By Jamie Alter From marking his World Cup debut with a century to lifting Sachin Tendulkar on his shoulders while giving us the quote of the year, Virat Kohli is a transformed player and the success comes off in the way he opens up on life in 2011.
October 19 2012, 4:40 pm
Read MoreAs widely expected, India and Sachin Tendulkar have made it to Wankhede Stadium. The hopes and dreams of a billion ; not just any, but a blue billion as Nike will have you believe people now rest on 11 men.
October 22 2012, 7:05 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter Pakistan make it so crazily worthwhile for their patriotic fans to follow them when they are in the kind of mood they were in on Saturday against Australia. On such days, they hustle when they bowl, they taunt when they field, and they try to bully with the bat even when the chips are down.
March 4 2012, 5:10 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter This was tipped as a World Cup of big bats and monstrous innings, dominated by top-order behemoths. For the first week or so of the tournament it was largely about openers and one-downs racking up the runs, but events of the past ten days have thrown up gratifying innings from middle-order men forced to get down and dirty.
March 8 2012, 6:31 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter Defending an attainable target of 157 - set up by Brad Hodge’s assault in the 20th over - Kochi Tuskers Kerala’s bowlers turned in an inspired defence to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 17 runs at the Nehru Stadium.
May 6 2011, 11:29 am
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter It’s the clash of the number three and four numbers on the IPL league table. Separated by one point, Royal Challengers Bangalore take on Kolkata Knight Riders face off to gain the ascendancy over not just each other, but over Mumbai Indians who are at second place.
May 14 2011, 2:26 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter After managing to score just 125, it was a Sunday to forget for Kochi, as Gayle and Dilshan smacked 68 in 22 deliveries to put Bangalore on course for a quick finish. This was RCB’s fifth win on the trot, and they now occupy third place on the league table.
May 9 2011, 10:33 am
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter Perhaps the only endearing aspect of the fourth season of the IPL – which has been decidedly flat and thrown up few memorable matches – has been to watch how Mahela Jayawardene has led the most low-key of IPL franchises, Kochi Tuskers Kerala (KTK).
May 6 2011, 5:02 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter Kirsten, a talented and hardworking batsman for South Africa, whose gritty determination and hunger for runs were an inspiration, adopted his own work ethic as a player to his role as India’s coach.
April 4 2011, 1:08 pm
Read MoreBy Jamie Alter Currently, Sehwag and his Delhi Daredevils (DD) are in a big slump. The team languishes at the bottom of the league table, with one win from four matches, and it has been a disappointing run for Sehwag. He has only managed 72 runs at 18.00 and has struggled to get starts.
April 22 2011, 1:38 pm
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