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Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

Bopara determined to grasp opportunity

Ravi Bopara, named as replacement for the injured Trott, has said he thought his chances of international cricket in the summer had gone before he found himself in a role reversal from two years ago

08-Aug-2011•Sharda Ugra at Edgbaston

Loye and O'Brien make Indians toil

If the Indians' batting had a bad day at the office on Friday, hundreds from Northants openers Mal Loye and Niall O'Brien ensured that their bowlers were run ragged on the second day

06-Aug-2011•The report by Sharda Ugra in Northampton

Indian batsmen waste opportunity

Abhinav Mukund scored a century in Northampton but the batsmen who really needed time in the middle failed to produce

05-Aug-2011•The Report by Sharda Ugra in Northampton

Will Northampton decide India's fate?

With Virender Sehwag expected to play, and Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan lining up returns, India's two-day game in Northampton has acquired more significance than that of just another tour game

04-Aug-2011•Sharda Ugra in Northampton

India bank on Sehwag for turnaround

India's own Rocket Man has finally turned up on the tour during which the sun has gone down fairly rapidly on India's No.1 Test ranking

03-Aug-2011•Sharda Ugra in Northampton

Limp India regress into retro mode

For the most part of the second Test, India looked like they belonged not to a bygone age of general trendiness and cool that the best of retro represents, but a time of cricketing nightmares

01-Aug-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

The view from the bottom

The Affiliates have to work the hardest, for the least amount of money, to keep the game alive in their countries. Their stories are also the most heartwarming

01-Aug-2011•Sharda Ugra

Teams agree right decision was made

England's Sunday centurion Ian Bell admitted to making a 'naive' error he hoped he would never repeat after he was - temporarily - run out just before tea

31-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

A Dravid day at Trent Bridge

In the toughest conditions of the series so far, he has come through as the toughest batsman on both sides

30-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

Sreesanth shuts out his former self

Sreesanth made up for the absence of Zaheer Khan with plenty of skill and measured aggression, showing no signs of the volatility he's been known for

29-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

Time for India's batting 'attack' to hunt in a pack

At Trent Bridge, before the openers set off into the sunlight, India's bowlers would well do to give all the batsmen a stern talking-to about the benefits of adopting a pack mentality

28-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

History of comebacks offers India hope

Abhinav Mukund has no illusions about replacing Virender Sehwag's brilliance, but is aware that India will expect him to imbibe the most crucial ingredient in their rise up the world rankings - the ability to rebound

27-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra at Trent Bridge

'Many factors' in over-rate rule saved Dhoni from possible ban

MS Dhoni escaped the trip-wires of the over-rate through the somewhat open-ended ICC rules that depend on "many factors on the ground" and their interpretation

27-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra and Nagraj Gollapudi

The sport that makes the clocks melt

In Test cricket, like in no other game, time is a protagonist. An instant can be an aeon, hours can go by in a heartbeat

26-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

India's professional cop-out

The world's No. 1 team did not back themselves against a side struggling to find their feet at the highest level, and ended up looking both cynical and timid in the process

14-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

Nepotism? Lack of professionalism more like

The selection of K Srikkanth's son for the Emerging Players Tournament tells us plenty about how the BCCI operates, and none of it is pretty

11-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

Selectors defend Emerging Players squad

India selectors deny that there was any pressure to pick Anirudha Srikkanth for the Emerging Players tournament

09-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

Spotty jottings

This behind-the-scenes look at the 2011 World Cup is interesting, and has a good background score, but lacks a narrative

09-Jul-2011•Sharda Ugra

FTP's pink boxes await Indo-Pak dates

The FTP has windows woven in for potential Indo-Pak series between August 2013 and March 2020, should all go well between the countries and boards

30-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Cost, structure behind Twenty20 culling - ICC

The decision to cut four Associate-Affiliate teams from the next two World Twenty20 events was taken because of the structural issues, including costing, the ICC has said

30-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

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