The dominance of skill

With the advent of T-20 cricket, the mantra for Indian cricket had changed from experience to youth. Gradually, all the…

IPL and the race question

Besides consolidating India?s position as the world cricket?s financial capital, the IPL has also played its part in countering the…

The greatest

To write something about Sachin Tendulkar is perhaps the most difficult task confronting a scholar working on cricket. While not…

The Test

My readers will be reading this column on the morning of the all important Kolkata Test match starting on Valentine?s…

Living on a prayer

India?s most high-profile Test series is in the offing and just when we need to put our best foot forward,…

Clearing the air

Pakistan, we are told, is livid. So much so that interior affairs minister Rehman Malik has threatened that IPL matches…

A fillip for hockey

This is not a usual column. Rather, it is a statement that should have been made months earlier by anyone…

Pitch peeves

I write this not in a state of anger but in a state of disbelief. Much is being written about…

THE REAL TEST

It is a welcome change to see Test match cricket returning to being the real priority of the Indian cricket…

OFF-SCREEN DRAMA

Open is one of the most disturbing books I have read. It is a new age sports autobiography, the first…

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