Harsha Bhogle
The Indian Express Group
Friday 12 December '08
There is a perception that England are here because the cricket world needs India. That is true for without a strong India while the game will still survive, it will do so rather less affluently.Friday 5 December '08
Often potentially valuable second skills tend to get ignored, or under-worked, with the kind of schedules players have...cricket is ripe for such specialised second skills coaching.Friday
28 November '08England are right to go back. Cricket has to bow to reality. Anybody far away from home, however hospitable the conditions, needs to feel happy and wanted. You cannot live in an atmosphere of helplessness.Friday
21 November '08In the world of money, I’m told, a major cause of financial discomfort is irrational expectation.Tuesday
11 November '08The sunset was warm and glowing. Sourav Ganguly chose a good day to be his last as an international cricketer.Monday
3 November '08Anil Kumble and his trusted, worn out India cap, on another head it might have been just another cap, finally walked out for the last time at his favourite Kotla.Friday
31 October '08And so another inmate of death row walked out of the kangaroo court that was sitting in judgement over him. And he did it with poise, simplicity and dignity.Friday
24 October '08Australia have lost but one Test match to India. Overwhelmingly, true, but only one. Just over a week before that, India were depending on two bowlers...Friday
17 October '08The financial markets have gone putrid, blue-eyed boys are learning what unemployment means, institutions are vanishing...Friday
10 October '08Sourav Ganguly isn’t finished with the game yet; he has merely announced that he will retire a month from now.Friday
3 October '08So, either there is a VRS scheme or its equivalent in Indian cricket or there isn’t. Either way, somebody is looking stupid.Friday
26 September '08It’s the best Test rivalry in the new land of T20. Track how spectators warm up to itFriday
12 September '08So is the Sourav Ganguly saga, one that has enthralled us and polarised us, coming to an end? Or, as he proved so...Friday
5 September '08Two islands, separated by oceans, continents and attitudes produced correct cricketing decisions.Friday
29 August '08There is a sense of calm that you experience with Mahendra Singh Dhoni that you don’t with say, an Amar Singh...Friday
22 August '08Like the United Nations, the ICC is well-intentioned, tries to keep peace amongst its members and fails.Friday
15 August '08Thrice in the last couple of days young Indians have brought me to my feet and caused emotions to leap up in joy.Friday
8 August '08It seems at the moment that India is like a ship that needs a storm to sail. India seem a fighting side when behind...Friday
1 August '08I’m afraid however diplomatically we seek to put it, the cricket world is torn over Zimbabwe and the Champions...Friday
25 July '08While India play Sri Lanka and the rain in Colombo, on what seems like another batsman obsessed pitch...Saturday
19 July '08Two countries, effectively a quarter of world cricket remember, broke with tradition and embraced a new reality this week.Friday
11 July '08Ajantha Mendis could have come out of a scriptwriter’s dream, a child’s fantasy. JK Rowling could have sent him...Friday
4 July '08Sanath Jayasuriya is 39 and not yet doing all those things that cricketers look down upon while playing.Monday
30 June '08One of the great truths of sport, whether you have played it at international level or are a passionate spectator...Monday
23 June '08Is it already 25 years then? Should the memories be acquiring a little sepia edge to them? Then why do I remember every moment of that game...
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