And the God said..
Tom Alter: Sachin, So you prefer facing Walsh and Marshall? You prefer facing fast bowling, why? Sachin: Of course. Of course. I like ...
View ArticleThe feet are firmly where they are supposed to be
It never ceases to amaze me, the incredible humility that Sachin Tendulkar displays at all times. In spite of being the biggest star in ...
View ArticleIPL Finals Preview
We are only few hours away from the final match of the IPL 2010 tournament. On the outset, it looks like a match-up of ...
View ArticleThe IPL Finals – Running diary Part 2
Read the Part 1 of the running diary on Chennai Innings Part 2: Mumbai Innings We all settle back in. Some of the CSK fans, including ...
View ArticleComing full circle with Sanath Jayasuriya
The beginning and the (seeming) end of the great career of Sanath Jayasuriya has tremendous symmetry to it. He began as a bowling all-rounder ...
View ArticleImpending Twitter Crash of 2010
From now on, you can say in public that you follow God and you won’t be misconstrued for a religious person. It has happened ...
View ArticleCaptain Crucifixion
India have been unceremoniously bounced out of yet another Twenty20 world cup and there is a lot of blame going around and most of ...
View ArticleAll Time Test XI – India
Cricinfo has been running a feature called All Time XI where various analysts, former players, cricket historians and writers form a panel that selects ...
View ArticleHe is like this only
Sachin Tendulkar was in Pune for laying the foundation stone for a hospital. Answering a query on whether the parties should be blamed ...
View ArticleAutobiographies
Recently I came in possession of a few books on cricket, including a biography and an autobiography. That made me think what the titles ...
View ArticleThe Ewing Theory in Cricket
**This article has been cross-posted at The Big Tip** Back in 1998 or thereabout, when ESPN, The worldwide leader in sports, was launching its ...
View ArticleWho’s Next?
*This column is cross-posted at my column in CricAges* If for one fleeting moment, we can push the hullabaloo from India’ disappointing T20 world cup ...
View ArticleWhat does India need to do?
The Cricket World Cup to be hosted jointly in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is only a little more than 7 months away. Currently, ...
View ArticleShit gets wickets
While playing for my university in the U.S., one of my mates, James who is an Aussie, after almost every time he would ...
View ArticleSehwag – The Inimitable Genius
Way back in the early Oughts, Prem Panicker, used to have an online talk-chat show called “Panix Station” (before podcast was even part of ...
View ArticleTen Things about Group Captain Sachin Tendulkar
On September 3, 2010, Indian batting ace, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the chief of the Indian Air Force ...
View ArticleThe Aussiefication
If you were a fan of a cricket team other than the Aussie teams of the nineties and the early oughts, you know the ...
View ArticleChasing the Ball
A couple of weeks ago, I played in a 40-overs-a-side league match in the Washington D.C. area and took a wicket in the first ...
View ArticleSachin Ramesh Tendulkar
The folks at World Cricket Watch and Balanced Sports have been doing a series called “My Favorite Cricketer” where cricket enthusiasts, bloggers and writers ...
View ArticleCouch Talk: Episode 6 with Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor
In this episode, Dileep Premchandran and Gary Naylor preview the upcoming India-England test series, including discussions on the aftereffects of India’s tour match vs ...
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