Aspi, maanglik cricketers and me

My mercurial driver of 12 years, 7 months and 13 days, Aspi, drives me with undue circumspection as he navigates some wild traffic on Mumbai’s chaotic streets. “Saar?”

Will spinners get the support?

Will the Indian spinners get the much-needed support from their seamers and fielders during the Test series against England? This question will be upper most in every Indian cricket

One flu over the cuckoo’s nest

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Irish Cream, Common Sense and Ajay Jadeja

There was something strangely awkward, somewhat unfamiliar, and strikingly conspicuous about the Indian team’s departure for some cricketing action in picturesque Ireland. Dravid’s Dadas actually looked happy. It was so

Chandu ke chacha, BCCI ka bakra

It is rumoured that when former cricketer Chandu Borde received a phone call telling him about his appointment as Manager of the Indian team for the next 100 days, he

Unprofessional Ford!

Did Graham Ford chicken out at the last minute after accepting to coach Team India? There may not be a readymade answer to this at the moment but one

Ford Fiesta

It’s only in India that the selection between two essentially low profile cricket coaches of fairly questionable credentials can create the kind of brouhaha it has. The week-end assumed staggering

Coach Toyota beats Ford

At the time of writing, the dilemma over The Man Who Would Be King seems to be reaching the complex state of a jigsaw puzzle. If ever Indian cricket was

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