Ajay S Shankar
The big moment still sinking in, coach Dav Whatmore looks back on the long, hard road that Bangladesh took to World Cup 2007. And then, he tells
AjAdmits that nothing went right for Team India from the moment he chose to bat first on a wicket that settled down after 15 overs
Struggling to bottle his emotions, Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar says a few more wins like this and nobody will say his team ‘caused an upset’. Ex
Probably, the cruellest moment for Team India skipper Rahul Dravid in this World Cup so far came long after the Bangladeshis had wrapped their arms ar
I have just clicked open my web window, and I see this: a cartoon series on Sachin Tendulkar...
Gesticulating wildly, edgy, a bit nervous, the man who holds the key to India’s opening game in this World Cup strides across to the boundary line.
You can sense it as soon as you walk into the Queen’s Park Oval in Port-of-Spain. This is where this World Cup’s ‘group of death’ will play out over t
Just about 10 minutes away from where Team India practised yesterday, beyond the wild, windswept sugarcane fields of southern Trinidad
We are working hard, but the World Cup is also about having some down time, says skipper Dravid
The last place you’d like to spend your time on the beautiful Caribbean islands is inside the office of a cricket board, filled with stuffy suits and
The world is holding its breath, waiting to know how Sourav Ganguly’s right ankle will hold up in Trinidad, and I am still on the wrong island.
As West Indian legend Andy Roberts gingerly climbs down the stairs, with Courtney Walsh, and no scrambling photographers...
Barely an hour to go for the climax, nearly two billion people watching across the globe, a minor stutter in the script told the world what the spirit
We know what India are capable of, we are well aware. You have Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag. And Sourav Ganguly...
How would you feel if you were suddenly lifted up, up and away in the skies, with the stars, breathlessly soaking in the brilliant light...
Sourav Ganguly is wandering around the hotel lobby, checking his mobile phone; Sachin Tendulkar is back from the pool table...
The fans were still trickling in, the band had just started pounding away. But as Shivnarine Chanderpaul rolled out an elegant flick to get the 13-man
“Yaar bhi jhoota, pyaar bhi jhoota”. As the haunting melody of that ’70s Bollywood number wafted out of the Indian dressing room...
Irfan Pathan turns back with a naughty grin. “Sar abhi bhi chakra raha hai? (Are you still feeling giddy?” he asks. I nod my head. At least, I think I
Skipper wants to be available to plug the gaps, or to finish the job
In his first World Cup as captain of Team India, the XI that represents the most powerful cricket nations in the world, Rahul Dravid today stepped in
Almost as soon as the Air Jamaica aircraft started trundling along the Heathrow runway, I knew I was in trouble.
India will have to bat to win: Ganguly, Sehwag will open, Uthappa at No 3, Sachin to follow; ‘impact players’ to push team through middle overs
A few metres away from the Gateway of India, cutting through the crowd of screaming fans, one piercing question leapt out at Greg Chappell.
They said he would never become a one-day batsman. They said he would have to keep wickets to retain his place in the team.
