Tag: cricket
Cricketer auctions are more gambling than online gaming, suggests former SC judge
Justice (retd.) Vikramjit Sen, a former Supreme Court Judge and a member of the All India Gaming Federation Advisory Panel, has likened the auctions of cricketers to gambling. Speaking at…
Why Virat Kohli is India’s Greatest Test Captain
I believe that greatness is achieved when an individual does unbelievable things so often, that we begin to expect unbelievable things from them every time they perform. Using this given…
Pratham Singh finds balance between passion for cricket and quest for learning
His passion for cricket may have caused Pratham Singh to defer joining a post graduate programme in the Indian School of Business but that decision has not stopped him from…
India’s Olympic athletes must identify and prepare for threat areas, says mind trainer Mugdha Bavare
The Indian cricket team’s resilience, showcased so tellingly in Melbourne and Sydney, has been the toast of sports lovers. And, to say the least, it is richly deserved. Not only…
Chetan Chauhan always embedded India in his strong heart
It is not always easy to capture the personality of someone you have seen play cricket, curate a ground, play a role in the running of the cricket association with…
Any logic in taking IPL 2020 to UAE?
Columnist Hemant Kenkre and Sunil Vaidya, former Sports Editor of Khaleej Times, Dubai, join me in discussing the idea of staging this year’s delayed Indian Premier League in the United…
Cricket captains, known and unknown
Former Hyderabad off-spinner V Ramnarayan shares some deep insights into the art of captaincy, sharing his experience of playing with and against a range of captains from ML Jaisimha to…
Cricket Conversations – The Great Indian Assembly Line
Hemant Kenkre and G Rajaraman strike up a conversation that looks at how the ‘assembly line’ of Indian cricket has changed from schools and universities as well as private tournaments…
Cricket Conversations #1: A look back at India’s epochal twin tours of West Indies and England
Former Bombay University cricketer Hemant Kenkre is always fun to talk cricket with. A fountainhead of stories, he lets me engage him in a conversation around the milestone victories of the Indian…
1983 title was only a first step of a beautiful story: Kapil Dev
KAPIL DEV, captain of the Indian team that won the ICC World Cup in 1983, said the landmark achievement was only the first step in cricket’s journey into hearts of…
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