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Sachin Tendulkar

Does Indian Cricket Need Sachin?

While the debate is on all across the country, my mind goes back to a scene from the 2006 movie Superman Returns. Lois Lane had just won a Pulitzer Prize… Read more »

Dhoni with Kohli

Does Indian Cricket Need Different Captains for Different Formats?

Usain Bolt proved it once again at the recently concluded Olympics that he is no fluke. The performances he put up at the Beijing Olympics four years back were just… Read more »

Sachin's 100th hundred

Ramblings of a Sachin Fan: 100 Hundreds is Just a Number, Not the Final Destination

It was a day of introspection and honestly I didn’t think much about the game (India vs Bangladesh) as I had work and safely thought India would win the match…. Read more »

Australia vs India

India Down Under: The Massacre Continues at Sydney

Oh Sydney and there you are Sydney! The first match of a fresh year is always an exciting prospect for a cricket viewer across the world. The current Australia vs… Read more »

Team India in England

Summer Over, Time to Cheer Up: All is Not Lost, Team India

The game at Cardiff, Wales, was not a regular match for most spectators at the stadium. For the Indian fans, the result was irrelevant; they had gathered in numbers to… Read more »

India cricket team

Question for BCCI: Will You Marry RTI?

As Indian players take on England in the first ODI, the question is, who are they playing for? Us Indians, or them BCCI officials? If it’s the former, why can’t… Read more »

Baichung Bhutia

Adios Baichung, you will Be Missed

“This is the ground where Baichung Bhutia used to play,” said the cab driver while stopping by a football ground, slightly larger than a courtyard in the true sense of… Read more »

While the nation didn't go ballistic over the big neighbour's victory, the coverage in Dhaka media was well rounded

Third Man: V for Victory, Vodka, Vindication

It’s just past midnight here in Dhaka. Almost 24 hours since Dhoni hit the six to fix it. They say it takes a day for such heady feelings to sink… Read more »

It's a war out there!

Third Man: Choking Aus-trail-yeah!

The only Indian news channel I get in Dhaka is Zee News and as any viewer worth her or his sanity would vouch, it’s not exactly the channel for sane… Read more »

It's 20-20 cricket or what?

Third Man: Padded Up, Bat in Hand, Life on the Ramp

Ravi Rampaul doesn’t look much like a West Indian seam bowler. He is shortish, somewhat stocky, and doesn’t exactly try to bowl quick. Quite an odd sort of quick bowler,… Read more »