India finally getting a one-day pool

Friday 13 June '08

The fortune teller and the forecaster, each indignant at being clubbed with the other, rarely get it right in India.

Warne showed cricket speaks a universal language

Friday 6 June '08

There are many reasons why the Rajasthan Royals won. Many more will now be unearthed, for every event, significant or otherwise...

Why percentage-players couldn’t keep up with T20

Friday 30 May '08

Many years ago, when I used to have one foot in advertising, I heard the story of a very well known film-maker shooting an ad film.

For owners, commitment counts, status doesn’t

Friday 23 May '08

I can understand Yuvraj Singh being unhappy with the crowd at the Wankhede, personally I am not very happy with booing people either...

A few doses of accountability will not hurt Indian cricket

Saturday 17 May '08

Intentionally or otherwise, Vijay Mallya has unleashed a wonderful, but hitherto unknown, word into Indian cricket.

Warne is showing rare courage as captain

Friday 9 May '08

So we’re into the back seven at the IPL and it has already been a thrilling journey. The crowds have been excellent...

Disease of arrogance is taking its toll

Friday 2 May '08

So the sentencing on Harbhajan is complete, he has retired home to Jalandhar with a fine that is, effectively, more than a hundred times that imposed...

First impressions: The IPL concept has a lot going for it

Friday 25 April '08

The ads have been good, some of the anthems have been excellent; the fireworks have gone off and the dancers are showing a lot of energy.

League of the unknowns

Friday 18 April '08

Watch the inaugural IPL match tonight as if the future of cricket depends on it

FANTASY CRICKET: USER'S GUIDE

Sunday 13 April '08

Will it be Delhi or Mumbai, Chennai or Kolkata (or a complete lack of interest after the first two weeks)? If you’ve been living on another planet and don’t know what’s going on in the IPL, here’s what it’s all about...

Different means, same end

Thursday 3 April '08

Two cricketers, so different, as different as Prakash Karat is from Manmohan Singh, and yet playing with the same objective, made a dreadful Test memorable.

Zero tolerance the only option

Friday 28 March '08

Like with most things about cricket, playing a fast short-pitched ball for example, everything seems easier from a distance.

Big question for India: What after Kumble?

Friday 21 March '08

I can’t figure out if there is a Test match starting in five days or if the IPL is beginning on twenty eight.

In changing times, Sachin puts things in perspective

Friday 14 March '08

Sachin Tendulkar throws up a couple of extremely valid points in his interview to The Hindu a couple of days ago.

Just like Ishant

Friday 7 March '08

Indian cricket has taken giant strides in the world’s toughest testing ground.

ICC must step in, it’s getting too 'obnoxious'

Friday 29 February '08

Some of the cricket this summer in Australia has been riveting. Yet I would be very happy if the series is forgotten, put in a leaky time capsule and buried deep somewhere.

Reformists will prevail over the traditionalists

Friday 22 February '08

So every player now has a price attached to him; like a film or television actor does...

Arranged marriages still work, they are still honourable

Friday 15 February '08

The confusion in world cricket at the moment reminds me a bit of what happens immediately...

Excellence is the way to make profits in IPL

Friday 8 February '08

There are many reasons why I believe the IPL could be the best thing to happen to Indian cricket.

The sport remains bigger than those that make pronouncements about it

Thursday 31 January '08

What a hullabaloo all of us have created! Have India and Australia, bound together by our still noble game...

A genius takes his 39th step

Friday 25 January '08

On a day on which the newest kid on the block produced astronomical levels of bidding...

Anil 600 Kumble: a quiet titan basks in the splendid, long evening of his career

Friday 18 January '08

Many years ago, when the nineties had just come upon us, a young man with an unusual bowling action but no passport was picked for India.

Let’s not talk on the field

Thursday 10 January '08

Off the field Indians can’t eyeball opponents for long, there are so few of us playing cricket.

Laxman: A visiting artist comes home to Sydney

Friday 4 January '08

The cricket on display here in Sydney has been excellent and frustrating. There has been pace and swing...

BCCI has only itself to blame for itinerary

Friday 21 December '07

It is easy to be pessimistic about India’s chances in Australia. Quite apart from the fact that they will play the world...