For Sir Clive Lloyd, 1983 remains a melancholic memory that he has relived many times since.…
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“My Mind was Completely Blank”: Kapil Dev on the Richards Catch
I have had the privilege of interviewing Kapil paaji several times. One of my personal favorites…
“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…