Tag Archives: Rahul Dravid
Operation Prayer: What We should Hope for in 2012
As you are busy putting New Year resolutions into action, dear readers do undertake “Operation Prayer”. Here’s a list I prepared, feel free to make your own additions and subtractions,… Read more
Third Test: A Dramatic Draw, Ashwin’s Honeymoon and Wait for Sachin’s 100
There is an adage “every run counts” and the third and final Test vesus West Indies epitomised the very essence of that saying. In the 14th over, Rahul Dravid paddle-sweeps Bishoo,… Read more
An Imaginary Response from Shoaib Akhtar to his Indian Critics
Dear Friends, I see your outrage about my book and I feel amused, because I know that most of you have not read it. If you had, then you would… Read more
Mr Akhtar, Cut the Antics and Tell Whatever You Want To Yell
As a Pakistani, what are your best chances to have a bestseller in India? Well, blame a few towering Indian personalities and release the book in India. Then when you… Read more
Shoaib Lends Perfect Marketing Spin to Memoirs with Controversial Comments
I must say the title of Shoaib Akhtar’s book is apt as controversy is his middle name. Akhtar has been the most controversial cricketer around in the recent times. No… Read more
Don’t Hide from Shoaib’s Yorker, India. Pad Up and Read it
They have a favourite expression in Bollywood, going as far back as anyone can recall: suspension of disbelief. Now that Indian cricket, too, could be termed as an industry unto… Read more
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
Adios Rahul Dravid: The Man for All Seasons for Indian Cricket
I cannot claim to know Rahul Dravid. It’s another matter that I cannot claim to know any Indian cricketer, but that’s a story for another day. But Dravid was one… Read more
Dravid’s Bad Luck Goes on: Who Will Watch over the Watchmen?
When it comes to cricketing matters, rarely has Sachin Tendulkar put his foot wrong. He, among other Indian cricketers, has repeatedly expressed his apprehension over the inconsistency of the Decision… Read more
RIP Indian Cricket, RIP the Players too
On June 5, reacting to an article on Cricinfo, I had written for Howzzit that the IPL can never, ever precede national colours (IPL over National colours? Shut up Bhogle)…. Read more
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