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[...] that post his retirement from the first-class level, Sunil Gavaskar has contributed little to Indian cricket, I do not think it is necessary to list the positions he has held in various committees at [...]

[...] The heart bleeds after the Indian cricket team has been mauled for the seventh successive time in an overseas Test cricket but the mind [...]

[...] . Somehow, the catch phrase seemed to have escaped the attention of those who matter in Indian cricket. Else, we would not have been left dealing with a situation that with so little positive peer- [...]

[...] way in preventing a repeat of the shameful instanced of fixing that reared their heads in Indian cricket in 2000 and, more recently, in Indian Premier League 2013. “All sports will benefit [...]

[...] schedule may actually have given him the chance to cause the Indian Tricolour go up at the Olympic Games one more time after his bronze medal feat at Atlanta in 1996. The Mahesh Bhupathi-Rohan [...]

[...] the squad that won the team gold. And if there was some disappointment, it has to do with 2004 Olympic Games silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore not being able to get his form back. Four boxers ( [...]

[...] medal at the in Beijing in 2008 ended a wait for India’s first individual title at the Olympic Games but, given that Indian sportspersons found Olympic medals hard to come by, few would [...]

[...] without the active partnership of a variety of media. Be it the conventional products like the Olympic Games or FIFA World Cup finals or ICC Cricket World Cup or even new ones like the Indian Premier [...]

[...] The poison pen (if such a thing exists these days) is out against the Indian team’s think-tank – and perhaps rightly so after a string of less than satisfactory [...]

[...] amount of self-confidence and a maturity that came because of time spent away from the Indian team. Yet, above all this, Yuvraj Singh nursed a hunger to perform on the biggest stage. For [...]

[...] . There is an unbridled eagerness in conversations that place great emphasis on assessing the Indian team on how well – or, poorly – it does in the ensuing Test series in South Africa.The [...]

[...] practical and looked at adding strength to the bowling unit. For, it is not often that an Indian team looks to have the better of the exchanges in a series in South Africa. Some are tempted [...]

[...] at building a side that can compete, it is possible that he may not play too many more one-day internationals. Therefore, this may be a good enough time to try and unravel the conundrum that he has [...]

[...] gain recognition, first to play for the India A team and then to gain four India caps in one-day internationals. Of course, Kapil Dev had shown that one could stay put anywhere – his home town [...]

[...] ;ll help his cricket as well, especially when England plays four Tests and seven one-day internationals later this year. At the Delhi Daredevils net, I have seen New Zealand’s rising star [...]

[...] as many television and radio sets to be switched off when he has been dismissed in one-day internationals as Tendulkar has. No one cricketer – not even Richards or Kallis, I dare say – has [...]

[...] the team to higher levels of adaptation and self-confidence. When it comes to the Indian cricket team, perhaps the succession plan remains focussed solely on leadership rather than every spot [...]

[...] in Prabhat Khabar on March 19, 2012 He may have told Greg Chappell, then the coach of the Indian cricket team, that he has fewer friends in the country than the Australian himself. He may have nothing [...]

[...] The heart bleeds after the Indian cricket team has been mauled for the seventh successive time in an overseas Test cricket but the mind [...]

[...] . Talking of dreams, we have plenty to look forward to in the coming year. As we speak, the Indian cricket team is in Australia with hope in its hearts. The hockey fraternity will look for the Olympic [...]