bazball X2’ approach snatches win from jaws of drawSubscriber Only

October 01, 2024 14:05 IST

India’s batters merely strung the fastest, 50, 100, 150, 200, and 250 in 127 years of Test cricket. A scale of scoring that even the Caribbean marauders, Australian raiders or Bazball cavaliers could not achieve.

Wed, Oct 02, 2024

QUICK COMMENT: How Ravindra ‘300’ Jadeja proved the world wrongSubscriber Only

September 30, 2024 13:48 IST

He was not predestined to achieve greatness but the all-rounder charted his own path to cross the milestone.

Mon, Sep 30, 2024

Arsenal did resort to some skullduggery when down to 10 men against Manchester City, England’s strongest football dynasty helmed by the most influential manager of this era. (AP)

Football shouldn’t be pretentious in thinking that Arsenal’s dark arts is new to the gameSubscriber Only

September 30, 2024 09:15 IST

For all the narrative after Arsenal vs Manchester City, don't let the pundits fool you. Footballers keep evolving, they find new holes in the manual that lawmakers don’t.

Mon, Sep 30, 2024

India vs Bangladesh: Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj make it a team for all conditions and situationsSubscriber Only

September 26, 2024 21:05 IST

With the fast bowlers taking a lot of the burden, spinners are not under undue pressure to deliver all the time

Fri, Sep 27, 2024

Lack of South Asian representation in English Football: Only 22 in 3700 part of sport pyramidSubscriber Only

September 23, 2024 09:15 IST

Barnsley’s Vimal Yoganathan a rare representative of community that makes up just 0.25 percent of professional footballers in the country.

Sun, Sep 29, 2024

Duleep Trophy: India A’s late surge beats India C & clinch trophy as Prasidh Krishna & Tanush Kotian upstage Sai Sudharsan tonSubscriber Only

September 22, 2024 20:52 IST

The game was meandering to a draw before India A pulled it back with the dint of their self-belief

Mon, Sep 23, 2024

Duleep Trophy: Arshdeep Singh proves red-ball credentials with 6-wkt haul as India D thrash IndiaSubscriber Only

September 22, 2024 19:22 IST

Left-arm pacer outfoxes likes of Suryakumar Yadav, Abhimanyu Easwaran and Musheer Khan in match-winning effort to buttress his case for long-form cricket

Mon, Sep 23, 2024

Riyan Parag answers the question: Can he temper his adrenaline rushes?Subscriber Only

September 21, 2024 21:03 IST

The range and sparkle of his strokes is well ascertained; he is well-versed with the new-age ramps and scoops, but he owns an organised defence too.

Sun, Sep 22, 2024

Suryakumar Yadav and Abhimanyu Easwaran Duleep

Matinee idol Suryakumar Yadav struggles, while unsung Abhimanyu Easwaran goes the whole hog in Duleep TrophySubscriber Only

September 20, 2024 21:07 IST

SKY's highly anticipated outing for India B at Anantpur is a damp squib with 5 off 15, while Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran steadies ship with 116 off 170 against India D.

Sat, Sep 21, 2024

Duleep Trophy: Sanju Samson wins battle with self, Shreyas Iyer self-destructsSubscriber Only

September 19, 2024 21:23 IST

If Iyer revisits his dismissal he would bang his head into the nearest wall. The surface was at its flattest when he arrived, the sun having dried up the early moisture. But it took just two wicked balls of Washington to spook him.

Fri, Sep 20, 2024

Runs and ruins at Duleep Trophy: Shreyas Iyer needs mountain of runs to surge back from the fringesSubscriber Only

September 18, 2024 20:38 IST

Iyer has two more innings to salvage his Duleep Trophy, and make a last-minute push to reclaim his Test cap.

Wed, Sep 18, 2024

India vs Bangladesh Tests: Mushfiqur Rahim, the everyman hero who embodies a country which thinks it has underachievedSubscriber Only

September 17, 2024 19:45 IST

They may have Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, but the diminutive wicketkeeper-batsman is the one player looked up to for stability, leadership and guidance in a crisis

Tue, Sep 17, 2024

Brazil's coach Dorival Junior catches the ball during a qualifying soccer match against Paraguay for the FIFA World Cup 2026 at the Defensores del Chaco Stadium, in Asuncion, Paraguay,

Staring at the unthinkable: Brazil’s plight in World Cup qualification points to the rot that entered its footballing soul long agoSubscriber Only

September 16, 2024 08:46 IST

Losing four of its last five qualifiers, has put head coach Dorival Junior under immense pressure as superstar players fail to operate as a cohesive unit

Mon, Sep 16, 2024

India vs Bangladesh: If Nahid discomfits with raw pace, Hasan Mahmud tricks batsmen with movement either direction at lively pace. (AP)

India Test series provides pathbreaking moment for Bangladesh: The first 150-kph-er in Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud, with unique action, raise fast-bowling hopesSubscriber Only

September 15, 2024 12:56 IST

India vs Bangladesh: In unison, Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud are re-imaging the cricket identity of their country, from a land of left-arm spinners to fast bowlers.

Mon, Sep 16, 2024

Kerala, kochi, rap song captures hearts in kerala, Ummante kuttynde morentha vaadan, panthalchaan poovam, Panthalchant, Dabzee, Indian express news, current affairs

In Kerala, rap song captures hearts and an obsession: ‘Let’s go play football’Subscriber Only

September 15, 2024 04:10 IST

“Both football and music are so much ingrained in us that it was a matter of me casually floating the idea to Dabzee and Co and then setting the lyrics in little time. It’s an authentic reflection of the passion we have for the sport, conveyed through the song,” Parari says.

Sun, Sep 15, 2024

Ishan Kishan slams hundred in Duleep Trophy to begin his comeback from notorietySubscriber Only

September 12, 2024 22:07 IST

The 126-ball 111 is the sort of counterattacking treatise that leaves an impression in the selectors memory.

Fri, Sep 13, 2024

Has Sri Lanka taken one big step forward with Test win over England or is it a false dawn?Subscriber Only

September 10, 2024 19:20 IST

Only time would denote whether the Oval win is a concrete sign of missing and repelling parts falling into place to solve the giant-scale sudoku or just an incidental, sporadic victory that eventually leads to another false dawn.

Tue, Sep 10, 2024