This week we celebrated the birthdays of former Indian captains MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar on July 7th, 8th and 10th respectively, in a sequence that is exactly opposite to…
There was a time in Indian Cricket when it was rocked by match-fixing scandals in April 2000. Highly reputed and very experienced cricketers like Md Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar were banned…
The ICC rule of introducing two new balls in ODI cricket hinted at cricket shifting more towards entertainment than competitive sport. Sachin Tendulkar expressed his opinion in form of humor…
First strong memory that I have is of school and from school one thing that has always stayed with me is cricket. Just like people relate the events that have…
Over the years, a lot of renowned cricketers have played for IPL teams and after retiring; some of them have ended up taking the head coach’s job for the same…
Before the month of March, ‘no cricket’ for 2 weeks was unimaginable but the pandemic forced a 3 month hiatus for cricketers from the game. For a fan starved of…
The West Indies batsmen in the late 1960s and early 1970s were becoming a force to reckon with. They batted with flair and introduced aggressive stroke-play with immaculate technique which…
1. Shaun Pollock - Mumbai Indians (2008) Son of respected Peter Pollock and nephew of the great Graeme Pollock, the junior Pollock went on to make his name as one…
Ever since India was knocked out of the World Cup last year, there was a fair amount of discussion on the ability of Virat Kohli’s captaincy. The subsequent series at…
The top teams in world cricket have one outstanding batsman with definite daylight between him and the rest. Williamson for New Zealand, Steve Smith for Australia, Joe Root for England,…