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No Confusion, Great Combination

Tuesday 28 October '08

As friendly banter marks Indian practice, Kirsten confirms Mishra will be left out if Kumble, Harbhajan are fit.
12,000 and counting, but he isn’t just about numbers

Saturday 18 October '08

Once upon a time, there was a naughty little boy who climbed a mango tree once too often. But we’ll come back to that fairytale after a minor digression.
No freedom, only pressure

Saturday 11 October '08

Indian cricket spent most of this week in a bizarre, teary eyed, lump-in-the-throat haze.
Ganguly, who never quit, walks away

Wednesday 8 October '08

Finally, the announcement came at the time and place of his choosing, when the world was least expecting it.
The five never required charity, definitely don’t need pity

Saturday 4 October '08

For a follower of Indian cricket, sifting through fact and fiction over the last week would’ve either been...
Mind games begin, Board games never end

Saturday 27 September '08

In most of Indian cricket’s debates - young vs not so young, corrupt vs less corrupt, rich vs very rich...
‘I’m not trying to make any statement, I just want to play’

Saturday 20 September '08

After a long workout in the gym, a washed out Sourav Ganguly drops on the sofa and points at the pouring rain through the glass window.
Bad light stops play

Wednesday 10 September '08

Sourav should choose when he retires — and why should it be now?
Leander, louder than words

Saturday 6 September '08

There was a time when covering tennis full-time almost made me cringe because of frequent interactions with Leander Paes.
Love at first sight with newcomers, no patience with match-winners

Saturday 30 August '08

Standing in front of the Nescafe dispenser at Kochi airport in 2005, Yuvraj Singh asked me if I wanted a cup of coffee.
When the music’s over, don’t just turn off the lights

Saturday 23 August '08

Will there be any eager, inspired, onlookers at Satpal’s akhada in the Chhatrasal Stadium next month?
Losing the dream

Saturday 9 August '08

When I was growing up in Lucknow’s idyllic cantonment - pre-cable TV and post-Maruti 800 - the Seoul Olympics in 1988 was the biggest thing to have happened to me.
Why does Team India keep letting Sehwag down?

Saturday 2 August '08

In a dreary, rainy one-dayer at the Sinhalese Sports Club in 2001, Virender Sehwag’s 70-ball 100 had made spectators — I was one of them...
Kerry good, ICL bad?

Saturday 26 July '08

It was the late 70s and cricket had suddenly found its mojo. Big boys were playing at night, and with jingles such as C’mon Aussie, c’mon playing on Channel 9...
All eyes on the comeback man

Saturday 12 July '08

Once described as a megalomaniac who deserved to be given a “jolly good boot up his derriere, preferably into the Indian Ocean...
More takers for Euro’s dirty pretty things

Saturday 28 June '08

Cheering for Germany in the Euro 2008 final, as American sportswriter Rick Reilly wrote about supporting Tiger Woods...
T20 not a threat to cricket, but Pietersen’s switcheroo is?

Saturday 21 June '08

Seventy-seven years ago, Oklahoma miner Mutt Mantle — a man obsessed with baseball...
In IPL’s T20 dreamland, only critics and ‘rebels’ are not allowed

Saturday 14 June '08

It’s been two weeks since the end of the IPL, but somehow everything else that has transpired after the Rajasthan Royals victory is too mundane to talk about.
If Kapil’s poster can be stripped, what hope does Rayudu have?

Saturday 7 June '08

There was a time when any reference to Kapil Dev evoked the image of a toothy smile, slightly awkward but never out of place in the spotlight.
Finally, Warne wins over India

Tuesday 3 June '08

When Shane Warne announced his retirement from world cricket in December of 2006, the Indian team was playing a series in South Africa.
How Lee-Hesh lost the torch

Thursday 22 May '08

Nostalgic fans have waited for almost a decade for Time to heal the wounds that Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi...
Doubles jeopardy for India

Thursday 22 May '08

Bhupathi rules out partnering Paes at Olympics, association says they will field no team if status quo remains.
How Bhajji lost the IPL

Wednesday 30 April '08

Harbhajan Singh and Sreesanth shook hands in front of hundreds of flashing cameras. They smiled, and they hugged.
Cricket’s Flat-World Cup has begun

Saturday 19 April '08

Brendon Rs 2.8-crore McCullum makes it a Kolkata Knight Riders night
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