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Zero accountability, no remorse for Lucknow T20I disaster as Indian cricket concedes another own goal

India, Dec. 18 -- It's been a season of own goals so far as Indian cricket is concerned. It started with the appointment of Shubman Gill as captain of the One-Day International side and a recall with ... Read More


The predictable unpredictability of IPL auction: KKR, CSK richest; Cameron Green, Ravi Bishnoi to be multi-millionaires

India, Dec. 16 -- The only thing predictable about every IPL auction, mega or otherwise, is its sheer unpredictability, so why should Tuesday's mini auction be any different? For the third time on th... Read More


Cameron attracts mega Greenbacks; Venkatesh Iyer's stocks plummet in this tale of two all-rounders

India, Dec. 16 -- If there is anything such as favouritism going into an auction, Cameron Green comprehensively lived up to it, triggering a fierce bidding war that culminated in him becoming the most... Read More


India pay heavy price in push to make Shubman Gill poster-boy of this generation; Sanju Samson collateral damage

India, Dec. 12 -- Haste makes waste. It's one of those old-fashioned, old-world adages that means exactly what it says - don't rush into things without thought and logic, because the consequences can ... Read More


Why Virat Kohli can score ODI centuries in his sleep - let alone BCCI's demand for preparation and domestic cricket

India, Dec. 3 -- Some six weeks back, when he registered his second consecutive blob in Australia, we were among the many who wondered how long a rope Virat Kohli would get. Not how much he should get... Read More


Give Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli the respect they deserve; Gautam Gambhir, Ajit Agarkar have bigger problems to address

India, Dec. 2 -- The rapidity with which focus shifts in Indian cricket is little short of astonishing. Less than a week back, everyone remotely invested in the sport was bemoaning India's inglorious ... Read More


Two home Test meltdowns, two white-ball trophies: Should India look beyond coach Gambhir in red-ball cricket?

India, Nov. 27 -- Gautam Gambhir is a marked man these days. Anyone who has overseen a dramatic fall from grace of the kind the former India opener has is bound to be. For nearly a dozen years from th... Read More


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