After the 1983 Final, I Started Playing with Purpose: Sachin Tendulkar

There are some moments that are etched in people’s memories forever. And if you are Sachin…

“What’s the need for four openers?”: Wasim Jaffer slams team selections for West Indies tour

Vaibhav Tripathi Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has voiced his dissatisfaction with the squad selection for…

Pressing concerns: From vitriol to validation

The Lagaan victory While the 1983 final transformed Indian and world cricket forever, the other match…

Yashasvi Jaiswal Leads Much-Needed Transition for Team India

The transition has begun. Finally. The World Test Championship (WTC) debacle had made it kind of…

How Lata Mangeshkar Sang for India’s World Cup Heroes

At the time when India won the Prudential World Cup in 1983, Indian cricket was not…

Balancing factor in bunch of movers and shakers

It was an inter-district match at Saurashtra’s Bhavnagar in 2006. Rajkot had lost the match. It…

Looking back at the Champions Trophy win. Under MS Dhoni

India’s last ICC title. It was 9.30pm in Edgbaston and the presentation had just ended after…

No More Tragic Heroes – How India Fell Out of Love with Fourth Place

In real life, what best explains the phrase ‘so near, yet so far’? There can be…

Zaka Ashraf and Minister Play to the Gallery, Don’t do Pakistan any Favours

Zaka Ashraf, the incoming Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief, has stirred a hornet’s nest by saying…

How Kapil’s Legends and 1983 Changed my Life

It was just another day in my life. At home, far away from where the action…