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The manner of defeat can be more horrifying than defeat itself and I don’t think MS Dhoni or Gary Kirsten missed the obvious.The Asia Cup slipped through fingers. Worse, Indian batters can’t play spin!For the uninitiated, India has traditionally been the land of rope tricks, hemp, fakirs, tweakers and batters with supple wrists.

The dashing opener of Indian Cricket team Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan are selected for the Indian squad for the forthcoming Sri Lanka Test series on Tuesday. The BCCI selectors met in Mumbai ro choose the 15-man Indian team where the exhausted ODI skipper MS Dhoni was opt out and Zaheer Khan is

The Rajasthan Royals, colloquially and affectionately known in Australia as Warnie’s Mob, defeated the much vaunted yet underperforming Kolkata Knight Riders in what became a testy and spiteful match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur by 45 runs last night.

A few days ago I wrote of the problems Indian curators have in preparing sporting pitches for both players and spectators. Unfortunately this manageable perplexity was on display again at Eden Gardens when Kolkata hosted the Deccan Chargers in Game Four of the Indian Premier League.

The inaugural match of the Indian Premier League between Bangalore and Kolkata was so horribly one-sided that even the extensive propaganda machine at the IPL will be hard pressed to hide the imbalance.

Just see this picture. We will understand how Shahrukh Khan uses his sense of humor in public shows. This was taken when an award function was going on. As and when this tall award winner came on to the dais Shahrukh climbed the chair to cover the height. It has become the turn of audience [...]

Whenever a Test nation is defeated by an innings in under three days on home soil hard questions need to be asked. Players need to be put on notice. New strategies need to be adopted. To dismiss such a result as an aberration would be negligent.