Should BCCI rethink venue allocations for Tests?

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur Around 8.15 am on Sunday, as the groundsmen started to remove the…

Tiger Robi to be deported, faces stadium ban

Bangladeshi fan Tiger Robi, who allegedly made up stories of being manhandled at Green Park on…

The bigger picture in Akash Deep’s steady development

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur Back in 2011-12, a Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Odisha became…

Kuldeep Yadav’s omission at Green Park – right or wrong?

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur The first day of the second Test between India and Bangladesh here…

Bangladeshi fan alleges manhandling by local crowd, but he has dubious history

Around lunch on Day 1 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh here in Kanpur,…

Shakib Al Hasan announces Test retirement

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur The Kanpur Test against India, starting Friday, could be Shakib Al Hasan’s…

Three spinners or not, India keep cards close

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur Around 12 noon on Thursday, it started to drizzle in Kanpur. The…

Akash Deep, and the Rewards of Dreaming Big

By Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur A line from Bob Dylan’s Forever Young comes to mind: “May…

The Green Park pitch – which one to choose?

Shamik Chakrabarty in Kanpur The auto driver ferrying this correspondent from the airport to the hotel…

Has Mohammed Siraj failed to crack ‘home’ code?

Shamik Chakrabarty in Chennai On the fourth morning of the first Test between India and Bangladesh…