I first met Tapasi Raju Yerra in the summer of 2012 when we were both playing an inter-academy T20 tournament in a place called Bandlaguda, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. We played against each other and he took a five-wicket haul in that game (he didn’t get me, I remember!).  I remember thinking that this… Continue reading

Mahendra Singh Dhoni gave Indian cricket all that he possibly could, perhaps even more. He changed the vantage point of the game in a country which truly hadn’t released itself from the clutches of colonialism. In a game dominated by textbookish brilliance and artistic languidness, Dhoni chose to differ. His beauty lay in his flaws.… Continue reading

Bradley James Haddin called time on his Test career today at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a packed press conference chaired by Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland. What an unfitting way to end a very public career and a very private journey. None of his teammates were there to hoist him on their shoulders and… Continue reading

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara became the best opener, middle order batsman, wicket keeper and first slip he could possibly become but he wasn’t considered good enough. He wasn’t considered good enough by men who ruled world cricket. They said that he had to make tough runs. And when he did so, they said that he had… Continue reading

Michael Clarke will take guard for the last or probably penultimate time in his international career at The Oval on August 20. A player accomplished in both front-foot and back-foot and a stroke maker held of the highest regard, his absence will definitely be felt in the Australian dressing room. But what are we – the fans… Continue reading

Australia slump to 60 all out against an ordinary bowling attack on an ordinary wicket on an ordinary overcast sky. What’s obvious is that their batting was less than ordinary – it was pathetic. Stuart Broad couldn’t keep the grin off his face and rightly so. For a man whose previous best figures were against… Continue reading