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Mumbai Indians and the curse of Number 14
April 10, 2010, 11:06 PM IST
About a week ago, Mumbai Indians had all their noses in the air and, at least, one foot firmly in the semifinals: after comfortably winning almost every match, they even emerged as the favourites in virtually every book.
They needed just one more victory to finally take that giant leap into the last four; at that time, of course, it seemed as simple as taking the next step during a casual stroll in the morning.April 10, 2010, 11:06 PM IST
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A nightmare for bowlers
April 3, 2010, 11:14 PM IST
Every bowler’s worst nightmare finally came true: on a humid Saturday evening, and on a perfect sleeping beauty, one batsman after another went on the rampage to literally set the Chidambaram Stadium on fire. In…
April 3, 2010, 11:14 PM IST
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Time for Yuvi to speak with his bat
April 2, 2010, 8:12 PM IST
Sport is a funny game; Indian fans are funnier, if not crazier. By now, all the players, especially cricketers, should know this. Someone has to merely score a smashing hundred and he is promptly likened…
April 2, 2010, 8:12 PM IST
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Sachin and the art of magic
March 31, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
Finally, Sachin Tendulkar’s dream sequence came to an end on Tuesday night: he himself would have heaved a sigh of relief after returning to the dugout with nothing more than 11 runs in his kitty….
March 31, 2010, 8:54 PM IST
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A spectacular catch and the future of T20
March 29, 2010, 11:21 PM IST
When it first entered the realm of possibility, Twenty20 seemed to be too short a format to qualify as a contest: it doesn’t give anyone a second chance, they said, the most basic premise of…
March 29, 2010, 11:21 PM IST
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Time stands still for ageless wonders
March 28, 2010, 4:00 AM IST
As the IPL gains momentum, there is only one thing that can be said without malice: Twenty20, as was feared, is not going to be swept away by the stormy young petrel of the game….
March 28, 2010, 4:00 AM IST
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Sports summit takes Indian sport passion to new high
March 26, 2010, 8:26 PM IST
Does anyone care for Indian sports? The answer was a resounding “yes” at the International Sports Summit organised by Transtadia, a sports infrastucture company in Mumbai.
March 26, 2010, 8:26 PM IST
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T20: Team selected on reputation, not form
March 26, 2010, 4:26 PM IST
On paper, nothing seems wrong with the Indian cricket team selected for the T20 World Cup beginning next month. All the right-sounding names are marked present. But dig a little deeper: this is a team selected on reputation, not form.
March 26, 2010, 4:26 PM IST
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We, robots
March 25, 2010, 10:18 PM IST
With IPL in full swing, everyone and Shashi Tharoor are playing, reading, breathing, eating, talking and bidding cricket. Correspondent Vinay Verma from Australia writes about the biomechanics of human movement which culminate in a master batsman such as Sachin Tendulkar:
March 25, 2010, 10:18 PM IST
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T20 and insanity go hand in hand
March 22, 2010, 2:58 AM IST
The pressure of the T20 game can get to the best of the best. The Kings XI-Chennai Super Kings tie proved that. Irfan Pathan looked to be a zero when he gave a six to…
March 22, 2010, 2:58 AM IST
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Pune, Kochi franchises could fast-track talent from Maharashtra, Kerala
March 21, 2010, 7:38 PM IST
Pune and Kochi becoming the new IPL city teams is big news. By a coincidence, Maharashtra, of which Pune is the headquarters, are the country’s one-day champs, having won the Mushtaq Ali trophy recently. Under…
March 21, 2010, 7:38 PM IST
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Cricket’s LSD: Laughs, Sixes and Dhoka?
March 21, 2010, 5:19 AM IST
Some time during his last game, Virender Sehwag dived to his left, perfunctorily; not being the athletic kinds, he neither looked spectacular nor happy when he returned to his feet, though with the ball in…
March 21, 2010, 5:19 AM IST
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Rolling substitutes a crying need of T20
March 19, 2010, 12:12 PM IST
Empathy is not a strong point of Lalit Modi. Else, the innovations he has brought to marketing and promoting the IPL would have stretched on to the playing field as well. We are seeing that…
March 19, 2010, 12:12 PM IST
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Some exciting innovations for IPL
March 14, 2010, 8:48 PM IST
IPL 3 has begun and a scrutiny of the finer points of this new avatar of the game will start. Imran Khan in his column has already told us how excited he is to see…
March 14, 2010, 8:48 PM IST
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Dada is back, yet again
March 13, 2010, 11:39 PM IST
In his previous life, Sourav Ganguly must surely have been a phoenix: every time you think it’s all over, he too rises from the `ashes’, only to shine brighter than the last time. In the…
March 13, 2010, 11:39 PM IST
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Time to stop talking about Indian skills
March 7, 2010, 7:44 AM IST
On the opening day of the World Cup, as the Indian team romped past Pakistan, it looked like sparks would fly again; but like most old romances, this one too proved to be nothing but…
March 7, 2010, 7:44 AM IST
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Wood he?
March 5, 2010, 12:19 PM IST
In a little over a month, you might just see the champ, with his famous Nike cap, stroll on the lawns for another go at the Masters. The return of the prodigal, into his loving…
March 5, 2010, 12:19 PM IST
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Wannabe superpower with zero accountability administrators
March 4, 2010, 1:44 PM IST
The World Cup hockey game between New Zealand and Netherlands was disrupted briefly last evening when the floodlights at the spanking new hockey stadium in India’s capital failed partially. Even for those who are used to…
March 4, 2010, 1:44 PM IST
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Shivendra’s ridiculous suspension. Our hockey misses the clout of BCCI
March 2, 2010, 1:53 PM IST
International Hockey Federation has reduced the ban on India’s hockey forward Shivendra Singh by a match. So, the player who scored a goal in the memorable opener against Pakistan will still miss the extremely critical…
March 2, 2010, 1:53 PM IST
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No Sporting Chance
March 1, 2010, 7:46 PM IST
First there were no uniforms, then too many clothes that weren’t uniform enough and then some fab uniforms that weren’t Made in India. Amidst all this conflicting reports regarding the Indian Winter Olympic team’s outfits,…
March 1, 2010, 7:46 PM IST
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