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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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Dreams of MiandadSubscriber Only
September 18, 2017 00:41 IST
With international cricket returning to Pakistan, I can pick up the threads of an old fascination
Mon, Sep 18, 2017
India vs Australia 1st ODI: Tryst with wrist as Australia and Chennai set for spin reacquaintanceSubscriber Only
September 17, 2017 02:39 IST
The ‘knowledgeable’ Chennai crowd will come to the stadium armed with their VV Kumar yardstick when India face Australia in the first of the five ODI-series beginning at the MA Chidambaram stadium on Sunday.
Sun, Sep 17, 2017
India vs Australia: An ODI series in pursuit of contextSubscriber Only
September 16, 2017 01:19 IST
India-Australia face-off is devoid of frenzy, as both teams are preparing for bigger battles in the months ahead. None of the nervous suspense or edgy anticipation has brimmed over to the limited-over series.
Sat, Sep 16, 2017
India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon’s mysterious omission in coloured kitsSubscriber Only
September 13, 2017 00:52 IST
For wrist-spinners, perceivably, pose more threat with their ability to turn on any surface, than an offie without the doosra or a flat, restrictive left-arm spinner, who were the fad before the wrist-spin resurgence.
Wed, Sep 13, 2017
Ravichandran Ashwin: Bigger fish to frySubscriber Only
September 11, 2017 05:45 IST
Leaving off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin out of ODI team that faces Australia in the upcoming limited overs series implies he is being prepared for India’s tilt at overseas glory.
Mon, Sep 11, 2017
Infrastructural incompetence, decades of geographical alienation stymies cricket in JaffnaSubscriber Only
August 18, 2017 01:54 IST
It's not just infrastructural incompetence or decades of geographical alienation that has stymied Jaffna cricket, in the pre-war days, Jaffna was a cricketing powerhouse, but also societal and class disparities.
Fri, Aug 18, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Teardrop island’s sob storySubscriber Only
August 16, 2017 02:08 IST
Despite a deep-rooted cricket culture, Sri Lanka faces a severe crisis and rebuilding will begin by finding a stable captain-coach combination.
Wed, Aug 16, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Day 3 captures just how far Sri Lanka have fallenSubscriber Only
August 15, 2017 02:14 IST
With Chandimal ended Sri Lanka’s faintest of faint hopes of stretching the match to the fourth day, nay third session of the third day. It was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.
Tue, Aug 15, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: A happy India day for Virat Kohli’s menSubscriber Only
August 15, 2017 02:07 IST
Virat Kohli and company ticked a few boxes as they whitewashed Sri Lanka with an innings-and-171-run victory at Pallekele.
Tue, Aug 15, 2017
Mohammed Shami softens Sri Lanka up, spinners benefitSubscriber Only
August 14, 2017 01:44 IST
Mohammed Shami might, at times, looks chagrined, like when a fielders drops a sitter. But you seldom spot him scowling or stare at batsmen, let alone spew expletives, he doesn’t even stare back at them. So much so that he’s an anachronism.
Mon, Aug 14, 2017
Kandy crush: Hardik Pandya deflates Sri Lanka, Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav swoop inSubscriber Only
August 14, 2017 01:37 IST
Hardik Pandya deflates Sri Lanka with an 86-ball hundred as India post 487 in their first innings before Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav swoop in to make Sri Lanka follow on with lead of 352 runs in third Test.
Mon, Aug 14, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Spoke in the juggernaut wheelSubscriber Only
August 13, 2017 02:33 IST
Sri Lanka stage fightback after India laid a solid platform thanks to a record KL Rahul-Shikhar Dhawan opening stand of 188 runs. The hosts enjoyed their best day of the series by restricting India to 329 for 6.
Sun, Aug 13, 2017
India turn to the ChinamanSubscriber Only
August 12, 2017 02:13 IST
Kuldeep Yadav is expected to in the playing XI for the third Test that will miss ICC's top-ranked bowler Ravindra Jadeja and being the second-spinner in the dead-rubber Test in Pallekele makes things easy for the 22-year-old from Kanpur.
