Dinesh Mongia - Articles & News

Dependable, yet dispensable - What lies ahead for VVS Laxman?

Dependable, yet dispensable - What lies ahead for VVS Laxman?

By Vincent Sunder Laxman is 37 and has been out of the limited-overs format for many years now. What then makes him dispensable after a solitary failure or two? Is it the fact that youngsters have been found wanting in the test of Tests when given the opportunity? Or is it the age factor of the three stalwarts and the fear of the vacuum to be encountered should they decide to call it a day?

VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Fidel Edwards, Devendra Bishoo, Ricky Ponting, Pragyan Ojha, Jeff Dujon, Ian Chapell, Dinesh Mongia, Sridharan Sriram, India, Vincent Sunder

November 11 2011, 6:31 pm

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Thats the way, Mahi way ... the rise and rise of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

That's the way, Mahi way ... the rise and rise of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

By Shrinand Javadekar Dhoni’s career could have looked lot different had had any of the ‘keepers that followed Mongia in the Indian team - Samir Dighe, Ajay Ratra, Parthiv Patel, Deep Dasgupta, Dinesh Karthik and Naman Ojha – took their chances and cemented their places.

MS Dhoni, Parthiv Patel, Ajay Ratra, Rahul Dravid, Nayan Mongia, Naman Ojha, Dinesh Kartik, Sunil Gavaskar, Shrinand Javadekar

December 27 2012, 12:57 pm

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Sachin Tendulkar 98: An iconic innings that destroyed Pakistanis pace artillery in the 2003 World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar 98: An iconic innings that destroyed Pakistani's pace artillery in the 2003 World Cup

On March 1, 2003 Sachin Tendulkar scored an iconic 98 to guide India to yet another World Cup victory over Pakistan. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at one of the greatest innings in the history of the World Cup.

Abhishek Mukherjee, Moments in history, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Rahul Dravid, India, Pakistan, India vs Pakistan 2003 World Cup, 2003 World Cup, Shoaib Akhtar

March 1 2013, 12:26 pm

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