Rahane Crushes the Pain-Barrier in Sublime Comeback

Crushing the pain barriers – mental and physical – was Ajinkya Rahane’s calling card at The…

Shardul Thakur Must Channel Past Oval Heroics

India is down, but not altogether out. With Ajinkya Rahane and KS Bharat out there and…

Forget Revenue-Share Models, the BCCI Needs to Lobby for Another Slot for the WTC Final

BCCI is the most powerful cricket board in the world. Anyone who is at The Oval…

Steve Smith Reinforces Status as Best Test Bat of his Era

February 2017, and experts across the world said Australia would be a walk in the park…

Travis Head Takes Full Toll of India’s Lack of Clarity

He came in when the score was 76 for 3. The game could have gone either…

Lessons India need to Learn from 2021 WTC Final, and Other Near-Misses

It was one of the best Wimbledon finals in history. Andy Roddick threw everything he had…

Virat Kohli and the Missing One Percent

It was sometime in August 2019, and the scars from the World Cup semi-final defeat were…

Can India Repeat Shastri’s ‘Operation Smith’ at The Oval?

The one wicket that most helped India win the 2020-21 series in Australia was that of…

Rohit Sharma’s Tryst with Leadership Immortality

It was the first time I was meeting Rohit Sharma since that fateful day in Manchester…

Can Shami Find the Luck to Go with Skill in WTC Final?

The focus is clearly on Mohammed Shami. More so in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. With…