Like the society it reflects, sport offered us many different emotions in the past few days. And no, I am not talking about the madness that spread in our country when Chelsea won the English Premiership. Nor am I talking about the emotions that Tiger Woods has ignited with his faltering comeback, missing a...
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It has been some week and cricket conversations have dominated drawing rooms, dining rooms and board rooms. If we are not discussing l’affaire IPL – Lalit Modi, deals, share-holding et al — we are talking about Sachin Tendulkar – and Mumbai Indians’ decision to hold Kieron Pollard back until just three overs were left...
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There are some cracks that have been papered over by India’s awesome batting performances in the ODI series against New Zealand: Team India pace bowlers have only been marginally better than their counterparts. Zaheer Khan has been the pick of the Indian fastmedium bowlers but the bowling unit has been struggling more than a...
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It was a veritable feast, watching, listening and tracking the Indian batting might demolish the hapless New Zealand attack in Christchurch on Sunday. Sachin Tendulkar, closing in on his 36th birthday, enjoyed himself as he scored another big hundred, Yuvraj Singh and skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni picked up half-centuries. For unabashed Tendulkar fans, it...
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Two close contests in the T20 format and two successive defeats for Team India at the start of its tour of New Zealand. Yet, unlike many others, I don’t believe the team’s morale will have taken a body blow as it heads into the five match one-day international series against the Black Caps. Of...
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There is simple, yet chilling, message that the first T20 international at Christchurh held out for the ‘Rock Stars from India’: spend time at the middle, getting used to the pace and bounce before you launch into ambitious strokes. Indeed, as Team India went down by seven wickets to New Zealand, it became clear...
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