Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

The man who made the BCCI answerable

Mukul Mudgal is the judge who in 2001 made the BCCI liable to writ petitions and is also involved in formulating two key pieces of sporting legislation that could have a direct impact on cricket

08-Oct-2013•Sharda Ugra

Three tales from Indian cricket

A new documentary attempts to capture the country's passion for the game, against the backdrop of the 2011 World Cup

04-Aug-2013•Sharda Ugra

Swifter, stronger, smarter

Delhi Police has upped its game from the shambles of 2000, and that's a good sign for the fight against corruption in cricket

30-Jul-2013•Sharda Ugra

The ugliness beneath cricket's skin

A clear-eyed, well-researched account of the ecosystem of gambling, betting, and "approaching" that operates alongside professional cricket

21-Jul-2013•Sharda Ugra

The way we were

For cricket journalists, life in the pre-Cricinfo age was no picnic, but it wasn't all drudgery either

18-Jul-2013•Sharda Ugra

Onus on the owners

The owners' investment into the IPL has come at some very high prices; that cannot, however, absolve them of strict scrutiny

06-Jun-2013•Sharda Ugra

Who appointed the probe panel?

Differing versions are emerging over how the three-man independent commission to look into the corruption charges in the IPL was formed

02-Jun-2013•Sidharth Monga and Sharda Ugra

Gamechanger's back but game itself has changed

He will, now, not be judged on his past as India's most influential cricket administrator but on how he handles two opposing factions led by the same people who ousted him in 2005

02-Jun-2013•Sharda Ugra

Real 'men of cricket' walk away

Team Srini may have been driven by the power of one man, but it may fall apart because of the credibility of two

01-Jun-2013•Sharda Ugra

BCCI shying away from governance - experts

Several corporate governance and legal experts believe that the BCCI has abdicated its administrative responsibility in its handling of the IPL scandal

31-May-2013•Sharda Ugra

A league in need of cleansing

If the IPL is to rescue its integrity, the BCCI must first rescue itself

28-May-2013•Sharda Ugra

The mess in the message

As the game unravels outside, India's cricket bosses play defiant and dumb

25-May-2013•Sharda Ugra

Dharamsala, the IPL's dream setting

The match between Kings XI Punjab and Mumbai Indians was a dead rubber but that didn't stop the crowds from pouring in to the scenic Dharamsala ground, eager to enjoy the IPL experience

18-May-2013•Sharda Ugra in Dharamsala

Another reality check

The message for an increasingly vulnerable sport is that it must act - and act decisively

16-May-2013•Sharda Ugra

When a man filled an entire stadium

Television can also compress and shrink distance. But to fully digest Gayle's brute force in its enormity, come to the ground and become a speck in the stand

23-Apr-2013•Sharda Ugra at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Vijay-2013 takes off on Test flight

From being the only Indian with two centuries to his name in the IPL, M Vijay Mark 2013 proved to be sober, sedate and watchful during the Australia Tests

27-Mar-2013•Sharda Ugra

Dhoni, young brigade energise India

India's marks out of ten, for the Test series against Australia

25-Mar-2013•Sharda Ugra

Sachin gets the Tendulkar treatment

No one quite knows what the future holds for Sachin Tendulkar, but just in case this was his final Test in India, the Kotla crowd let him know just how much he is adored by the average Indian cricket fan

25-Mar-2013•Sharda Ugra in Delhi

Era of aggressive Test fields over - Dhoni

MS Dhoni has said that while fielding strategies and placements on India's slow, low turners have re-written the conventional textbook around attack and defence, the assessment of pitches and tactics appeared somewhat slanted

25-Mar-2013•Sharda Ugra

Satisfied Dhoni plays down revenge talk

MS Dhoni has called the series win over Australia a 'big satisfaction' and that it wasn't about getting revenge for the 0-4 defeat when India toured in 2011-12

24-Mar-2013•Sharda Ugra

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