Archive : Cricket

The player of the match after the first two contests on day one of the IPL second edition that made a hasty exit from the sub-continent to the rainbow nation seems to be a pretty good indicator of what we can expect from the rest of the tournament. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid stole the show on the first day with Warne, Kumble, Hayden, Vettori [...]

Old rivalry will be revived and the two greatest exponents of their respective crafts will once again tee-off as hopefully the clocks will be turned 13 years back to the first time Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne came face to face. One of the beauties of the commercial bandwagon that has been the IPL is the fact that it is giving us moments on [...]

The much talked about and much awaited second season of Indian Premier League has finally begun in South Africa today. The Twenty20 Cricket has been the talk of this summer with the shuffling of the venues et all. Finally, with South African equally excited about the event like Indians, the passion for the cricket has been pretty high. The tickets [...]

After the security issues, IPL chief Lalit Modi along with other members of the committee had to decide on a venue, England and South Africa being the shortlisted options. The alternative host for the IPL series will be South Africa, with the tournament to begin on 17 April till 24 th May. The matches are to be staged in the following six centres, [...]

Nobody wants to mince words or lace them with sugar-coated diplomacy when it comes to the future of international cricket in Pakistan. In a hurriedly convened news conference in London, Chief Executive of The International Cricket Council (ICC) Haroon Logat said “I think it’s difficult to see international cricket being played in Pakistan [...]

There’s been a lot of debate about IPL versus international cricket lately. More and more of international cricket’s best players are weighing up the tough decision of representing their country as against accepting huge payments for IPL matches, But former Test spinner Shane Warne is very clear about where he stands. He says cricket authorities [...]

The Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar’s statue will now be displayed in the world famous Madame Tussauds Museum from this April. The world famous museum which is a major tourist attraction in London will have yet another sportsperson and another familiar face to many Indian cricket fans. Sachin is the first Indian sportsperson to be featured in [...]

When we talk of the “Four Horseman”, according to Bible, it is supposed to strike fear in the heart of mortals. Riding on their famous horses and carrying their chosen weapons, the Four Horsemen hunted down everything in their sight. If you heard the sound of the four horses in the distance, you knew that all hope was lost. While being portrayed [...]

Life and Cricket ate very alike and that is the beauty of this beautiful game. Every time someone passes away we tend to glorify them in a way that is often exaggerated and often justifiably as there are too many emotions attached to be objective. Likewise, when a cricketer calls it a day, he is often put on a pedestal that is too high and even the [...]

An era is starting to come to an end and the end has begun a week earlier than anticipated. The ‘Golden Generation’ of Indian cricket is all but there at the sunset and while one anticipated the first departure to be the ‘Prince of Calcutta’, Anil Kumble seems to have beaten him to the punch. A man of complete dignity and plenty of class, Anil [...]