It's cool to be nice, gentlemen champsIndia's cricket team shines as a beacon of sportsmanship and integrity in a world rife with alpha personalities and cutthroat competition. ...
01 Jul, 2024, 11.21 PM IST
Kapil Dev vehemently refutes Ravi Shastri's claim that Hardik Pandya's body "cannot cope" with Test cricketWith the start of the ODI series, India saw the return of its famous white-ball players, including ODI vice captain Hardik Pandya. Now that...
29 Jul, 2023, 06.46 PM IST
Football: Manchester City eyeing Bayern Munich’s Benjamin Pavard to replace Kyle WalkerManchester City are eyeing Bayern Munich’s Benjamin Pavard to replace Kyle Walker. Earlier Pavard has been a target of Manchester United.
16 Jul, 2023, 12.48 AM IST
Nuance over bazball, aggression tamedNamed after their coach Brendon 'Baz' McCullum, bazball is aggressive play hitched to a mental fearlessness that pushes for victory, no mat...
22 Jun, 2023, 12.30 AM IST
Rod Marsh: Australia’s finest pair of gloves kept the wicket while taking catches and missilesSeeing Marsh tape his fingers and then put on his wicketkeeping gloves, one teammate asked, 'Bacchus, when is your bout?' In that 1974-75 A...
12 Mar, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
It wasn't LBW call but 'get lost' comment from Aussies that made me walk out in 1981: GavaskarSunil Gavaskar has cleared the air on his infamous walkout incident during the Melbourne Test of 1981, saying it was the Australians tellin...
01 Jan, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
Australia will blow away India at Melbourne Cricket Ground, says former spinner Shane WarneAustralia had bundled out India for their lowest-ever Test score of 36 in the opening Test which the hosts won by eight wickets. The next g...
24 Dec, 2020, 11.23 AM IST
Can India beard Nathan Lyon?In the first Test, in Adelaide, Nathan Lyon had eight wickets, but this was not considered especially extraordinary, given that he had 12 s...
25 Dec, 2018, 10.51 PM IST
Ashwin is currently the best spinner in the world, says MuraliAmong them are Muralitharan (58 Tests), Richard Hadlee, Malcolm Marshall and Dale Steyn (61 Tests each).
28 Nov, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record of fastest 300 Test wicketsAshwin is only the fifth Indian bowler to complete a career 300 wickets in Test cricket behind Anil Kumble (619), Kapil Dev (434), Harbhaja...
27 Nov, 2017, 02.06 PM IST
Like sports, business too needs character, says Kiwi cricketing great Richard Hadlee“They can break tension with a single quip,“ said former Kiwi great Richard Hadlee during a business visit to Mumbai recently.
27 Jun, 2016, 11.37 AM IST
Why chracters are important in sport and businessFamous New Zealand cricket all rounder Sir Richard Hadlee feels that sports and business needs characters.
27 Jun, 2016, 07.55 AM IST
Indian fast bowling lacked discipline in Australia: Jeff ThomsonSingling out one key area where the India was found wanting during its last tour to Australia, Jeff Thomson today said that the attack lack...
14 Sep, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
is giving send-off to batsman becoming new way of showing aggression?Anderson, Steyn and Johnson, three of the most potent fast bowlers in the modern game, all tend to give their victims send offs when on fir...
03 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Cricket isn’t worth dying for: Ban bouncers – that’s the only way to prevent tragedies like Phil Hughes’s deathMany will ask: so will the next step be banning shoulder-height deliveries too, as the chest region is still vulnerable?
28 Nov, 2014, 11.42 AM IST
BCCI signs five-year 'pace talent' deal with MRF Pace Foundation to train pace bowlersMRF today entered into a 5-year agreement with the BCCI to train and hone the skills of the Cricket Board's contracted pacers at the academ...
02 Sep, 2014, 05.12 PM IST
- Fly away into the sunset like a 'Pigeon'
Always bid adieu - in sport or management - at the summit, at your peak. Like Glenn McGrath.
30 Apr, 2007, 02.00 AM IST