Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

The man who beat the machine

For his two decades in the game, Tendulkar has kept the fame monster, every big sportsman's nemesis, at bay

16-Mar-2012•Sharda Ugra

Dravid walks off, sad but proud

Rahul Dravid's retirement from international cricket was announced at his home ground, the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in a function room filled with more than 200 people

09-Mar-2012•Sharda Ugra in Bangalore

The same old selection cop-out

India's selectors could have used the Asia Cup to send a message to some players, or to try out a team for the future. They did neither

29-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

India a circus without a ringmaster

The spirit of a team needs sustenance or it can evaporate or shrivel, like has happened with India over the last eight months

25-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2011 ODI batting winner: The night of the possible

No one expected Ireland to pull off the biggest chase in World Cup history, against England. But they had one Kevin O'Brien in their midst to do just that

20-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

Cricket basks in the badlands

Anantapur's provincial location and violent politics make it an unexpected location for a beautiful international-quality ground

19-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

Yuvraj recovery on track

Yuvraj Singh has shown a "slightly better than expected" response to his first cycle of chemotherapy

16-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancer

Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the United States

05-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

Warriors management caught off guard

Sahara's decision to pull out of Indian cricket caught its franchise brains trust by surprise hours before the crucial auction

04-Feb-2012•Nagraj Gollapudi and Sharda Ugra

Board games

Lord Woolf's vision of a new ICC executive has one fatal flaw: it starts at the very top

03-Feb-2012•Sharda Ugra

Woolf report may challenge ICC status quo

The centrepiece of the two-day meeting of the ICC Executive Board meeting will be the presentation of the final report from the independent governance review of the ICC headed by Lord Woolf

30-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra

A funereal end to Indian cricket's greatest era

The superstars are fading, the youngsters are a raggedy bunch. India's selectors need to take tough calls on the team's future

28-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra

How a cricket hero went political

What influence did the game have on where Imran Khan is today? A new book attempts to tell all

28-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra

India's road rage masks their inadequacy

What would the reaction have been if all this bad behaviour had come from a team touring India instead?

27-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra

Rajasthan find another big promise in Rituraj Singh

He may well be a work in progress, but for Rajasthan, Rituraj is working just fine for the moment

13-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra at the Bansi Lal Stadium

Kanitkar 'humbled' to be in final again

Now that Rajasthan are in the final, Hrishikesh Kanitkar said that getting a second shot at the title was "a humbling thing" knowing "that there are many teams who have done it many times"

12-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra at the Bansi Lal Stadium

Rituraj stars as Rajasthan make final again

Rajasthan have entered the Ranji Trophy final for the second year straight, following a 64-run win over Haryana at the Bansi Lal stadium in Lahli outside Rohtak

12-Jan-2012•The Report by Sharda Ugra at the Bansi Lal Stadium

Another frenetic day sets up compelling finish

Three innings have been completed and 32 wickets have fallen in two days. At the end of it, both sides are left with a shot at earning a place in the Ranji final

11-Jan-2012•The Report by Sharda Ugra at the Bansi Lal Stadium

Game even after day of 18 wickets

Haryana and Rajasthan find themselves locked in a struggle of nerve and application, with only two wickets needed on the second morning to complete the first two innings

10-Jan-2012•The Report by Sharda Ugra at Bansi Lal Stadium

Fog threatens Rajasthan's progress

Rajasthan and Haryana both stumbled their way through the group stages, and the semi-final between them promises to be a close fight. But fog may spoil the party

09-Jan-2012•Sharda Ugra in Lahli

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