India’s K.L. Rahul and Shubman Gill at a practice session for Team India during the Test…
Tag: Between Wickets
Looking for players with heart is an important aspect of selection
India’s Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the 3rd ODI match against Sri Lanka, at Greenfield…
The McCullum-Stokes way: No going back to the drawing board
The fearless strategy adopted by England skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum paid dividends against…
What do they know of cricket who only men’s cricket know?
Sport in the subcontinent is often a story of early player determination, individual obsession that gets…
T20 is in transition – the World Cup is a glimpse into its future
It was always easy to write disparagingly about T20 cricket, to look down on it as…
A television replay can tell between right and wrong — use it
Cricket’s continuing engagement with moral issues took another turn recently when the Australian Matthew Wade, clearly…
The third innings goes from place-holder to match-decider
At an Asian Games table tennis event long ago, a Korean coach explained to me the…
The captaincy question is asked more often in cricket than many others
Skippers are most effective when their place in the side is assured and have the support of…
A fifth of a series may feel artificial, but let’s enjoy it while we can
The joys of a five-Test series are many and varied. Yet, increasingly this cricketing institution is…
Leave Kohli alone, he will find his way back into form and runs
Kohli is going through a bad patch as sportsmen do and calls for his head are premature,…