Sat, Aug 12, 2017
With Ranagana Herath on his last legs, Sri Lanka stare at an empty spin cupboardSubscriber Only
August 12, 2017 01:51 IST
Rangana Herath's wear and tear is understandable, for since Muttaih Muralitharan’s retirement, he has missed just two Tests—once when he was dropped against Pakistan in 2015 for lack of form and before that against New Zealand when he sustained a leg injury.
Sat, Aug 12, 2017
India’s underappreciated sweat equitySubscriber Only
August 11, 2017 02:22 IST
Sri Lanka haven't put up much resistance in the Test series, and often India’s biggest — yet understated — challenge has been the heat and humidity and the sights of Kandy, the venue for the third Test, would please Virat Kohli and his men.
Fri, Aug 11, 2017
Inside Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Mystery: Left handed Lasith MalingaSubscriber Only
August 10, 2017 01:07 IST
A left-handed Lasith Malinga and a much-refined version of Ajantha Mendis are ready to roll out of the the Max Cricket Academy that nurtures the ‘unusual’. So treasured they seem to be that shooting videos by outsiders is prohibited.
Thu, Aug 10, 2017
Finding the next Sri Lankan captainSubscriber Only
August 09, 2017 00:09 IST
Kusal Mendis is relatively new to international cricket, but seems destined for great things, as his background and exploits suggest. Kumar Sangakkara had already announced that Mendis is not just his heir apparent but already his heir.
Wed, Aug 09, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Merits and ‘demerits’ of Ravindra Jadeja’s suspensionSubscriber Only
August 08, 2017 02:44 IST
Implemented from October last year, players will be slapped with demerits points if they breach the ICC's code of conduct. Punishments, usually fines, will remain for minor offences such as showing dissent and using obscene language.
Tue, Aug 08, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan – the outsider who became a batting eliteSubscriber Only
August 08, 2017 01:55 IST
Tillakaratne Dilshan recalls his humble beginnings, his struggle to get selectors’ attention and the origin of his trademark Dilscoop. Dilshan remembers a breezy IPL evening. It was at Cape Town in 2009.
Tue, Aug 08, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Even in defeat, Sri Lanka show ingenuitySubscriber Only
August 07, 2017 01:11 IST
Ravindra Jadeja bagged his ninth five-wicket haul in Test to help India crush Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in the second Test and secure the three-match series 2-0 with a match to be played.
Mon, Aug 07, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Death, taxes and Ravindra JadejaSubscriber Only
August 07, 2017 01:04 IST
On a rapidly deteriorating SSC pitch, the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja broke through Sri Lanka’s resistance to give India Test and series victory in Colombo. He bowled 23 overs on the fourth day and prised out five wickets.
Mon, Aug 07, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: After collapse, Sri Lanka grow spineSubscriber Only
August 06, 2017 03:26 IST
Kusal Mendis-Dimuth Karunaratne stand worth 191 runs helps Sri Lanka fightback and reach 209 for 2 at stumps on day three after being asked to follow on by India as they bowled out the hosts for 183 in first innings and took 439-run lead.
Sun, Aug 06, 2017
At the SSC, old man Rangana Herath all at seaSubscriber Only
August 05, 2017 04:21 IST
India has been a strange series for Rangana Herath, wherein he had looked not only bland but also troubled, treated around like a muck-as-any spinner, with disdain and not with the respect his age and achievements command.
Sat, Aug 05, 2017
R Ashwin leaves Sri Lanka ashen-facedSubscriber Only
August 05, 2017 03:58 IST
R Ashwin picks up two wickets before close of play on day two to reduce Sri Lanka to 50 for 2 after India declared their first innings at 622 for 9 with six batsmen hitting half-centuries or more, only the second time in away Tests.
Sat, Aug 05, 2017
In his 50th Test, Cheteshwar Pujara knocks on the door of the pantheonSubscriber Only
August 04, 2017 02:31 IST
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane scored centuries and shared an unbroken 211-run partnership as a dominant India ended the first day on 344/3. He became the second visiting batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to record three hundred in successive Tests in Sri Lanka.
Fri, Aug 04, 2017Journalism of Courage
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