Author: Rahul Giri







-Trisha Ghosal Australia has lost the second test match, and now India is 2-0 up in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Since India won today, there has been a lot of chatter about the pitch, making me ponder a few things. Gone are the days when Indian batters would bundle out for nothing outside the sub-continent because we couldn’t handle swing bowling or seaming conditions. Now we are a force to reckon with outside the sub-continent as well. Did all this happen in a day? The answer is simple, and it’s a No. We made green tops, adjusted our batting style,…

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay India taking a 2-0 against Australia in a Test series in India after two matches is not unprecedented. In Australia’s 15 tours of India starting from 1956-57, this happened thrice before, not including the ongoing edition of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. The series in 2012-13 saw the visitors lose four out of four. So if the hosts win the last two Tests of this series, even that will not be a first. What has certainly been a first already is the fact that Australia have now lost two Tests in about five days. The matches at VCA Stadium…



-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…