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Rumble Down Under - India tour Australia
- Dec 25, 2008
- International Cricket - Double Standards Galore
The Double Standards in cricket are explained by virtue of the just-concluded England tour.
- Dec 24, 2008
- Hitting the SummitIt is this aspect that has to be embraced by any team which wants to be number 1.
- Hitting the Summit
- Dec 16, 2008
- Chennai Test: Where The Spirit Stays AliveThe script, couldn't be more perfect. Madras was destined to witness one of the highest run chases in Test history and the highest in India.
- Chennai Test: Where The Spirit Stays Alive
- Nov 12, 2008
- Is Test Cricket Dying in India?
Attack the BCCI as much as you wish but please leave us test cricket followers alone.
- Nov 9, 2008
- The End of DadaismSourav Ganguly always made life just a little uncomfortable for his would-be admirers.
- The End of Dadaism
- Nov 8, 2008
- Gilchrist, Ponting and Claims of Racism in the Sydney Test MatchWhat is remarkable is the element of revelation which is implicit in these offerings.
- Gilchrist, Ponting and Claims of Racism in the Sydney Test Match
- Oct 18, 2008
- Ganguly Goes With a BangWhy do we Indians shy away from praise?
- Oct 17, 2008
- Cricket Eclipsing Commonwealth Youth GamesDoes the media or the rest of the nation know that there is a Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) going on in India?
- Another Milestone For TendulkarTendulkar's records are more than just personal records.
- Cricket Eclipsing Commonwealth Youth Games
- Oct 11, 2008
- Sachin Tendulkar and World Records - The Longest Crawl
Do the new set of selectors have the guts to drop Sachin? Well, that's the question which begs to be answered.
- Sep 19, 2008
- Bangladesh And The "Globalization" of CricketBangladesh is Test Cricket's newest exponent. It is also, unarguably, the worst of all time.
- Bangladesh And The "Globalization" of Cricket
- Sep 9, 2008
- U.S. Open 2008 : Fedex From The AshesIf one has been witness to this era of tennis, it is indeed a privilege to have seen the finest player to have played this
- U.S. Open 2008 : Fedex From The Ashes
- Aug 20, 2008
- India Wins Wrestling Bronze in Beijing Olympics
For once, the whole of India is looking up and following the other sports India is faring well in.
- Aug 14, 2008
- Sporting Bindra, Unsporting IndiaEveryone wants a piece of Bindra. Nobody cares about the sport in which he competes.
- Sporting Bindra, Unsporting India
- Aug 12, 2008
- In a Land of a BillionThe ultimate "winner" is one who knows his skill is matched with strategy
- In a Land of a Billion
- Aug 11, 2008
- Abhinav Bindra Wins Gold Medal At The Olympics
SAI needs to take good care of its medal winners, be it at Olympics or at Commonwealth or the Asiad, monetarily and by recognition to
- Aug 10, 2008
- Beijing Olympics - Indians and Desis Missing in ActionWith the Beijing Olympics well under way, we are yet again bombarded with the usual myth-making machines in overdrive.
- Beijing Olympics - Indians and Desis Missing in Action
- Jul 26, 2008
- The New Roger FedererRoger Federer is certainly on downhill, but we fans have new hero to cheer about
- The New Roger Federer
- Jul 8, 2008
- Wimbledon 2008 - Warrior Rafa Dethrones King Roger
An epic final which was like a blockbuster movie. And in the end, a deserving winner. That is what the Wimbledon 2008 final proved to
- Jul 7, 2008
- Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win - Birth of a New ChampionWatching Nadal lift the cup with Federer's dejected face in the background, one wished this was one cup that could be split.
- Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win - Birth of a New Champion
- Jul 2, 2008
- Elliot-Sidebottom and Sporting CharacterIn the recent Elliot-Sidebottom episode during the England-New Zealand ODI series, the bowler Ryan Sidebottom crashed into the batsman Grant Elliot
- Elliot-Sidebottom and Sporting Character
- Jun 18, 2008
- Switch-Hits and Misguided Motives
Cricinfo reports today that the MCC has approved Kevin Pietersen's so-called "switch-hit" reverse slog for six which drew so much attention this week
- Jun 4, 2008
- Taking Stock of The IPL EffectThe success of the IPL can be gauged by how much the IPL had become a part of our daily life!
- Taking Stock of The IPL Effect
- Jun 1, 2008
- Rajasthan Royals Win IPL Twenty20 Championship Off Final BallThe victory was an exciting moment. The teams were visibly tensed, and it was an emotional scene.
- Rajasthan Royals Win IPL Twenty20 Championship Off Final Ball
- May 30, 2008
- Observations on the IPL - The Non-playing Area
My off field experiences while attending the last 2 matches of the Deccan Chargers at the IPL
- May 27, 2008
- Barkha Dutt & The IPL CheerleadersDear Barkha, Your article was totally in bad taste.
- Barkha Dutt & The IPL Cheerleaders
- May 20, 2008
- Photo Essay: Sunfeast World 10K RunTo be a part of the Sunfeast World 10K run, this is an international annual event, and was organized in India for the first time.
- Photo Essay: Sunfeast World 10K Run
- May 13, 2008
- IPL, Cricket and Corporate EfficiencyCharu Sharma was fired by owner Vijay Mallya as the CEO of the ridiculously named Bangalore Royal Challengers franchise in the Indian Premier League.
- May 2, 2008
- SlapGate, Suspensions, Referees, and CodeOf course, all these charges of parochialism are absurd, but that is what this seems to have descended into.
- Delhi Daredevils Break Chennai Super KingsThe points table has a bit of an upset after this game, and the remaining games before the knock-out stage should be interesting.
- SlapGate, Suspensions, Referees, and Code
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