Harsha Bhogle
The Indian Express Group
Friday 12 June '09
The first week of the ICC World T20 was a humbling experience for some, a scary one for others and a frustrating one for a couple of teams...Friday 5 June '09
In my formative years in cricket, the influencer years, a game against Pakistan was never a day of joy, of excitement...Friday
29 May '09So it seems everyone wants to anoint India as favorites for the T20 World Championship.Friday
22 May '09The Rajasthan Royals are out of the IPL but they over-achieved.Friday
15 May '09When we were growing up in Hyderabad, there were days when we got swarms of flying insects virtually enveloping a light....Friday
8 May '09I am delighted that the process of eliminating the time-out has begun.Friday
1 May '09One of the greatest, and indeed finest, variables in cricket, only matched to some extent by tennis and golf, is the nature of the surface....Friday
24 April '09In sport, indeed as in life, balance is the key to success and it’s a word used very often in the media and in strategy sessions....Friday
17 April '09By a nice coincidence IPL 2 starts on the same date it did last year.Friday
10 April '09An anomalous statistic has been buried, an oddity has been consigned to the bin. India’s awful record in New Zealand was an aberration...Friday
3 April '09Exhibit One is shortish, tubbyish, balding and very very Delhi. Exhibit Two is tall, lean, muscular, a rebellious South African in English colours.Friday
27 March '09It is a relief and an accomplishment that the IPL is on. There has been much discussion and debate and that is not wrong.Friday
20 March '09For an organisation that is largely high on intent, the ICC gets an extraordinary amount of criticism.Friday
13 March '09It would be easy to image Virender Sehwag as a pirate, terrifying genteel passengers on a cruise liner with his weapons and his audacity.Wednesday
4 March '09Like on far too many days in this part of the world, a bullet left this morning hoping to find a target.Friday
27 February '09One of the joys of watching T20 unfold is the realisation that wickets count. Eighteen months ago you wouldn’t have dreamt of hearing a captain say that keeping wickets in hand is important.....Friday
20 February '09India haven’t won a Test match in New Zealand since 1976, have never won a bilateral one-day series and last won a Test series in 1968.Friday
13 February '09So there will be no ICL this March and while it might be too early to write the obituary of a patient it seems the doctors have been summoned.Friday
6 February '09Pakistan’s exit will mean a greater opportunity for the genial Sri Lankans but also for New Zealanders and South Africans.Friday
30 January '09In a dream that often recurs I find I am visiting familiar places, some I may have lived in, others merely travelled through...Friday
23 January '09Five months ago India were in Sri Lanka to play five one-day internationals, no more than two months after having played them in the Asia Cup.Friday
9 January '09Once again two rivals, with a history of bad blood between them, have shown us up to be a community of hypochondriacs...Friday
2 January '09Australia's descent began in victory. It might seem a paradox but it is not unknown.Friday
26 December '08The year began with a family feud that threatened to tear apart our tiny community. It ended with two events of utter warmth...Friday
19 December '08The final moments in Chennai were cathartic; for the players, for us and for many in the cricket world.
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