Nishi Narayanan

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

'Who told you to win in four days?'

Television personality Rajdeep Sardesai recalls how his father Dilip Sardesai was paid Rs 150 for his first Test in 1961

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Transformation v Selection

The problem with Norman Arendse, Cricket South Africa's president, vetoing the squad to Bangladesh and producing his own squad was not one of transformation but of selection, writes Neil Manthorp in supercricket website.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Racism in other sports

It's not only cricket that's struggling to cope with the issue of racism

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The importance of mental strength

Indian coaches must view Shaun Tait's extended break from cricket with concern for their own bowlers, writes Makarand Waingankar in the Hindu

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

India's keeper of faith

In a team full of forceful personalities with no shortage of alpha males, Laxman is an ephemeral presence, writes Sharda Ugra in her blog Free Hit .

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Who reprimands the media?

When journalists are in breach of ethical behaviour who reprimands them, asks cricket historian Boria Majumdar in the weekly magazine Outlook

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

An over-the-top media

Dileep Premachandran turns a critical eye on the frenzy-filled writing by the Indian media

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

'He called me a fool!'

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

India on shaky ground

Mike Marqusee writes in the Guardian that as per the laws of cricket today, racist abuse is of special magnitude and if Harbhajan Singh did call Symonds a monkey, then it was absolutely neccessary for Ricky Ponting to lodge a formal complaint

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The home advantage

In the Hindustan Times Pradeep Magazine criticises the Australian media which, according to him, resorts to all sorts of dubious write-ups whose aim is to completely destroy the players.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Underprepared India

India went in to the first Test with virtually no preparation, their one warm-up match against Victoria rained out for the most part

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

An out-of-sorts Dravid

Rahul Dravid opened for India after nearly two years and spent over one and a half hours for his five runs

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The declaration debate

Anil Kumble defends his decision to declare when he did on the final day of the Bangalore Test and says things would have been planned differently if it had been known the weather would get cloudy and prompt a bad-light situation

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The Cook and Bopara show

Guardian 's Andy Bull interviews Essex and England batsmen Alastair Cook and Ravi Bopara on flipping sponsors' cars, reading books by former coaches and future English captains.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Tendulkar's story

Siddhartha Mishra looks back at the 18 years of Sachin Tendulkar's international career and writes in the Times of India that Tendulkar hasn't necessarily changed his nature

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

The world's richest board

In an interview with Mint , a finanicial daily, Lalit Modi, the Indian board vice-president, discusses the revenue generated by the BCCI, telecast rights, the Indian Premier League and much more.

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

What kind of an umpire do you want?

Following Darrell Hair's certain exit from the ICC's Elite Panel of umpires, Frank Tyson asks whether it is preferable to leave the destiny of a Test or a rubber in the hands of a “nice guy umpire” like Dickie Bird or in the fingers of one who is

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Cricket and higher education

The inclusion of Combined Colleges and Campuses (CCC) in the KFC Cup, West Indies' 50-over domestic competition, has led to protests that there were too many teams in the competition which led to fewer matches for each side over the season

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Kumble as Test captain

Peter Roebuck believes Anil Kumble would make a good Test captain for India

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

Munaf Patel: A question of respect

Munaf Patel, not picked in the Twenty20 side and dropped from the one-day team, is hurt by the constant questioning of his fitness and lack of intensity

25-Feb-2013•Nishi Narayanan

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