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November 27, 2024
: Why Do Bowlers Rarely Become Captains?
November 16, 2024
: Is This India's Team For The Perth Test?
November 05, 2024
: Is Gambhir The Right Choice As Coach?
July 23, 2024
: Is Gambhir The Coach Team India Needs?
July 12, 2024
: Jasprit Bumrah Beyond Numbers
July 02, 2024
: The World Cup That Cheers
January 01, 2024
: The IPL's Pay Problem
December 23, 2023
: When Patriotism Sets In, The Game Suffers A Rout
December 14, 2023
: Is The Military Giving Up On Cricket?
December 12, 2023
: Should Dhoni Have Done This Ad?
December 06, 2023
: Should Selectors Stick With The Old Or...
November 30, 2023
: The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story
November 13, 2023
: Mahela writes an open letter to Aravinda de Silva
November 10, 2023
: I Don't Get this Indian Cricket Team
October 14, 2023
: 'Whenever Pakistan come, Kohli wants to be the hero'
June 01, 2023
: IPL 2023: The Best Ever!
May 03, 2023
: Where Does Sachin Stand Among The Great Batters?
January 16, 2023
: Wasim Akram's Late Swing
October 06, 2022
: Stop Treating Bowlers Badly!
August 27, 2022
: How T20 Leagues Are Killing The Spirit Of Cricket
February 22, 2022
: 'Imagine the impact of India winning women's World Cup!'
February 04, 2022
: Virat Kohli Is In Self-Denial
February 02, 2022
: Rohit's Return Won't Reverse Losing Streak
January 17, 2022
: Virat Kohli has done the right thing
January 07, 2022
: When a captain stops performing, he should be taken aside
December 30, 2021
: Why Did BCCI Mess With Kohli?
November 22, 2021
: 'There was no one like Bishan <I>paaji</I>'
: Can Dravid Better Shastri?
November 15, 2021
: Should Kohli step down as Test captain?
September 16, 2021
: The Cricketers Ravi Shastri Rates Highly
September 11, 2021
: Is IPL the Saviour of Test cricket?
July 06, 2021
: Time for Kohli to hit RESET button
May 18, 2021
: Was IPL a distraction to hide governance failure?
January 19, 2021
: India's Greatest Win
September 06, 2020
: Cricket's lost chance
August 18, 2020
: India's Baahubali Captain
February 12, 2020
: 4 or 5 day Tests? What will ICC decide?
January 11, 2020
: Understanding the history of Indian spin bowling
November 27, 2019
: How boringly good our team has become!
August 20, 2019
: How Dravid can avert the conflict-of-interest charge
August 13, 2019
: Cricket's dressing room blues go back a long way
July 11, 2019
: 8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics
: India need to look at that middle order: Srikkanth
July 08, 2019
: How New Zealand can get the better of India in semis
: 'Bumrah is going to be a key man for Kohli'
June 30, 2019
: Clive Lloyd: India or Australia will win the World Cup
June 26, 2019
: Yuvraj Singh, India's Warrior Prince
June 24, 2019
: South Africa need to take inspiration from England: Kallis
June 18, 2019
: World Cup 2019: When coaches took over
: It's just not cricket, MS
June 17, 2019
: I think this India team intimidates Pakistan: Waqar Younis
: Krish Srikkanth: Teams are worried about facing India
June 13, 2019
: Waqar Column: India know what needs to be done against Pakistan
June 06, 2019
: Rohit's return to form biggest plus for India
April 13, 2019
: Kohli needs all help for the World Cup
February 25, 2019
: What will we achieve by boycotting Pakistan in World Cup?
February 11, 2019
: Keep the fire burning, ladies!
January 21, 2019
: How cricket has changed since that historic day!
January 15, 2019
: Is Hardik being punished for spilling insider secrets?
December 26, 2018
: Why is Hanuma Vihari opening for India?
September 18, 2018
: Why the English cricket board loves Kohli & Co
September 11, 2018
: Why our cricket team failed in England
September 01, 2018
: India in England salutes Test cricket
August 24, 2018
: How Kohli is rewriting the rules of captaincy
May 18, 2018
: Have you sat through all 100 overs of a ODI game?
May 07, 2018
: Time for Virat to step down as RCB captain?
March 06, 2018
: What you can learn from Virat and his team...
February 24, 2018
: Was Sachin a genius?
