May 1997
Does the cap fit?
Is Sachin Tendulkar the best cricket captain India could have right now? The debate continues.
...More A time for change
The 1996-1997 cricket season has ended. Two weeks from now, the 1997-1998 cricket season will begin. Will it be a repeat of the year gone by?.
...More You can bet on "match fixing"
Hemant Kenkre on cricket's latest bogey, the betting mafia. And related matters.
...More 'Lanka is the world's best'
Bruce Yardley, Dave Whatmore's successor as Sri Lankan coach, discusses his team's many strengths and few weaknesses.
...More Steps to immortality
Anant Gaundalkar, on the gradual evolution of the world ODI batting record.
...More Neutral umpires? Not really
A statistical look at the "neutrality" of picking impartial umpires for international games.
...More "I don't intend to retire"
Sir Garfield Sobers rates him the best one day captain in the world. Up close, Arjuna Ranatunga gives indications of the reason for this rating.
...More Move over, King Viv!
Harsha Bhogle on Saeed Anwar, the man who took batting achievement a step ahead of the great Viv Richards.
...More Clash of the titans
A comprehensive dossier of previous Sri Lanka-Pakistan clashes, as prelude to the Independence Cup finals.
...More The past, as prelude
Anant Gaundalkar looks at the performance of the two contestants in the Independence Cup final.
...More Rahul Dravid, up close and personal
An encounter with Indian cricket's latest pin-up boy.
...More Down to the wire
Anant Gaundalkar checks out India's great escapes in recent ODIs, when the team came back from the brink to make the knockout stage. And finds a common factor - Sachin Tendulkar.
...More World champs win in a canter A great spell from Chaminda Vaas. And a display of explosive batting from Sanath Jayasuriya. These were the ingredients in a fine win by Sri Lanka over India at the Wankhede.
...More The heat is on
A resurgent Sri Lanka and a determined New Zealand - the ingredients for a contest in Hyderabad that promises to be hot as the weather, if not hotter.
...More CBI probe into PCA affairs stymied
The CBI's attempts to get to the bottom of financial scams in the Punjab Cricket Association have been seriously hampered by non-cooperation on the part of the state government and the cricket body..
...More Cash crunch at the BCCI? Tell me the other one!
If BCCI bigwigs are to be believed, the cricket body is going through a financial crisis. Even Ripley will find that hard to swallow, says Anant Gaundalkar.
...More Srinath - spearhead or work horse?
As India steps up its campaign in the Independence Cup, Javagal Srinath packs his bags for yet another trip to South Africa, for consultation with a specialist in sports injuries. Anant Gaundalkar chips in with some timely stats.
...More 47,000 fans... and 11 Indian cricketers on a high...
An overview of the Indian performance at Bangalore, when the home side convincingly put one over a match-fit, in-form New Zealand team.
...More No Azhar, no cricket
Hemant Kenkre, tongue firmly in cheek, takes a look at the whole business of cricket-related protests.
...More Pak dumps world champs
Minus three stars, Pakistan produced a superlative all round performance to dump world champions Sri Lanka by a healthy 30-run margin in the second league game of the Independence Cup.
...More Kiwis begin in style
They batted, bowled and fielded with competence and flair. And walked off with a fine win over Pakistan in the inaugural of the Independence Cup.
...More And soft into the twilight...
Harsha Bhogle's heart and head are at war as he analyses the omission of Mohammad Azharuddin from the Indian team.
...More Aamir Sohail to apologise; PCB to withdraw ban
The government-sponsored compromise is in place - but does it solve the deeper problem?.More Kambli comeback highlight of Indian team for I-Cup
The national selectors picked a 14-member team to play the forthcoming Independence Cup quadrangular. And recalled the errant Vinod Kambli, even as they dropped Azharuddin, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Saba Karim.More "We are here to win friends"
Rameez Raja landed in India at the head of a Pakistan team sans Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed. And hailed the upcoming ODI tournament as a step towards restoring friendly relations between the neighbouring countries.More Brickbats for Azhar omission
Former Test stars and cricket officials reacted angrily to the omission of Mohammad Azharuddin from the Indian team for the Independence Cup.More DDCA, SAI at loggerheads over I-Cup fixture
For a tournament meant as a celebration, the forthcoming Independence Cup has brought its share of heartburn already.More Soft drinks, hard battles!
The biggest excitement of the upcoming Independence Cup quadrangular ODI tournament could well lie in the showdown between rival soft drinks giants Coca Cola and Pepsi.
...More "We are here to win friends"
Rameez Raja landed in India at the head of a Pakistan team sans Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed. And hailed the upcoming ODI tournament as a step towards restoring friendly relations between the neighbouring countries.More PCB yet to decide on Aamir Sohail affair
The deadline has come, and gone. Without the Pakistan cricket board announcing its reaction to a compromise formula that bears governmental sanction, in the matter of Pak cricketer Aamir Sohail's two-year suspension.More ...But never the bride!
V Gangadhar, on why India came off second best on the twin tours of South Africa and the Caribbean.
...More Tendulkar talks tough - again!
Non-performers will be sacked, says the Indian skipper. Which is a bit like a gunfighter walking into the OK Corrall - with a pistol loaded with blanks.More Windies take ODI series 3-1
A superb batting display by Shivnaraine Chanderpaul drove the last nail into the Indian coffin - at, predictably, Barbados, where earlier, India had lost the only Test to yield a result.More
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