Abhishek Purohit

Lonely Hambantota, lovely Pallekele

Hambantota and Pallekele. Two names we had heard frequently and always together in the run up to the 2011 World Cup, as the locations for the new stadiums Sri Lanka was building

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

The colourful drive to Hambantota

Slight trepidation as I queue up in immigration at Mumbai airport for my first international flight. The bureaucratic expression of the officer turns into a broad smile as I answer 'cricket' to his question 'purpose of visit'

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Jhunjhunwala's amble of a run

Deccan Chargers have dropped catches galore in this IPL. They have fielded at times like an Under-14 side, in the words of their coach Darren Lehmann

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

A unique gift for Tendulkar

There are Sachin Tendulkar fans and then there is Ratilal Parmar, who has spent a fortune collecting currency notes having numbers associated with the numerous landmarks littered across Tendulkar's career

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Sehwag, Irfan and the Delhi Metro

What happens when recognisable faces like Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Umesh Yadav decide to go for a ride on the Delhi Metro

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Collingwood to carry Olympics torch

Paul Collingwood's been in Australia, he's now in South Africa, and he'll soon be in India. But when he finally returns home to Durham, a huge honour awaits him

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Kirsten, Smith to cool off with a marathon

On the free days during a tour, some players go go-karting, some go sailing, some go shopping; some run marathons

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Presenting the Ozcars

Cricket Australia turned up the glamour quotient for their awards by sending out a press release revealing details of the people attending and what they'd be wearing

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Cricket at the South Pole

Andrew Strauss recently said England needed to start winning cricket matches in all conditions, all over the world

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Cowan gets a cricketing high

Australia opener Ed Cowan is everything but your typical cricketer

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Defibrillator to the rescue

What’s the best insurance against a medical emergency on the field

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Remember the venue of the 1000th Test?

The 2000th Test has attracted so much attention you’d be forgiven for thinking it was the biggest milestone to have occurred in the game

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

World Cup passion in pictures

Cricket transcends sport to become a deeply felt expression of culture

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

O’Brien halts Munaf’s movie

Ireland’s reputation for being giant killers has claimed another victim - that gentle giant Munaf Patel

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

'Indi Commandos'? Really?

When was the last time the name “Indi Commandos” brought to mind the image of a cricket team

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Sri Lanka camp hit by family deaths

Sri Lanka’s preparations have been affected by the deaths on Thursday of Chamara Silva’s sister Nelum and team manager Anura Tennakoon's father, PB Tennakoon

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Dhaka to mosquitoes: You are terminated

There will be less buzz of the onomatopoeic kind at the World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

All pay, no work for Chittagong's beggars

It is not in the league of the ‘cleansing’ that Beijing undertook before the 2008 Olympics, but the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh has announced its own sprucing-up plans ahead of the World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Sarwan hundred gives West Indies series

Ramnaresh Sarwan bolted away after a slow start to his highest ODI score as West Indies took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series

24-Feb-2013•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

Charles, Darren Bravo tons set up massive WI win

Zimbabwe won the toss, and West Indies everything following that, inflicting their heaviest defeat on the visitors in the first of three ODIs

22-Feb-2013•The Report by Abhishek Purohit

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