ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Many years ago, before we began adorning papad-thin plasma screens on our walls, India’s finest cricket writer (no, not that one) described one of life’s …
For long, the Sunil Gavaskar versus Gundappa Viswanath debate has been firmly sealed, signed and delivered in favour of the latter’s style, selflessness, civility and above all, match-winning prowess. With …
Vinod Kambli, who co-starred with him in the opening partnership that launched them both into superstardom, said Sachin Tendulkar took the escalator, while he had taken the stairs. As “The …
Harsha Bhogle in The Indian Express: “It would be easy to image Virender Sehwag as a pirate, terrifying genteel passengers on a cruise liner with his weapons and his audacity. …
Harsha Bhogle writes in The Indian Express that the real danger of the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore is that the inherent innocence of “the game we love” …
Shaken by the terror attack on Bombay, the England team rushed back home although they were 520 miles from the scene of the crime. A fortnight later, they mustered the …
Harsha Bhogle in The Indian Express: “Intentionally or otherwise, Vijay Mallya has unleashed a wonderful, but hitherto unknown, word into Indian cricket. We have always plodded along in Indian cricket …
Harsha Bhogle, writing on l’affaire Harbhajan Singh in The Indian Express, says the “disease of arrogance” is well and truly upon us: “A lot of our cricketers start early in …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Although the verbiage is getting shriller and shriller, and should largely be ignored, the kind of words Mathew Hayden & Co are using, and getting away with, …
India’s sojourn down under may have been a cricketing “disaster” so far, but it has been a godsend to the sore ears of Test match fans. Aching from the impositions …
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