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South Africa coach Shukri Conrad's 'grovel' remark sparks outrage: Why is the term controversial and what's its history?

India, Nov. 25 -- Oftentimes, it's not what you mean so much as what words you use in which context that assumes great significance. If he didn't know it already, Shukri Conrad would have been well en... Read More


Stop blaming Gautam Gambhir for every thing: India's reckless batting meltdown left team buried in Guwahati Test

India, Nov. 24 -- If you stand six feet eight inches tall in your bowling shoes, there's not a lot you'd be jealous about, right? Wrong. Marco Jansen towers physically above all teammates and oppone... Read More


Stop blaming Gautam Gambhir for every thing: India's reckless batting meltdown leaves team buried in Guwahati Test

India, Nov. 24 -- If you stand six feet eight inches tall in your bowling shoes, there's not a lot you'd be jealous about, right? Wrong. Marco Jansen towers physically above all teammates and oppone... Read More


Sitanshu Kotak's critique stirs dressing-room insecurity as India confront their Test identity on Guwahati 'road'

India, Nov. 23 -- 'A road'. That's how Kuldeep Yadav described the surface at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati for India's must-win second Test that has been a batting beauty over the first two days. This... Read More


Mitchell Starc lacks the PR push but he's not far behind Jasprit Bumrah as this generation's finest

India, Nov. 21 -- Three weeks ago, Mitchell Starc was at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, hoping to cheer Australia, the defending champions led by his wife Alyssa Healy, to the final of the 50-ov... Read More


Too many changes, haphazard planning: India's Test team gripped by climate of uncertainty

India, Nov. 18 -- One of the hallmarks of a champion outfit is consistency in selection and transparency in communication. These used to be stellar character traits in Indian cricket even until a year... Read More


Hoist by their own petard, Gautam Gambhir's India must shun square turners at home to turn the corner

India, Nov. 16 -- It's official now - far from being invincible, India are actually vulnerable while playing at home. And much of it is of their own making. It was unthinkable even 13 months ago that... Read More


'Too shy' India didn't ask for a rank turner against South Africa in embarrassing homecoming for Eden Gardens

India, Nov. 15 -- This English summer threw up a rare eventuality - all five Tests between the hosts and Shubman Gill's India went to the fifth day. Four were decided in the final session of the match... Read More


Eden Gardens back in business: The show finally returns to the theatre of VVS Laxman's dreams

India, Nov. 14 -- Think Eden Gardens, and the memories come flooding back - some good, many not-so-good. The not-so-good include the World Cup semifinal heartbreak against Sri Lanka in 1996, when the... Read More


On four-spinner day, Bumrah and Siraj get 7 wickets: Why Gambhir and Gill need to rethink Playing XI even if India win

India, Nov. 14 -- How much is too much? Or, in this instance, how many are too many? We are talking, of course, about India fielding four frontline spinners in their XI for the first of two Tests aga... Read More