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Why it’s a good idea for India to lose the World Cup
February 19, 2011, 11:10 PM IST
Beginning today, the World Cup is underway. Already, the hype around the event must tire the neutral observer. This writer is neither neutral, nor even an observer. The truth is he can’t stand the sight…
February 19, 2011, 11:10 PM IST
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Going gung-ho about India’s Cup chances
February 19, 2011, 11:17 AM IST
As the World Cup kicks off today, optimists and pessimists rock the boat. Jai Ho: Chak de India! Bore Ho: If I’m not mistaken, the first ball of the Cup is yet to bowled. Jai…
February 19, 2011, 11:17 AM IST
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ODIs and T20 just ain’t cricket
February 15, 2011, 1:41 PM IST
Everyone agrees that ODIs and Twenty20 are a stupendously popular success. But purists complain that they just aren’t cricket anymore. This argument misses the central point: ODIs and Twenty20 are a huge hit precisely because…
February 15, 2011, 1:41 PM IST
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The huddle and a dash of red
February 13, 2011, 2:59 AM IST
The Indian team has probably found the last weapon that was missing from its arsenal: a dash of red.
February 13, 2011, 2:59 AM IST
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Injuries to India could hurt million hopes
February 9, 2011, 5:33 PM IST
India’s World Cup campaign might just have started on the wrong foot, when Praveen Kumar was declared injured and out. Not that the medium-pacer is irreplaceable, but it is never a good sign when you…
February 9, 2011, 5:33 PM IST
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The calm before the World Cup storm
February 6, 2011, 1:34 AM IST
As the week draws to a close, all World Cup teams will finish their last engagements; most players will go home to catch their breath, meet family and friends and fine-tune plans. After all, in…
February 6, 2011, 1:34 AM IST
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Can paradise really be won?
January 30, 2011, 2:38 AM IST
If the buzz is to be believed, India have already won the World Cup. Starting from former India greats to current stalwarts – to everybody else in between – the primary hosts are overwhelming favourites…
January 30, 2011, 2:38 AM IST
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The India story is losing its plot
January 30, 2011, 2:32 AM IST
Over the past few days, many have remarked on the curious spectacle of TV anchors in colourful woollies talking to Indian notables in their cashmere overcoats about Indian issues, amid idyllic snow-covered surroundings. Don’t get…
January 30, 2011, 2:32 AM IST
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Eden: Broken and scarred
January 28, 2011, 5:44 PM IST
From robust to rubble; it took mere moments to reduce Eden Garden’s image to rubbish. The India vs England match, the only game of the forthcoming World Cup worth watching at this iconic cricket address,…
January 28, 2011, 5:44 PM IST
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India and the curious case of two spinners
January 23, 2011, 6:22 AM IST
On the eve of the Indian team’s selection for the World Cup, TOI carried an intriguing snippet: Captain Dhoni wants Chawla; it had filtered out of the buzz emerging from the Indian camp in Johannesburg.
January 23, 2011, 6:22 AM IST
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Why it’s now or never for Team India at the World Cup
January 17, 2011, 4:14 PM IST
1. The best thing about the just-announced Team India for the forthcoming ODI World Cup is that every cricketer who has performed in recent times finds a place. Which is why Virat Kohli, Munaf Patel,…
January 17, 2011, 4:14 PM IST
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The death of sport?
January 16, 2011, 6:14 PM IST
In no country in the world, in any sport of any note, do players get sold through a public auction like they do in the IPL. Nowhere else is the spectacle of players getting lavished…
January 16, 2011, 6:14 PM IST
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Great boost for Rajasthan cricket
January 16, 2011, 4:19 PM IST
Hats off to the Rajasthan cricket team. A group of nowhere men of Indian cricket came together to script one of the most dramatic rise that the game has ever seen.
January 16, 2011, 4:19 PM IST
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India cap has just become more precious
January 16, 2011, 5:45 AM IST
What is the value of the India cap? Does anybody really covet it in days of instant riches and overnight stardom? These were the shrillest questions over the weekend as the usual rant against the…
January 16, 2011, 5:45 AM IST
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IPL slavery
January 13, 2011, 8:17 PM IST
In the mid-19th century Abraham Lincoln fought a civil war in America to free the slaves. In the 21st century, over 60 years after it gained independence, India continues to be enslaved. To cricket, particularly…
January 13, 2011, 8:17 PM IST
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Balls. belles and bawls
January 12, 2011, 8:49 PM IST
If Antilla is the height of luxury, then the depth of humiliation surely is being left ‘unsold’ at the IPL auction. We aren’t talking signed bats but unsigned-up batsmen. For the erstwhile hero of Eden,…
January 12, 2011, 8:49 PM IST
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Why Sourav Ganguly was dumped
January 10, 2011, 5:05 AM IST
It appears Sourav Ganguly will not play in IPL 4. None of the men –and a couple of women too — who mattered thought he was good enough for his base price of 400,000 dollars. This really seems to be the end of the road for him.
January 10, 2011, 5:05 AM IST
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An ideal team: Is it possible?
January 8, 2011, 1:04 PM IST
For once, harried and heckled selectors across the world can sit back and laugh as the IPL auction gets under way in a few hours from now: after all, their job has always been confined…
January 8, 2011, 1:04 PM IST
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IPL-4: A confused fan’s dilemma
January 7, 2011, 9:29 PM IST
The Indian Premier League will happen again this year, but as a cricket fan, I really don’t know whom to support. I would love to root for Rajasthan Royals, but then, can I relate with…
January 7, 2011, 9:29 PM IST
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Team India’s time to script a new story
January 2, 2011, 3:24 AM IST
The Indian cricket team’s astonishing victory at Durban has surely cast away the pesky, little monkey that was forever perched on its shoulder. It can now stop agonizing over all those barbs and sniggers; nobody…
January 2, 2011, 3:24 AM IST
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