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Shamya Dasgupta
Dhawan’s second coming
After being one of the stars of the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, Shikhar Dhawan took a long and winding road to the top
Sehwag deserves respect, not ridicule
Fanciful conspiracy theories serve little purpose when form, stats justify opener’s omission
Understanding M Vijay
Vijay proved that he craved success, he took his cricket seriously and that he did want to belong where Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara do
All’s well that pays well?
India is the financial centre of the cricket world – there’s no question about that. The Board of Control for Cricket in India runs things the way it wants to and, some of us believe,…
Harbhajan, Rohit and men who talk too much
What would it do to Roger Federer if he made first-round exits in all four Grand Slams in a year, or to Brazil if they lost their first round games in the football…
The one that got away from Jaffer
Wasim Jaffer played his last Test for India in April 2008. He fell out of the national picture then, but stayed in the news – mainly for his ongoing tussle with Amol Muzumdar…
The stigma of specialisation
When cricket broke away from the single-format game to Test matches and One-Day Internationals, it produced specialists. It was the batsmen who came to be compartmentalised first – the ones with an aggressive…
Domestic cricket’s ‘class divide’
I’d asked Ryan ten Doeschate about what it’s been like in the Netherlands dressing room since he started going back home with his IPL riches. Were his teammates jealous? He responded delicately: “There…
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