DieHard Cricket Fans

“45 minutes of bad play and we are out of the tournament. Such is the knockout format of the World Cup”. As Virat Kohli said this, 1.25 ...

The biggest cricketing show on the planet is about to start. The players and viewers have warmed up with two games each amongst them, so...

7th January, 2019:  Sydney –a rained out day and not a ball bowled. Yet, it would go down as a red letter day in the annals of Indian cric...

We are just a few days into 2017. And the cricketing action is already in full gear with South Africa-Sri Lanks Test matches, Big Bash Lea...

Cricket is a funny game. Famous quote that ‘the game is a great leveller’ isn’t an understatement. Statistics play a vital role in the ga...

Captain of the reigning CWC Champions and one of the finest players of the death game, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will go down as a modern da...

"I don’t think anyone knew Mahendra Singh Dhoni. I don’t think anyone was meant to." Harsha Bhogle was as right as rain in kic...

2015 has arrived. And with it is coming the World Cup Down Under. There are a few weeks to go but the selection deadline is now imminent....

It all began with a trip to Goa, India, in early December 2007. I didn't realize beforehand I was going to a cricket-mad country smac...

Indian Cricket Captaincy is a Crown of Thorns that rests uneasy on the heads of those that have dared to take it on. Very few have unders...

courtesy: ESPNcricinfo At the time of writing, India are getting quite a beating from Cook’s men at the Oval. The rapid disintegration...

My initial prediction of 4-1 to New Zealand was met mostly with polite ridicule. Against the world number one ranked team? The World Cup an...

In two weeks, this is my second article on him. And I just can’t help writing. If someone keeps you stuck like a barnacle to your televis...

They were right when they said, “you never know when it happens.” And what I’ve lately cryptanalyzed is that this saying holds true in ca...

The IPL is here, and once more it is time to set aside national loyalties and pick a city-based franchise to cheer this season. As a loya...

The memories are still raw. India had been handed their second consecutive drubbing on overseas tours, and while the disastrous England t...

“Hmm….go on…” These days, the most hated person in the cricket world is not a non-performing cricketer or a bumbling umpire; that pr...

Sometime ago, I had written an article on the role of a "pioneer" in leading the growth of a sport in a region. Had put in qui...

The year is over….Hurray!! January 28, 2012 Dear diary, We got whitewashed 4 nil. Again.  This time, against Australia and their ...

The dinner menu for MS Dhoni this week will be a nice large slice of humble pie. India were back on track in 'The Revenge Series', ...