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If you look at The Times of India, India’s most widely read English newspaper, you will be struck by the fact that the newspaper is not mentioning the names of half of the IPL teams. While the newspaper has no problems in referring to the team from Mumbai as Mumbai Indians and the Kolkota side [...]

Forget the IPL, the World Cup and just about everything – cricket might be on the verge of finally going global, thanks to none other than The Man in the White House. The news that Barack Obama is currently immersed in Joseph O’Neill’s cricket-soaked Netherland (as revealed in an interview with the New York Times) [...]

The IPL was moved to South Africa this year because of the elections being held in India. At that time, the supporters of the IPL cried foul at Indian politicians, accusing them of being scared that the IPL would keep crowds away from their political rallies. Of course, they also added that the IPL would [...]

A burly 42 in the beginning by Yusuf Pathan, complemented by sober twenties from Jadeja and Mascarenhas, and topped off with a hectic 18 off the last over of the innings has enabled Rajasthan Royals to reach 150 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. Some might think that that’s not enough, given what happened earlier today [...]

This is utterly unconfirmed but there is a rumour floating around that the Australian Cricket Board has asked Matthew Hayden to reconsider his retirement and play for Australia again, at least in ODIs and T20 matches. The gents must have been clearly impressed by the havoc Haydos is wreaking in the IPL…and the hammering the [...]

If you, like me, are finding it difficult to sit through the endless (and pointless) discussions before, between and after every match, not too mention, the even more pointless discussions and continuous reruns of the (rather tepid) opening ceremony that we have to suffer through during the rain delays, well there seems to be a [...]

Just a small note to all the traditionalists who visit this site – amidst all the hype and hoopla surrounding the IPL, spare a thought for the Australian and Pakistan cricket teams who will be facing off in the first match of their ODI series at Dubai later today. I know this will raise some [...]

 
Rare is the day when the gents on TV fail to entertain us by letting their tongues slip, messing up their facts, or simply stating the blindingly obvious. We plan to keep compiling these every day of the IPL. We are sure we missed out a lot, but the few that we managed to snag [...]

For the first time since perhaps the early 1990s, one can safely say that the Australians are not the limited over game’s world champions.  There have been blips before – most notably the brief period of Sri Lankan dominance in the mid-90s and the threat posed by the South Africans in the late 1990s and [...]

A few years ago, Sunil Gavaskar had expressed his concern at the fact that Indian players were handing out their jerseys and caps to their fans after matches. The legendary opener had pointed out that these clothes had been earned by the players and could not (and should not) be handed out at random. I [...]

The more I listen to the media coverage of cricket, the more convinced I feel that the fellers reporting on the game have a different dictionary. For instance, the TV channels right now are overrun with announcers bleating that Dhoni’s men have “made history” by winning in New Zealand. Well, I am dashed if I [...]

One of the most common refrains heard in the media yesterday was that India had set New Zealand an “impossible” target of 617 to win the final Test and square the series. Now, Adidas (”Impossible is nothing”) did not pay us to write this post (we have no problems if they offer to, though), but [...]

We always knew there was more to cricket than just flanneled fools meddling around with bats and balls. The game also reveals hidden truths. Sony Max’s in-studio pundit, Arun Lal, has just revealed the secret of time. Thanks to the former Indian opener, we now know what time does. “That is what time does,” intoned [...]

Even as the Indian team was staring at a follow-on after losing wickets on the third day (as this is being written, Dhoni’s bravehearts are sipping tea and nibbling at humble pie after being reduced to 253-6 in their pursuit of 619), cricket was confronted by gender confusion during the tea interval. The reason? Well, [...]