The historian Ram Guha once compared cricket in India to football in Brazil. It is easy to disagree with that, but hard to figure out which hairs to split. On one hand, cricket in India is surely followed more fervently, with temples made for some cricketers, with an obsessive passion that Brazilians, for...
Former Chariman of Selectors and Indian coach Chandu Borde has come down heavily on the curators of Ahmedabad and Kanpur wickets for coming up with the kind of wickets that they did, especially the Kanpur track, which failed to last even three days, in the India-South Africa Test series. I was truly surprised at...
In the wake of the recent terrorist bombing in Karachi most cricket nations and players are understandably uneasy about touring Pakistan. The Kiwis flew home immediately after the attack, horrified at the devastation on the city street and the highly anticipated Australian tour set for later this year is in jeopardy. Unfortunately, Pakistani...
Full name Shane Keith Warne Born September 13, 1969, Ferntree Gully, Victoria Major teams Australia, Hampshire, ICC World XI, Victoria Nickname Warney Playing role Bowler Batting style Right-hand bat Test debut :Australia v India at Sydney – Jan 2-6, 1992 Last Test :Australia v England at Melbourne – Dec 26-28, 2006 First-class span...
The Indian Premier League’s (IPL) ‘draconian’ accreditation terms for media, including a regulation that prevents news websites in using photographs, has invited strong protest from media community. Editors Guild of India, a representative body of editors of newspapers, news agencies and television news channels, wrote a letter to BCCI president Sharad Pawar demanding withdrawal...
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