Author: Rahul Giri



-Boria Majumdar Indian badminton takes serious strides. Each time they lost a close match I’d call up Gopi and ask him why is it that Gayatri and Treesa can’t close out close games. Why is it that Gayatri isn’t being able to defend and why is Treesa rushing into closing points? Each time Gopi would tell me give them a little time. They have the ability. Gayatri will build more power and get better at defending and Treesa will get better at attacking. My question was when? Women’s doubles since Ashwini and Jwala hasn’t really been our forte and we…



The Aussie spinners are not riding their luck. They are reading the Indians and devising effective plans -Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Sample this. Total 126. Average 12.60. What is this? The contribution of India’s specialist batters excluding Rohit Sharma and including wicketkeeper KS Bharat in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy so far. In two Tests, these five have played 10 innings between them and that India are still in the reckoning despite this output underscores the importance of the runs made by Rohit and his three spinners. Of the 10, there are six single-digit scores and the highest is Virat Kohli’s 44…

India’s No.3 was once dominant against spin bowling. But post-pandemic, there has been an alarming dip in his batting against spin. Can he now enjoy the kind of late-career renaissance that Rahul Dravid, his predecessor at No.3, did? The biggest disservice Indian cricket did to Cheteshwar Pujara was to anoint him The Wall Mark II. In one sense, it was merely convenient, with Rahul Dravid’s career winding down just as Pujara was starting to make his way in the international arena. And it’s not that there aren’t similarities either. The Zen Master-like calm at the crease is one, as is…

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Another comprehensive performance from the Indian bowling unit, Australia once again failing to capitalise on winning what could have been an important toss and India in a dominant position after Day 1 of the second Test at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. The script was similar to what was witnessed in Nagpur last week. There was one difference, a fairly significant one. And that was Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. On a pitch expected to be helpful for the spinners and offering some turn, especially to Ravichandran Ashwin, he resisted the temptation to go all out with his three tweakers. He…