Sign In / Register
Make This My Home Page | Feedback |RSS
You are here: IE »   Columnist » Deepaknarayanan»
Discussion
Deepak Narayanan The Indian Express Group

Deepak Narayanan-

Discussion
Hosts on the brink as orange flavour lingers in London

Sunday 7 June '09

Edwin de Boer, a flag-waving, beer-drinking member of the travelling Dutch fans, is a plumber by trade and is missing out....
Team india’s unity parade

Saturday 6 June '09

Just over two years ago, on a balmy day in Port of Spain, they were starting their 2007 World Cup campaign.
Opening washed out, but hosts start well

Saturday 6 June '09

Over the last two weeks, the weather in London has been about as good as it gets — bright and sunny...
All warmed up for action

Friday 5 June '09

One of the first things that hits you while walking on the streets of London, apart from the stiff, summery breeze is the almost-contrived level of politeness.
Last straw: Symonds sent home again for drunken episode

Friday 5 June '09

The good memories involve Andrew Symonds flicking the ball effortlessly over the infield, Andrew Symonds diving full length to take a blinder...
How times have changed

Thursday 4 June '09

The BCCI members had resolved in a working committee meeting recently that they were not happy with the Twenty20 version...
I shot the skipper

Thursday 2 April '09

Was Buchanan’s suggestion a power-grab on behalf of coaches?
Federer needs to change his game

Thursday 5 February '09

Deepak Narayanan I remember desperately wanting Nadal to challenge Federer for the top spot in 2007, even though he himself kept saying, and still does, that the Swiss superstar was the best the game had ever seen.
It’s a SIX

Sunday 28 December '08

Captain Cool and his boys gave us six highs and four lows in this year of turnarounds. Another big year ahead
Chennai, then and now

Friday 19 December '08

How exactly do you measure greatness? On Monday, when Sachin Tendulkar paddle swept Graeme Swann for a boundary past short fine-leg...
26/11 up, Mumbai local

Sunday 7 December '08

At the gateway of Mumbai, Victoria Terminus, the business of life has resumed. Don’t talk of spirit, it’s a city without options
A steaming plate of pasta, a cricket match, just another day... Mumbai comes back to life

Tuesday 2 December '08

Dilip Waghmare stands opposite the Sundance Café outside Churchgate Station, holding on to the grille around the Oval Maidan as he watches a cricket match in progress.
Leopold springs back, with 20 mnts of defiance

Monday 1 December '08

Wednesday: terrorists attack Café Leopold. Saturday: Mumbai siege is finally over. Sunday: Café Leopold opens, albeit for 20 minutes.
Cafe Leopold springs back, with 20 minutes of defiance

Monday 1 December '08

Terrorists attack Café Leopold. Saturday: Mumbai siege is finally over. Sunday: Café Leopold opens, albeit for 20 minutes.
‘Hard to imagine going back to that kitchen’

Sunday 30 November '08

He is glued to the television set, flipping channels distractedly, stopping only to see live images of the Taj Mahal hotel.
Back again, smiling

Tuesday 4 November '08

After the mauling in Mohali and initial grind at the Kotla, Australia have bounced back strongly.
Aussies very down under in Mohali, India’s perfect end to perfect Test

Wednesday 22 October '08

“Stand-in skipper, stand-in blazer,” Mahendra Singh Dhoni beamed at the post-match press conference...
Man with the magic touch

Wednesday 22 October '08

With an uncanny ability to make things happen, skipper-in-waiting Dhoni led India to a record-breaking win.
Travellers’ checklist of worries

Tuesday 21 October '08

At the end of nine days of cricket on this trip, things were looking positively gloomy for the Australians, no matter how hard coach Tim Nielsen tried to defend his worn out team.
Aussies on Rickety Wicket

Tuesday 21 October '08

Ponting & Co staring down the barrel chasing 516 as Ishant, Harbhajan strike after Gambhir’s century.
Floating Mishra stings Aussies

Monday 20 October '08

For two people who practice the same art, Anil Kumble and Amit Mishra couldn’t be more different. Kumble is tall and grim...
Sourav’s sweet sixteenth

Sunday 19 October '08

It’s not one single fairytale, his career. It’s pretty much a series of short, snappy stories and each of them seems to end with the prince sporting a big, rather cheeky, grin.
‘Stones are thrown at you, turn them into milestones’

Saturday 18 October '08

For all practical purposes, the second Test started at 20 minutes past one when Rahul Dravid, feet uncharacteristically rooted to the spot...
‘Seniors’ hit back at critics with long partnership, take India past 300-run mark on Day One

Saturday 18 October '08

A lot of questions were raised about the Indian middle-order in the run-up to this series.
In the corridor of uncertainty

Friday 17 October '08

At the best of times, right through a career that has spanned over a decade-and-a-half, Anil Kumble has been rather stingy with his expressions...
Most Read
Today's Paper