Nagraj Gollapudi

News editor, ESPNcricinfo

His last dress rehearsal

He swivels his neck first left, then right and then all around before putting on the helmet. Rubbing his palms and swinging his hangs he tries to release the stress as he waits for his turn to bat

13-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai

He played to their pitch

Mumbai groundsmen who worked with Tendulkar from his young days recollect their favourite moments with the batsman

13-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Work ethic pays off for diligent Chanderpaul

Discipline, rigour, hard work have been Shivnarine Chanderpaul's pillars of success, attributes that have contributed to his longevity, as he prepares to join an elite club of Test cricketers to have played 150 Tests

12-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Mumbai curator won't be swayed by Tendulkar emotion

Sudhir Naik, the Wankhede stadium curator, wants Sachin Tendulkar to score a century in his final Test but made it clear he would not get any favours as far as the pitch was concerned

11-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai

Gibson demands more from batsmen

Ottis Gibson, the West Indies coach, has stressed the need for his batsmen to apply themselves more, especially if they continue with the five-batsman combination

10-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Tendulkar gets his game face on for the final lap

Despite all the festive chaos in Kolkata, Sachin Tendulkar has kept his customary focus coming into his final ten days of cricket

06-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Kolkata

WI in better frame of mind than in 2011 - Sammy

West Indies want to correct the wrongs they committed during their 2-0 series defeat in 2011-12 and Darren Sammy is confident his team is Test-ready after a lay-off

05-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Kolkata

Tendulkar farewell not a distraction - Richardson

West Indies team manager, Richie Richardson, has said that Sachin Tendulkar's farewell celebrations will not overshadow their preparations for the two-Test series

04-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi in Kolkata

'You cannot prepare for Tendulkar'

Tendulkar's opponents are his fans too. Here, two young Haryana players talk about what it was like to bowl to him and talk to him during their Ranji game in Lahli

03-Nov-2013•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

Kanpur to host final West Indies ODI

International cricket will return to Kanpur after a four-year gap as the BCCI picked Green Park stadium to host the final ODI between India and West Indies scheduled for November 27

02-Nov-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Stage for old and new stars to shine

The Ranji Trophy remains the prime place for domestic players to stake their claim for a national berth; this year, we'll have well-known faces and newcomers vying for those berths side by side

26-Oct-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Ranji pitches and points system in focus

With another Ranji Trophy season set to begin, the familiar complaints about the quality of pitches and the points system are in the spotlight again. Too many sides are happy to roll out flat tracks and convert matches into first-innings batting shootouts

26-Oct-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

BCCI, ECB against ICC chairman's role

The BCCI and the ECB are in agreement over the dilution of power to be exercised by the new ICC chairman and would like the role to be reduced from head of executive office in the ICC to that of convenor

17-Oct-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Disappointing to go out on coin toss - Nadeem

Shahbaz Nadeem, the East Zone captain, said there was nothing his side could do when North Zone won their Duleep Trophy semi-final on the basis of a coin toss

14-Oct-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Supreme Court to hear Modi appeal against BCCI SGM

India's Supreme Court is to hear on Wednesday afternoon a petition by Lalit Modi against the BCCI's special general meeting convened to discuss the disciplinary report on the former IPL chairman

24-Sep-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Supreme Court to hear plea against Srinivasan on September 27

India's Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Cricket Association of Bihar on September 27, seeking a restraining order on BCCI president N Srinivasan from contesting the elections as well as attending the board's AGM on September 29

24-Sep-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

'We dominated for over four days but lost in half a session'

Sri Lanka were a home stretch away from their first Test win over Australia. And only a young legspinner with a bowling average of over 300 stood in their way

24-Sep-2013•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi and Andrew Fernando

DRS set to dominate ICC meet

The DRS, along with the playing conditions at the 2015 World Cup, is set to dominate the proceedings at the ICC chief executives' committee (CEC) meeting in Dubai on September 16 and 17

15-Sep-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Sreesanth ban 'against principles of natural justice'

Sreesanth's legal counsel has called the life ban imposed by the BCCI "bizarre", against the principles of natural justice and unlikely to stand legal scrutiny

14-Sep-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

Asia Cup set for February 24-March 7

The Asia Cup will be held between February 24 and March 7 in Bangladesh, pending confirmation by Nimbus, which owns the broadcasting rights for the event

14-Sep-2013•Nagraj Gollapudi

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