Pawar meets stalwarts during stopover

Sunday 20 May '07

By late evening, when Sharad Pawar met Team India skipper Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman, it was clear the BCCI president’s quick...

‘After 17 yrs, I don’t think I need to prove anything’

Sunday 20 May '07

After his 36th Test century, 17 years down the road, as Sachin Tendulkar stepped up to face the cameras once again, nobody really expected him to come up with anything new...

Munaf too is back, Indian team in fitness mess

Saturday 19 May '07

With 3 youngsters flying home due to injury over the last two weeks, bad medical management comes into focus

Sourav, Sachin reign after early blows

Saturday 19 May '07

In cricket-crazy Chittagong, you don’t really need to be inside the stadium to know which way the game is swinging. All you have to do is keep an eye on this giant tree just outside the white

After a year, India may go for 5 bowlers

Friday 18 May '07

His arms folded, eyes hidden behind dark shades, Rahul Dravid started poring over one of the toughest answer sheets that he may have ever come across as skipper.

Board’s prescription for ailing Team India: a massive cricket overdose until next February

Thursday 17 May '07

If the Indian cricket board’s “vision” for its team actually turns into reality, we might as well shut our eyes and kiss the next World Cup goodbye.

I am sure Harbhajan will come back: Kumble

Thursday 17 May '07

Having retired from one-day cricket, Anil Kumble says he now “more relaxed”, taking life as it comes: from one Test match to another.

My turn will come: Ganguly

Thursday 17 May '07

Misses one-day cricket, trashes reports of signing up with the breakaway league

Selectors play it safe, recall injured Sreesanth

Wednesday 16 May '07

Team India may have hoped that he would stay on, and recover from the “soft tissue injury” on his left calf for the second Test against Bangladesh next weekend.

Damp end to deep end, India’s real Test begins

Wednesday 16 May '07

About an hour after noon, the sun shining brightly, Team India skipper Rahul Dravid walked back to the dressing room, shaking his head, stopping to say

Dravid has answers, but 2 questions remain

Tuesday 15 May '07

1, 2, 3,” their dance teacher marked time loudly, “Swagatham”, her students chimed in. But, as little Chittagong spread its arms to welcome the stars

Gambhir elegant at top, middle muddle continues

Sunday 13 May '07

There was no victory lap, no jumping around, no wild hoots — just a few quiet hugs in the dressing room, the odd handshake. Team India had just knocked over Bangladesh...

‘Fielding, fitness need improvement’

Saturday 12 May '07

This morning, Team India slipped into their hotel swimming pool for a brief stretch after an exhausting day out in the humid Dhaka heat.

Unwise decision puts wise men in a spot

Saturday 12 May '07

They came into the room smiling broadly at the cameras, quite taken in by all the attention.

Dhoni, Kaarthick keep nation’s faith

Friday 11 May '07

Nearing lunch, just as Team India looked like it was going to crumble once again, the ICC headquarters in Dubai sent out an email that began, “India looks to get back to winning ways against Bangladesh.”

Tiwary debut dream sour, to fly home

Thursday 10 May '07

Team India’s window to the future will have to remain shut for a while. Manoj Tiwary, the 21-year-old from Kolkata with a near-hundred average in the last Ranji season, will fly back home tomorrow with his right arm in a sling.

Dust settles after storm in a tea cup, cloud cover stays

Thursday 10 May '07

Just after a minor dust storm hustled them indoors, and the first drops of rain started pattering down, one of the younger voices in the Indian dressing room piped up: “Just what we needed, rain and another controversy.”

Shastri’s Lesson 1, Chapter 1: Know your teammate better

Wednesday 9 May '07

Rattled by the storm that followed their World Cup disaster, Team India has slowly begun to pick up the pieces, starting with the first brick

Red flag was contracts that paid extra for longer stay at the crease

Sunday 8 April '07

In a move that is bound to rattle the multi-crore cricket sponsorship industry, the BCCI has brought under the scanner a key clause in the endorsement contracts of some of its star players.

Dravid willing to lead — with new gear for the long road ahead

Saturday 7 April '07

Just after the first session of its board’s much-hyped two-day examination, Indian cricket got the answer to what was probably the most eagerly awaited question of them all.

Dirt piling up, the covers are being drawn

Saturday 7 April '07

At the end of it all, all the thunder and lightning about finding out what is wrong with the Indian cricket team stood exposed for what it really was — just plain noise, and a bunch of popping flashbulbs.

Day after, his deputy speaks: Greg realised no point staying on, Sachin quotes not the issue

Friday 6 April '07

Greg Chappell may have decided to walk away much before Sachin Tendulkar’s outburst because the coach had already realised that he had nothing more left to give Indian cricket, at this stage.

The games BCCI plays

Friday 6 April '07

The Board will take a decision on the future of Indian cricket. But don’t hold your breath

Sachin down, Chappell out

Thursday 5 April '07

In the end, Greg Chappell didn’t wait for the umpire’s decision. One day after he sent this email to The Indian Express, the man who coached and cajoled Indian cricket for 22 months was getting ready to pack his bags

How the war was lost before India began its first World Cup battle

Friday 30 March '07

The inside story: Coach and players on different pitches, overloaded captain, seniors pulling in different directions