In a piece titled, Cricket cannot afford to be snobbish about it followers, on ESPNCricinfo, this is what Harsha Bhogle has to say: "Many years ago I had suggested that cricket would become a bouquet of offerings, a bit like an automobile company with products at different price points.
April 7 2013, 4:33 pm
Read MoreThis India is not about winning and losing and letting the ranking take care of itself. It seems for this Indian team, managing the ranking is critical. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's press conference at the end of the Lord’s Test was as much an exercise in excuse mongering than anything else that I have ever heard. It did his standing little good.
June 18 2013, 3:47 pm
Read MoreThe Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has a history of raising the stakes when they perceive injustice against them. When Sachin Tendulkar was charged with ball tampering, the BCCI threatened to pull out of the tour unless the 'racist' match referee was removed. Eventually the official Test was called off. The game that took place at Centurion was not an official Test.
February 9 2013, 3:51 pm
Read MoreBy Golandaaz In a speech which, according to historians the world over, is likely to have far-reaching impact and eventually make the world a better place to live in, Virendra Sehwag warmed the cockles of sports traditionalists on Easter weekend.
October 13 2012, 6:03 am
Read MoreA flowchart that explain India's 'Do Nothing Different' philosophy series after series.
January 17 2013, 10:12 am
Read MoreBy Golandaaz In a game on Saturday between two IPL team, the production company faced with a staff on a total strike, decided to telecast a replay of a previous game. According to the TVR ratings, approximately 22 million viewers consumed the replays thinking it was a live event. This was 5% higher than the ratings registered by the same match when it was originally telecast!
October 13 2012, 6:02 am
Read MoreBy Golandaaz A hotel room for Mahendra Singh Dhoni means everything. It’s a place where he can spend some moments with himself in private. It's a place for solace. Where he can, well of course, rest, put his feet up, put out a "Do Not Disturb" sign and sign off for the day. Away from the madness of having to playing Test matches.
October 13 2012, 6:01 am
Read MoreBy Golandaaz The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today announced that all cricketers selected to play for India will get a 'hardship allowance' to cover for the inconvenience it may cause them for having to play any cricket outside of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
October 13 2012, 5:01 am
Read MoreBy Golandaaz Rohit Sharma today announced that he will be retiring from Test cricket. It makes him the first cricketer to have retired from Test cricket without playing Test cricket.
October 13 2012, 5:36 am
Read MoreBy Golandaaz The ECB and the BCCI have jointly announced that England have won the first Test against India and have gone up 1-0 in the series and even the critics have hailed this decision as the right move because all the evidence, the numbers, the context, the build up points to India being trashed at Lord's.
October 13 2012, 6:01 am
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