Anand Vasu

Harbhajan confident of clearing ICC tests

Harbhajan Singh, the spokesperson India nominated for the media session ahead of two back-to-back one-dayers against Bangladesh in Dhaka, exemplified the mood of the team - relaxed, composed and raring to go

25-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

Sehwag to replace Tendulkar

Back-to-back one-dayers are never easy on a team, but at least this time around India have the luxury of rotating their players around

25-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

An uneasy rest

For as long as most can remember, VVS Laxman has been given short shrift because he doesn't believe in trumpeting his own merits

25-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

'We never got any momentum going'

After several long, and often trying, years as coach of the Indian team, John Wright has gained the respect of a nation that once blanched at the idea of appointing a foreign coach

24-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

Lack of ammo stymies Bangladesh

When you hear cricketers and former cricketers repeat, ad nauseum, that cricket is a funny game, and that anything can happen in a one-day international, you wonder if they're watching the same game

23-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Anand Vasu in Chittagong

India's likely lads

The careers of Mohammad Kaif and Yuvraj Singh have run almost parallel since the time they were together in the team that won the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka

22-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

A time for change

It's away with the whites and on with the pyjamas, as the one-day series between Bangladesh and India gets under way

22-Dec-2004•Preview by Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Wright terms Harbhajan's case 'routine'

The mood in the Indian camp was upbeat despite yesterday's brouhaha over Harbhajan Singh being reported to the ICC for a suspect bowling action

21-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Indian board to watch and wait

Sudhakar Rao, the Indian team manager, has confirmed that the ICC's report regarding Harbhajan Singh's bowling action had been received last afternoon and forwarded to the board

21-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu

'Ashraful played the best innings of the series' - Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly, Dav Whatmore and Pathan spoke to the press

20-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Blossom in a bed of weeds

Mohammad Ashraful's rousing knock, easily the best of the series, beat back the ghosts that have haunted Bangladesh, but coult not do anything to alter the result

19-Dec-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Anand Vasu in Chittagong

'I'm disappointed that I could not save my team' - Ashraful

Quotes from Mohammad Ashraful and Irfan Pathan

19-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Someone to emulate

Young cricketers picking up a bat or a ball in their backyard, must have someone to look up to, someone to want to emulate, when they make their first tentative steps into the game, playing make-believe games of Test cricket

19-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

The difference a day makes

If you're in Bangladesh for just one day, make sure it's a Friday

18-Dec-2004•Roving Reporter by Anand Vasu in Chittagong

'I haven't felt the need for a break' - Dravid

Rahul Dravid's longevity as a cricketer has never been in doubt and yet when he became the first cricketer to not miss a single one of 85 Tests since his debut, it went largely unnoticed

17-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

'It's good company to be in' - Dravid

Rahul Dravid and Gautam Gambhir both racked up solid centuries on a flat wicket on the first day of the second Test against Bangladesh at Chittagong

17-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Another whitewash looms

Sourav Ganguly made it clear that India will play a full-strength team in the second Test starting at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Thursday

16-Dec-2004•Preview by Anand Vasu in Chittagong

'We will take nothing for granted,' says Wright

Bangladesh's second Test against India starts at Chittagong on Friday (Dec 17)

15-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Chittagong

Bangladesh cricketers have the talent - Whatmore

Dav Whatmore, the Bangladesh coach, has hit out at suggestions that Bangladesh should not be playing Test cricket

13-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

'Pathan is getting better with every game'

Sourav Ganguly, on the road to recovery from the fever that kept him off the field for the whole of the third day of the first Test, spoke to the media after India's emphatic win at Dhaka

13-Dec-2004•Anand Vasu in Dhaka

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