February 22, 2018
: Why Virat depends on KulCha
January 29, 2018
: Why does Virat constantly change his playing 11?
January 15, 2018
: Why India's cricket teams struggle abroad
December 01, 2017
: Why Cricket is not like Indian politics or movies
October 23, 2017
: Why can't Sreesanth play for another country?
July 10, 2017
: Reservations in cricket: Not a bad idea
July 03, 2017
: Coach, not captain, must be the team boss
July 01, 2017
: Why I support teams playing against India
June 05, 2017
: Why I think Sunny Paaji should retire as commentator
April 19, 2017
: The good of the IPL
March 31, 2017
: Hope Virat cools down and gets back to scoring big again
: Virat Kohli's tweets and the IPL factor
May 30, 2016
: It's time to fix the IPL!
May 23, 2016
: Parliament or BCCI? Why Anurag Thakur must quit one
: The IPL has become boring!
April 21, 2016
: Despite its problems, why the IPL continues to fascinate
April 16, 2016
: IPL and the great Indian sporting revival
April 13, 2016
: Never write the Windies off!
April 11, 2016
: Why the hell was Harsha Bhogle axed?!
March 29, 2016
: The pride, the perfume and the perils of Virat Kohli
March 07, 2016
: If cricket was only about emotions and passion...
January 15, 2016
: Rohit Sharma: Dynamite in disguise
December 09, 2015
: So how will the new IPL franchises make money?
November 02, 2015
: We are the Shahid Kapur of cricket though we think we are SRK
September 03, 2015
: Ishant incident: Why didn't Kohli play mediator?
July 14, 2015
: Justice R M Lodha: Law is in his DNA
June 09, 2015
: Is this why BCCI wants Sachin, Sourav, VVS?
May 19, 2015
: IPL8: Emotions, eyesores, and things besides cricket
March 29, 2015
: Prem Panicker: The boys in black have a bit of growing up to do, yet
March 26, 2015
: Prem Panicker: At the end, you felt for Dhoni
March 24, 2015
: Prem Panicker: Fortune's Fools Fail Again
March 19, 2015
: Prem Panicker: MS smiled, for the second time today...
March 14, 2015
: The most searching examination of India's resilience with bat and ball yet
March 10, 2015
: Dhoni switched to Plan B: Take the pace off the ball and the oxygen out of the game
February 22, 2015
: Prem Panicker: Wallflower in team of stars, Rahane claims his place under the sun
February 17, 2015
: 'I felt bad about being an Indian cricket supporter'
February 13, 2015
: 11 batsmen, 8 bowlers, one pipe-dream
January 28, 2015
: Make Zaheer India's pace bowling coach!
November 14, 2013
Varsha Bhosle: 'That's Tendlya. Kaay ahe to!'
October 10, 2013
Varsha Bhosle: 'That's Tendlya. Kaay ahe to!'
June 03, 2013
K C Singh: BCCI's circle of deceit and confusion
May 28, 2013
Shamath Mazumdar: Why N Srinivasan should not be asked to resign
February 20, 2013
Faisal Shariff: Why Team India needs Wasim Jaffer
November 14, 2012
Faisal Shariff: India-England trophy can't be named after Tiger Pataudi
October 25, 2012
Harish Kotian: Is the IPL's brand value diminishing?
August 14, 2012
Faisal Shariff: Team India: What was Srikkanth and Co thinking?
July 03, 2012
Faisal Shariff: Why is the ICC fixing something that ain't broke?
May 16, 2012
Syed Hassan Kazim: Fall from grace of a gentleman's game
March 16, 2012
Ravi Bhaskar: Dravid's finesse stands out against Tendulkar's figures
September 23, 2011
: 'Dear Tiger, the great bowler in the sky eventually clean bowls all of us'
September 20, 2011
Shashi Tharoor: Exclusive! Shashi Tharoor: The end of Kerala's IPL dream?
April 15, 2011
: Has Indian cricket peaked?
April 04, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: World Cup triumph will inspire Indians
April 02, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: 'India better prepared than in 2003 final'
March 31, 2011
Sumeet Anand: Why India will win the World Cup!
March 30, 2011
: Anil Kumble: India have the skill to upstage Pakistan
March 29, 2011
: Indo-Pak WC semi-final: the emotional graph
March 28, 2011
: Anil Kumble: Odds stacked against Kiwis in Colombo
March 27, 2011
Jacques Kallis: Jacques Kallis: India vs Pak a spectacle not to be ignored
March 26, 2011
: Anil Kumble: India peaking at the right time!
