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Post taint, BCCI goes for Big Game Hunting
13 Feb 2014 5:31 AM ISTMoney flew like free birds on day one of the two-day IPL auction in Bengaluru on Wednesday with Yuvraj Singh fetching the costliest ever bid in IPL...
Son-in-law fixes Srini again
11 Feb 2014 6:28 AM ISTNo matter how much Srinivasan tries to distance himself from the matter, being the managing director of India Cements Limited, which owns CSK, he can...
Zaheer game for African safari; Gambhir left in the cold again
26 Nov 2013 5:38 AM ISTHowever, two other seniors and Zaheer’s long-time associates, Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh, didn’t find any favour with the national selectors...
End of Road? Viru magic, once more
21 Nov 2013 5:06 AM ISTKeeping in tune with this popular belief, the BCCI selection committee seems to have axed Virender Sehwag, who completed exactly one month after his...
End of Road?
20 Nov 2013 4:06 AM ISTNow that the dust has settled after the week-long hysteria over Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement, it’s time to look into BCCI’s decision to axe Zaheer...
BAT-MAN forever
18 Nov 2013 3:31 AM ISTIwas in eighth grade when I first saw Sachin Tendulkar play in flesh and blood at Kolkata in November 1991. South Africa were playing their first...
Little Master sets up ‘Sachin Friday’
16 Nov 2013 5:03 AM ISTThe master walked in at 3.30 pm, four overs after tea break, amidst ear-splitting chants and a guard of honour by WI players. The guard of honour...
The wise man in dressing room
15 Nov 2013 4:08 AM ISTDuring a tour of England in 2002, Sachin emerged as the pacifier after the team was ready to revolt against the then India coach John Wright after the...
Double delight!
5 Aug 2013 3:44 AM ISTThe history of world football is dotted with spectacular duos who worked in tandem to cast a spell on their opponents. While certain partnerships have...
Pawar play: How long can BCCI boss face the heat?
30 May 2013 6:09 AM ISTDespite rising pressure on him from all quarters to quit as BCCI president, an adamant N Srinivasan clinged on to his chair with all he could on...
Srinivasan saves IPL
20 May 2013 7:31 AM ISTIn the end, N Srinivasan did what was expected of him. He saved his beleaguered cricket league and passed on the duty to clean it up to others.The...
How the rot spread as BCCI watched
17 May 2013 6:49 AM ISTExactly one year back on 16 May, BCCI cracked whip on five cricketers in the wake of a sting operation exposing the dodgy nexus between spot-fixing...