by Veena Gabriel
After all that mud slinging, controversial books by Australian Cricketers,Spinner Shane Warne comes out with "Shane Warne's century". None of your run of the mill book, it is like a fresh breath of air carrying with it all the...
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by Varun R. Iyer
The beauty of art lies in its imperfection, and is accentuated by the fundamental premise that no work of art can ever be typecast into a rigid interpretation. Every single nuance tells a different story; each angle is a revealing...
The story of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. India may have won the series 2-0. But the parade is an indication of the dearth of the wealth of experience India will experience. Dada, Kumble and one fears, Rahul Dravid is now in line...
Varun R. Iyer
Arguably the nicest man to have donned the India cap in the modern era has called it a day. As is the case with every romance, the end when it finally comes, leaves you in the lurch and a strange feeling of emptiness pervades. You...
by Shreyas Bhide
It seems Bangalore Royal Challengers 'histrionics' seems to be having a rather dreadful effect on quite a few heads. First Charu Sharma and now Martin Crowe has faced the axe.
Former South African wicket keeper Ray Jennings...
by Shreyas Bhide
Its that time in the Indian cricketing history, where fans will be seing a huge void in the Indian middle order.
Ganguly just played the last match of his career. VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid's farewells too aren't far...
“Thank you, Ahmedabad, 53,214 ICL Fans” This was the message on the electronic scoreboard. But sadly those were not the numbers in Nagpur that made up the spectator crowd on what was an exhilarating, nostalgic, bizarre and bemusing...
India will have mixed feelings about this day. While the honours were perhaps evenly shared at the end of the day, there is a sense of nostalgia for both teams.
While India will be bemoaning the virtual end of an epoch making couple of decades...
by Veena Gabriel
When Saurav dons his pads and helmet to play at VCA Nagpur for his last test match will he have a feeling that he has experienced before something which is actually happening now? God Forbid. The unpleasant incident that...
By Siddharth Raman
After an emotionally charged final day at the Kotla, the Indian team does not have much time to recuperate before the start of the final test at Nagpur.
Although he wasn't at his usual best,the absence of Anil...
by Veena Gabriel
It seems that Mr. Honest, Adam Gilchrist, is having guilt pangs. Now after retirement his conscience is forcing him to come clean on all the wrongs done by him during his field days.
After winning the controversial Sydney...
V.V.S. Laxman needed this century, rather double century, more than any one expected. For too many times in his career, he has made flattering starts only to deceive. This one had to be different. After all, it had to be against Australia that...
On a flawless day for India, Australia were also handed a reality check. They will need a Laxman – Dravid miracle a la Eden Gardens if they are to change the way this Border Gavaskar Trophy series is heading.
Australia must be feeling like...
It all became a little unsporting towards the end of the day. The crowd cheered Ponting’s misfields. The umpire had to get between bowler and batsman to avoid a repeat of another unsavoury scuffle.
When Bowden became the Wall… that was...
Strange as it sounds at a time when India lead the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 1-0, this Diwali will have been an uneasy time for more than one Indian in the dressing room and it has nothing to do with the number of sweets consumed.
A time for...
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