Nagraj Gollapudi

News editor, ESPNcricinfo

Wary Australia look to gather momentum

Despite a resounding 128-run victory against Sri Lanka on Friday Australia are wary of India, their next opponents in the CB Series, at the MCG tomorrow

09-Feb-2008•The Preview by Nagraj Gollapudi in Melbourne

Lee believes IPL difficulties will be worked out

Brett Lee is confident Cricket Australia will work out its sponsorship problems with the BCCI so its players can appear in the Indian Premier League

09-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

Gambhir sure-footed on slippery route to success

Gautam Gambhir made the case for a permanent place in the Indian ODI team with a century that was intelligent and cool-headed

05-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Gabba

Déjà vu at Chepauk

A little over a year after the famous tied Test in Madras, the same teams played out a lesser classic - an equally tight ODI - at the same venue

05-Feb-2008•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

Experience gives Sri Lanka the edge

There is nothing much to separate India and Sri Lanka as they prepare to meet in their first league encounter in the CB series at the Gabba on Tuesday

04-Feb-2008•The Preview by Nagraj Gollapudi at the Gabba

India's freshmen pose uneasy questions

The failure of India's inexperienced middle order has raised questions about the idea of blooding too many youngsters at the same time

03-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Gabba

'Young team with lot of aggression' - Yuvraj

Yuvraj Singh didn't deny the absence of players like Ganguly and Dravid was a huge loss but stressed it was better to look to the future instead

02-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Gabba

Pitch and weather throw up selection headaches

At first glance, it is difficult to escape the fact that the pitch at the Gabba is green. A closer look confirms that view. And both Australia and India will have to think twice when they pick their final XI

02-Feb-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the Gabba

Australian idol

Just what is it that endears Sachin Tendulkar to crowds and cognoscenti alike Down Under? We asked a selection of Australia's great and good for their opinion

29-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

'The code hasn't been breached'

John Buchanan believes the incidents on the field during the Sydney Test were blown out of proportion

24-Jan-2008•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Variation is Kumble's greatest strength - Jenner

Terry Jenner, Shane Warne's former coach and mentor, reckons India should play both Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in the Adelaide Test

23-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi in Adelaide

Pathan resurfaces from the wilderness

Irfan Pathan reflects on his Man-of-the-Match winning performance and his time away from the game

19-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi in Perth

Standing up for tradition

Cricket is about tradition for the WACA members who line up for hours to secure their favourite seat at Perth Tests

19-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi at the WACA

When Sachin cracked the Perth Test

Take the fastest wicket in the world, add some bounce and cracks to it, and it's enough to test any batsman. In 1991-92, Sachin Tendulkar, not yet 19, passed the Perth Test

16-Jan-2008•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

'We are desperate to get the 17th win' - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist said that Australia have moved on from the controversies of the Sydney Test and are eager to break the Test record for most successive wins

14-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

Slow and deadly

The track for the Ranji Trophy final in 1972-73 was vicious, and then there was Shivalkar

14-Jan-2008•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

'I didn't bowl your little outswingers'

Thommo says what he thinks - of his mates, his contemporaries, that bastard Bradman, fast bowling and fast bowlers, the establishment, and himself

14-Jan-2008•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

'Tour of Australia is a mental battle' - Kirsten

Gary Kirsten, the former South Africa batsman who will take over as the Indian coach in March, feels it is a good time to join the Indian team, mid-way through an Australian tour marred by controversy

13-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi in Perth

'Spirit was breached' - Kirsten

Gary Kirsten believes the spirit of cricket was breached during the controversial Sydney Test and feels both the captains need to sit together and resolve the issue

13-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi in Perth

The lady Don

Seven for seven in an innings, the first hat-trick in women's cricket, a 75-minute century - Betty Wilson, Australian allrounder extraordinaire of the 1950s, did it all and more in a career spanning just 11 Tests

09-Jan-2008•Nagraj Gollapudi

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