Third Test :: New Zealand Vs India :: 1st Day
It was one of those manic days of Test cricket in which each team will claim they got it right. New Zealand took a risk by winning the toss and asking India to bat. NZ will feel that their decision …...
View ArticleHas Team India missed another “Tipping Point”?
On 15 August 2007, Team India’s 2007 series in England had just concluded. Rahul Dravid was then captain of Team India — a team that had no coach and a genial geriatric as its Team Manager. The team...
View ArticleTake a bow Fab Five… Team India is the #1 Test Team
Some 10 years ago, the Fab Five of Indian Cricket undertook a near-impossible journey. After the morass that represented the match fixing scandal Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul...
View ArticleIndia vs. New Zealand: Test Series Preview
New Zealand tours to India have always posed an interesting quandary. The Kiwis fly down approximately once in 4 years, usually on the cusp of a World Cup, or on the heels of one. They get short shrift...
View ArticleWhen Selvi came alive
In his compelling collection, Lawley Road & Other Stories, R. K. Narayan narrates the highly poignant tale ofSelvi, the leading classical singer of her day. The subject is accustomed to the adoring...
View ArticleThe Indian Cricket Ground
The Grace Gates, The 3 W’s Oval, The Greenidge & Haynes Stands, The Malcolm Marshall & Joel Garner Ends – all names with a nice ring to them. The practice of christening arenas in honour of...
View ArticleDoes the team need a “mentally weak” player?
I am either quite unhappy with MS Dhoni or in sheer awe of him, and I am not able to decide which of the two states I ought to be in! Indeed, I don’t believe I know which of these … Continue reading →
View ArticleDefeat and the Cricketing Experience
By Rohit Naimpally (Guest Contributor, i3j3cricket) The immediate aftermath of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s World Cup-winning six is a blur to me. I have watched the highlights from that night umpteen times...
View ArticleBCCI’s criticism-tolerance and the role of critics…
By Mohan Krishnamoorthy (@mohank) There is much to dislike about the BCCI… there is much to like about Harsha Bhogle The bully I am not a fan of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or of...
View ArticleChanges to the Ranji Trophy… Not enough
The BCCI’s technical committee, which included former players, Saurav Ganguly and Roger Binny — along with ‘special invitee’, Anil Kumble — recently recommended an overhaul of the Ranji Trophy, India’s...
View ArticleGod and the Argumentative Indian
This article first appeared in DNA on 11 Oct 2013 in two parts: Part-1 and Part-2 I once had the opportunity to travel from Mumbai to Singapore with Raj Singh Dungarpur. He was on his way to New...
View ArticleDefeat and the Cricketing Experience
By Rohit Naimpally (Guest Contributor, i3j3cricket) The immediate aftermath of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s World Cup-winning six is a blur to me. I have watched the highlights from that night umpteen times...
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