March 25, 2011
Jacques Kallis: Jacques Kallis: SA not underestimating street-wise Kiwis
March 24, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: Play Zaheer, Munaf, Harbhajan, Ashwin vs Aus
March 19, 2011
Jacques Kallis: Jacques Kallis: Chance for SA to build momentum
March 17, 2011
: Kiran More: Dhoni the best man for powerplays
March 15, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: Treat Windies game as a pre-quarter-final
March 12, 2011
: Anil Kumble: Good to see Dhoni backing Chawla
March 11, 2011
Jacques Kallis: Jacques Kallis: Sure India will cope with all the 'extra' baggage
March 09, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: Nehra must play; it's his home ground!
March 06, 2011
Anil Kumble: Anil Kumble: India needs to be ruthless
March 05, 2011
: 'I'm fit as ever and enjoying my bowling'
March 03, 2011
Jacques Kallis: Jacques Kallis: We're warmed up, loose and ready
March 02, 2011
Anil Kumble: 'UDRS incomplete sans Snickometer, Hotspot'
March 0, 2011
Jacques Kallis: 'Expect the unexpected a bit more often'
February 27, 2011
Anil Kumble: 'The worry is India's bowling'
February 26, 2011
Jacques Kallis: 'Stunning debut for 'Immy' Tahir'
February 24, 2011
Jacques Kallis: 'Fabulous dilemma to have three frontline spinners'
February 22, 2011
Anil Kumble: 'India need a second spinner in the eleven'
February 20, 2011
Mohammad Azharuddin: 'Sehwag can cost a lot of careers'
February 19, 2011
Faisal Shariff: Dhoni's dreams will rise and fall with middle order
Anil Kumble: 'Bangladesh cannot be taken lightly'
February 12, 2011
Jacques Kallis: 'I'm more relaxed this World Cup than any other'
November 16, 2010
Bikash Mohapatra: India (1) vs New Zealand (8): Guess who's on top
April 30, 2010
Sanjay Jog: Shashank Manohar, non-playing captain
April 29, 2010
Inderjit Singh Bindra: 'Sad that Modi has become an object of vilification'
August 10, 2009
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Indian cricket doesn't need Olympics to grow: Rathore
April 21, 2009
RMS Atwal: When Shah Rukh missed a beat
April 18, 2009
R M S Atwal: Cricketainment is the IPL buzzword
March 24, 2009
Amit Patange: South Africa-Australia rivalry gets bigger
March 18, 2009
Amit Masram: Is Sehwag nearing his peak?
March 09, 2009
B Raman: IPL is not about national pride
March 04, 2009
Amit Masram: New Zealand needs to tame Sehwag
March 03, 2009
Prem Panicker: It is not about politics, but terrorism
February 16, 2009
Amit Patange: Kiwis fall just short in Australia
February 01, 2009
Amit Patange: Battle for legitimacy: Proteas nab top spot
January 15, 2009
Amit Masram: Difficult to fill void created by Hayden
January 08, 2009
Mitch Phillips: All is not lost for England, just look at '81
December 29, 2008
Amit Masram: Cricket in unchartered territory
December 16, 2008
Amit Masram: Sehwag set it up for India
November 12, 2008
Amit Masram: Bowling made the difference
November 11, 2008
Prem Panicker: Blog: Echoes of victory
November 03, 2008
Prem Panicker: Adios Anil
October 23, 2008
Amit Masram: Australia lacks a quality spinner
October 15, 2008
Amit Masram: Bangalore draw a good advertisement for Test cricket
October 03, 2008
Madhav Thambisetty: Sourav Ganguly and the symmetry of circumstance
September 22, 2008
Raja Baradwaj Rajagopalan: Subprime mortgages and cricket
June 06, 2008
Rajeev S: The innovative cricket league
April 22, 2008
Raja Baradwaj: Rahul, you beauty...
Prem Panicker: Seeking parochialism
Prem Panicker: Catching up with the league of notions
Prem Panicker: Pitching for open-source
March 07, 2008
Ian Healy: Aussies weakened by Warne, McGrath's retirement
February 01, 2008
Sriram Ranganathan: Just get everyone to shut up!
