Bouncing Yorkers | Tanuj Khosla
Most people I meet generally have two kinds of queries regarding the commercial aspects of IPL. Some wonder how the franchises, which dole out millions of dollars to 'buy' star players, make money. Others are intrigued by the sky high...
4 CommentsIndia's ODI team, the reigning World Cup holders, failed to reach the finals of the last two multi-team tournaments they played in. Whole the bowling has been our perennial weak link, it was the batting that seriously disappointed in Australia....
7 CommentsGreg Chappell has again done what he is pretty good at doing - piss Indians off! As if his well-publicized showdown with one of India's favorite sons, Sourav Ganguly, and flipping the middle finger at the Indian public a few...
1 CommentsLet me begin with a confession - I am a big fan of Rohit Sharma. When on song, he makes batting look effortless and bowling attacks appear mediocre. When it's his day, you can see why many experts had marked...
0 CommentsIndian cricket fans have one peculiar habit, a trait that I haven't seen in cricket fans from Australia and South Africa but is definitely quite evident in those from England and Pakistan as well - finding faults with the team...
0 CommentsAs an analyst at a hedge fund, there are two basic things I look for while evaluating a company: its track record of corporate governance and any potential conflict of interest for the top management. For example, I personally don't...
3 CommentsLife has come full circle for Yuvraj Singh in the last few months. From being crowned as the Player of the Tournament in India's World Cup victory last year to being ridden with one injury after another (one sustained during...
2 CommentsFor cricket lovers from my generation i.e. who have following the game for 20-22 years, Harsha Bhogle can aptly be titled 'the voice of the Indian fan'. He brings two things that resonate deeply with the average Indian cricket lover...
3 CommentsI end up meeting a lot of Americans in my line of work. Quite often, the topic of conversation steers towards sports during an informal interaction over beer or coffee. And when it comes to sports in India, the term...
1 CommentsRahul Dravid's words at the Bradman Oration in Canberra was by far the best cricket speech I have ever heard (and I have listened to a few in my life). I have replayed it a number of times and my...
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