Partab Ramchand

They average 100 plus against India

Sir Donald Bradman, as anyone even remotely associated with the game of cricket is aware, ended his Test career with an average of 99.94

19-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

India have the better record against Zimbabwe at home

India's Test record against Zimbabwe is very much in keeping with their overall record of doing well at home but performing badly abroad

15-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

Keeness to win is fine, but desperation is not the solution

The home advantage works out for every cricketing country but perhaps it is most evident in India's case

15-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

India yet to win a Test in Zimbabwe

In October 1952, India were Pakistan's first Test opponents

15-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

Unfamiliar role ahead for Kumble

The statement by Indian coach John Wright that Anil Kumble has to fight his way back into the Indian team made for interesting reading

14-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

A great performance remains great, whatever the result

Should a great innings lose some of its aura if the team ends up losing

13-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

Lord's - Holy of Holies

Like any keen follower of the game, I have always understood that Lord's is a very special cricket ground ever since I first came across the name some forty years ago

04-May-2001•Partab Ramchand

Unlikely teams in Ranji Trophy title clash

If they were taking bets on the Ranji Trophy tournament, bookies would have offered odds of 1000 to one or something similarly outrageous on a Baroda-Railways final

10-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

More ups than downs in an eventful season

Perhaps it was just as well that the Indian government refused permission to the Indian team to participate in the Sharjah triseries

09-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

More ups than downs in an eventful season

Perhaps it was just as well that the Indian government refused permission to the Indian team to participate in the Sharjah triseries

09-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

Heat generated off the field robbed the tour of some of its sheen

The first official tour to India was made by Douglas Jardine's England team in 1933-34

06-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

CBFS hits out at decision to pull out

The announcement was not unexpected

02-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

Australia's rotation policy playing into India's hands

To say that Test cricket and one day cricket are two very different kettles of fish is to state the obvious

01-Apr-2001•Partab Ramchand

Tendulkar's feat symbolises changing trends

"There may be others who will follow but the one who gets there first is remembered," was the gist of what Sunil Gavaskar said on crossing the 10,000 run barrier in Test cricket against Pakistan at Ahmedabad on March 7, 1987

31-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

Postponement of Ranji semifinals can only benefit domestic cricket

The news that the two Ranji Trophy semifinals have been postponed by three days so that the cricketers playing in the one day series against Australia can assist their states is the best thing to happen to domestic cricket for a long time

30-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

Surprise results lead to unlikely Ranji semifinal line-up

Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Karnataka and Delhi eliminated

28-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

India-Pakistan cricketing ties reach a nadir

At the height of their cricketing relations in the period 1978 to 1989, India and Pakistan played 29 Tests in both countries

28-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

After Harbhajan's success, Kumble will heave a sigh of relief

Harbhajan Singh is certainly the man of the moment

25-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

The perfect advertisement for Test cricket

Coming from a match down to win a three Test series is not unique

23-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

Harbhajan Singh - His best could still lie ahead

On the eve of the Test series against Australia last month, there was trepidation on one front from the Indian angle - the bowling

22-Mar-2001•Partab Ramchand

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