January 14, 2008
D V Sridharan: Understanding the Australian
January 10, 2008
Inzamam-ul-Haq: Sydney Test was Oval revisited
December 31, 2007
: Brett Lee warns Indian batsmen
December 25, 2007
: Ponting refuses to underestimate India
November 29, 2007
Raja Baradwaj: Diktat ideas for BCCI to crush ICL
November 12, 2007
Will Anil Kumble make a good captain?
October 16, 2007
Prem Panicker: Shut up, Sree!
October 09, 2007
Gavin Robertson: 'Talking back won't annoy Aussies'
September 26, 2007
Harsha Jhaveri: O, what a waste of time and money!
September 17, 2007
Kanishka Shrivastava: A case for two captains
September 14, 2007
Harish Kotian: Dravid's exit: Is BCCI bothered?
April 30, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: The World Cup will be remembered for the wrong reasons
April 28, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: Sri Lanka's bowling attack will test the Aussies
April 24, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: Sabina Park pitch may suit the Kiwis
April 17, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: Who are we to decide Tendulkar's fate?
April 09, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: A strong India is good for world cricket
April 08, 2007
Amit Varma: Don't regulate either ghee or endorsements
April 05, 2007
Kanika Datta: Manmohan Singh of cricket?
March 30, 2007
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Blame BCCI, not the players
March 27, 2007
Sujata Prakash: Five reasons why India failed
Sir Richard Hadlee: Form favours Australia
March 26, 2007
Arjun Swarup: Failure of tactics and strategy
March 23, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: Will India be bold enough to play two spinners?
March 13, 2007
Sir Richard Hadlee: Time for a new world champion
March 11, 2007
Richard Hadlee: Captains need to be more thoughtful
March 02, 2007
Sujata Prakash: Optimistic ramblings
February 13, 2007
Mohan Kalyanasundaram: Is this an Indian or BCCI XI?
February 01, 2007
Sriram Ranganathan: Love Tendulkar for what he was
January 29, 2007
Prem Sanjay Vuthandam: Leave Tendulkar alone
January 15, 2007
Abbas Ali Baig: Sehwag deserved to be dropped
January 08, 2007
Allan Donald: Munaf was certainly a wrong choice
January 03, 2007
Madhav Thambisetty: Saluting Sreesanth
January 01, 2007
Allan Donald: India must show guts in dumping Sehwag
December 30, 2006
Prem Panicker: India's problems of its own making
December 22, 2006
Darshak Mehta: The <I>Jaadugar</I>
December 20, 2006
: South Africa did not respect India enough
December 04, 2006
Allan Donald: Tendulkar finding his groove
November 30, 2006
Allan Donald: Indian batsmen are a terrified lot
November 27, 2006
Allan Donald: India can still turn things around
November 23, 2006
Allan Donald: India missing Laxman, Ganguly
November 17, 2006
Allan Donald: Chappell has a big role to play
November 08, 2006
Chandu Borde: Adieu, my friend, Polly!
November 07, 2006
Inzamam-ul Haq: 'No issue with Sehwag's technique'
Prem Panicker: Hair-raising stuff
November 03, 2006
Ravi Shastri: Champions final could be a batting slugfest
October 30, 2006
Ravi Shastri: Team India needs more class
October 27, 2006
Ravi Shastri: India needs to alter the method
October 18, 2006
Ravi Shastri: Pakistan had head and heart in unison
October 06, 2006
Gaurav Parab: Leave the genius alone
September 27, 2006
Ravi Shastri: Dravid as opener was a blunder
August 29, 2006
Ravi Shastri: Hair's approach was flawed
July 26, 2006
Sanjay Manjrekar: Selectors showed maturity in picking Mongia
Madhav Thambisetty: Inzy, Raj delight at Lord's
July 05, 2006
Michael Holding: Dravid best by a long margin
July 28, 2006
Michael Holding: 'India must include Laxman for World Cup'
June 16, 2006
Michael Holding: 'India paid the price for dumping five-bowler theory'
June 07, 2006
Michael Holding: Lara's behaviour insolent
May 30, 2006
Michael Holding: 'India lacked in experience'
May 24, 2006
Michael Holding: 'India showing signs of fatigue'
May 09, 2006
John Mehaffey: West Indies have mountain to climb in World Cup
March 23, 2006
Arvind Lavakare: Those who booed Sachin were right
February 06, 2006
Arvind Lavakare: Indian cricket is back to square one
January 12, 2006
Javgal Srinath: Pakistan have the edge
January 06, 2006
Moin Khan: 'India's surprise tactics could backfire'
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