Cricket

Mahesh Parmar, our cab driver, asks “Tamey Hardik Pandya ne goto chho?” (You are looking for Hardik Pandya?), as he drives us from Vadodara railway station to Diwalipura, in the suburbs.   Parmar — who appears to be in his early 40s — regales us with stories about Hardik. From his tattoos to his love […]

On a hot afternoon, Kuldeep Yadav plays on a dusty ground, barren except for a few small patches of grass, watched by a handful of budding cricketers and a coach. A world away from the smooth, manicured grounds he has played much of his cricket on in the last few years, with thousands of fans […]

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s elder brother Narendra Singh Dhoni says, “Mahi is a footballer-turned-cricketer, while I am a cricketer -turned-footballer. “Perhaps Mahi does not know about my cricket. I played for the school football team as goalkeeper in several National-level events,” says Narendra. “Mahi’s contribution in the two finals was the biggest — placing a short […]

New Zealander Danny Morrison feels the ICC World Cup will be a wide-open affair. The former fast bowler, who played 11 World Cup matches, says the time has come for New Zealand to step up. New Zealand has a good record of reaching the knockout stage — one final, six semifinals and one quarterfinal. Endowed […]

The last time the World Cup was held in England, 20 years ago, the tournament was returning there after 16 years. The Cup was coming home, said the hosts, with the suggestion that cricket itself was coming home. But the World Cup, and indeed the cricket that was returning was a different beast from the […]

Sunil Gavaskar, chief adjudicator of the CEAT cricket rating awards, lavished praise on ‘lifetime achievement’ award winner Mohinder Amarnath at a glittering function on May 13. “We go a long way. We have known each other from the days we played the Cooch Behar Trophy and for the Indian Schoolboys. Jimmy (Mohinder) was the best […]

Appointed by the Supreme Court as amicus curiae and mediator in mid-March to resolve the long-pending BCCI related reforms issues, Senior Advocate P.S. Narasimha has submitted a report to the apex court stating that the majority of the disputes raised in the form of interlocutory applications (IAs) by BCCI members on the matter related to […]

Rishabh Pant often cops flak for not being able to take his team past the finishing line but Delhi Capitals scouting head Pravin Amre feels the criticism is uncalled for as “you cannot curtail the natural instincts of a special player like him”. After Delhi’s successful IPL campaign which saw them reach the play-offs for […]

Mumbai Indians players, who had a full-length training session at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium on Friday, will bank on the ‘feel good’ factor from the last time they played in an IPL final here in 2017 when they defeated Steve Smith-led Rising Pune Supergiant (which also had M.S. Dhoni) by a thrilling, one-run margin. For […]

Jemimah Rodrigues is one of the rising superstars of women’s cricket. A gifted batter, she can take any attack apart, relying more on timing than power. The 18-year-old did that in style at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here on Thursday night. Riding on her brilliant, unbeaten 77 off just 48 balls, Supernovas, in a must-win […]