The Pavilion View of Cricket

I read a friend’s Facebook status post, wondering about the changes we are witnessing  in the Indian team’s performance. To be precise, hi...

I was going through some of Greg Chappell's articles in The Hindu. They make for intriguing reading, quite far removed from "the g...

"Manzilein unki hoti hai jinki sapnon mein jaan hoti hai Kyonki pankhon se nahi, hauslon se udaan hoti hai" Sidhu goes overboa...

"Never seen anyone defend so beautifully," says Sambit Bal on Sunil Gavaskar at cricinfo's Legends of Cricket. Against bes...

When Wasim & Waqar were in their playing days,  I used to hang around in a group of late teens / early 20's chaps who were more at...

Do you love books? Do you love cricket? Then cricinfo has an article for you .

Want to know why RD is rated as highly as he is? Take this test . I can't forget the words of admiration for Dravid that came up o...

This is an old post. I made the original post way back on 4th December 2005 at cricinfo's now defunct blog "Different Strokes...

‎ 80 years of playing Test cricket, and Indians still don't understand the basic requirement of scoring big in pitches favouring quicks...

"Laxman? Gambhir? Dravid? Kohli? Who gets dropped in 3rd Test?" We debate. But why not sehwag?  This series is not in i...

How important is that? In that context, I have always rated that Brisbane'03 century by dada Ganguly (after 90/4) as the 3rd big tur...

"I respect my wicket a hundred times more now" A profound, nine word Dave Warner mantra for all talented youngsters like Kohl...

Gains from WI series: 1) Viru has started getting 2nd innings runs in the 2nd decade of his Test career. 2) Ashwin has stamped his Aussie ...

In year 2008 and at age 35 this man, Rahul Dravid, was beginning to miss catches which he would grab earlier at slip (and in sleep);  he wa...

Bloody Amol Muzumder is now a specialist commentator on Neo, and all they can offer for Yuvi's failure is criticising his technique (wi...

On a 2nd day home track designed to their strengths, they lost about 20 wkts for 209 all out. Between them, the 2 openers were virtually di...

The customary glance from dinner table at IPL scores on SetMax told me Delhi had set an incredible 230 to Kings XI Punjab..Without looking a...

Have a look at this link Do you know what is Murali's jersey number this IPL? I did not notice until tonight that it is derived fro...

Actually that thought, posted as subject line, came to my mind as I was browsing through some old Facebook posts in my profile. I came ac...

A relieved Irfan Pathan turned up for a post-match interview after Delhi Daredevils' close win over Pune Warriors in IPLT20. They say Ir...