Insight Edge | Aakash Chopra
Kings XI Punjab skipper Adam Gilchrist thinks the IPL is gradually becoming a league of 'haves' and 'have-nots' - is his concern realistic, or is he just being overly critical? His appeal to find a level playing field for all...
0 CommentsIPL 5 may not have garnered the same TRP as the first three seasons but the cricket has been very entertaining thus far. It's been three weeks and the pre-tournament favourites like the Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians and Royal...
6 CommentsEven though it is believed that Mushtaq Mohammad was the first man to play the reverse-sweep way back in the 1970s, it took almost an eternity for this extravagant shot to be a part of the modern cricketer's repertoire. Even...
3 CommentsEven though players from the first-class circuit have been fretting over the abysmal conditions in domestic cricket for years now, it took a bitter remark from Harbhajan Singh to draw everyone's attention. He found "the condition of the outfield shocking,...
1 CommentsIt took Rahul Dravid's retirement to force us out of our slumber. Crucial questions like 'who would clinch No.3?' and 'who would be the next Dravid?' are beginning to surface only now as India find themselves in the lurch. Ironically,...
9 CommentsStatistics are known to hide a lot more than they reveal, yet when they do the talking, they can be pretty unforgiving. A look at India's report card overseas, since June 2011, tells us just that. Two whitewashes in England...
0 CommentsThe 'wise men' have a tough job at hand, for once. The onus of curative action after India's abysmal showing overseas now lies solely with them. With India dismantling the Sri Lankan attack in a crucial game of the CB...
0 CommentsThanks to the IPL auctions, Ravinder Jadeja has become the latest million-dollar baby of Indian cricket. Teams fought with each other to procure his services for the fifth edition of the IPL and eventually Chennai Super kings outbid the rest...
1 CommentsWhen Duncan Fletcher took over the reigns of the Indian cricket team, it was, perhaps, one of the most enviable jobs in the cricketing world. The Indian team had not only won the World Cup after 28 years, but was...
5 CommentsIn late 2010 when Australia visited India, Mitchell Johnson seemed to have got Rahul Dravid's number. He would slant the ball across Dravid's body forcing him to fall for it. Dravid would then nick it to the wicketkeeper or to...
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