Sankhya Krishnan

Mohinder back from Morocco to stay by the Lala

Lala Amarnath, who enters his ninetieth year next month, is reported to be seriously ill, "afflicted by ailments associated with old age", according to Press Trust of India

04-Aug-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

MRF break into little sweat to dismiss Andhra challenge

MRF thrashed Andhra by 161 runs in a lopsided encounter at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today to move into the quarter finals of the KSCA Diamond Jubilee tournament for the Coromandel Cement Trophy

03-Aug-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

A remarkable lack of vision

The Vision 2000 report presented by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the Government on Monday is a rather unfortunately worded document, clearly showing that it has been prised out of a reluctant Board rather than coming from their own

02-Aug-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Warrior of the old school turns 81

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31-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Board, Government differ over who is in box seat

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has just two days left to firm up a Code of Conduct for the players before presenting it before the Union Minister for Sports, SS Dhindsa on 1 August

30-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Zaheer Khan: climbing to loftier heights

Zaheer Khan of Baroda is touted as one of India's pace prospects for the forthcoming international season

29-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Silence rents the air but for how long?

"Raids on top cricketers and officials" screamed the banner headlines

26-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

The curious case of Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid had his poorest international season in 1999-2000

25-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Indian news round-up

Academies for cricketers are a dime a dozen but 'The Umpires of CAB' (the Cricket Association of Bengal), a body formed in 1999, plans to open an academy in September for the men in white coats

22-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

`Spin guru' Kumar offers some food for thought

To continue our feature on the MAC Spin Foundation in Chennai, here is a conversation with VV Kumar, the foundation's coach, who was only too eager to share a few thoughts at the end of the daily practice session

21-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Youthful purveyors of a venerable art

Spin bowling is a dying art in India say the doomsday prophets

20-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Mission impossible? Not at all

Jagmohan Dalmiya is quoted as saying that one of his greatest regrets is not being able to organise a World Test Championship during his tenure as ICC President

15-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Rewind to the class of '74

Twenty six years ago to this day, India made their bow in one-day cricket with a game against England at Headingley

13-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Too close for comfort

A number of frenzied Test match finishes this past season have firmly underlined that Test cricket is still the pre-eminent form of the game, in comparison to which one day cricket appears merely a contrived recipe for excitement

06-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Ghulam Ahmed: The daddy of them all

Ghulam Ahmed was the earliest in a long lineage of classical off spinners from Hyderabad, a mantle currently being donned by the feisty Kanwaljit Singh

04-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

County update: Dravid leads Indian pack

Just under halfway through the English domestic season, the three Indian gladiators doing battle for their counties are girding up their loins for a spirited offensive in the second half

03-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Meet the only Bengali to have played for Pakistan

Former Bangladesh captain Roquibul Hassan's diminutive figure and hawk like eyes, gleaming from behind a pair of glasses, conceal a unique distinction

01-Jul-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

And now there are ten

So the deed has finally been done

27-Jun-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Three players offloaded from National Cricket Academy

The Director of the National Cricket Academy, Hanumant Singh, has confirmed that three athletes at the academy have been released, 'partly' on grounds of indiscipline and lack of fitness

20-Jun-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

Yoga the secret of Mumbai's Ranji triumph

Ashok Mankad, affectionately known as `Kaka' by all his peers and juniors, looks to have aged beyond his 54 years

18-Jun-2000•Sankhya Krishnan

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