Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

No Hot Spot for World Cup

Hot Spot will not be part of the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) that will be used during the 2011 ICC World Cup

05-Feb-2011•Sharda Ugra

The joke was on cricket

The 2011 IPL auction stood for all that is wrong with the league

11-Jan-2011•Sharda Ugra

Batsmen, Australians cash in during ground-breaking auction

Of the 25 top earners from the 2011 IPL auction, only six are specialist bowlers, as teams looked to sign batsmen to make use of the flat pitches in India

09-Jan-2011•Sharda Ugra

Indians set for record payday

The Indian players in the IPL auction could be set for a bumper payday as there is far more overseas talent for fewer slots and vice versa

07-Jan-2011•Sharda Ugra and Nagraj Gollapudi

Franchises unhappy over uncapped player rules

Several IPL franchises are unhappy over the rule that resulted in uncapped Indian players not being part of the auction

07-Jan-2011•Sharda Ugra

The IPL has fallen, long live the IPL

This was the year it all came crashing down for cricket's next big thing. But fundamentally hardly anything has changed

01-Jan-2011•Sharda Ugra

China interested in hosting 2012 Asia Cup - ACC chief

China is making a bid to host its first major international cricket event by showing interest in staging the 2012 Asia Cup in Guangzhou

02-Dec-2010•Sharda Ugra

India need a settled side to win World Cup - Kapil

India's World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has said MS Dhoni's team has the ability to win the World Cup in 2011 but will have to ensure that it finds a settled combination with its bowlers staying clear of injury

25-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra

Karnataka's gamechangers

Three of India's most successful bowlers have taken the ultimate gamble - to see if they can run their sport

22-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra

KSCA readies for potentially historic election

If Anil Kumble and his former India team-mates win the Karnataka State Cricket Association elections, it will usher in a new era of sport administration in the state

20-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra and Sidharth Monga

A city made for cricket

Oh to be in Colombo, smelling the flowers, watching the birds soar past the Premadasa and hanging out at the Blue Leopard (or is that the Blue Elephant?)

18-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra

What makes sportsmen go corrupt?

Cricketers and other sports heroes build their careers on reputations. Why do many of them risk throwing it all away?

14-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra

Bengal win battle for first-innings points

The game was eventually and predictably drawn and it was the unfashionable Bengal team that left Delhi with bruised ego, limb and three points from their Ranji Trophy season opener

04-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Kohli stars on day of two halves

Virat Kohli dominated the Bengal bowlers but his dismissal for 173 gave Bengal the upper hand in a day of contrasts, with Delhi still trailing by 145 runs

03-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Research is key to UDRS, says ball-tracking producer

MS Dhoni's doubts about the UDRS could be eased were he to take up an offer by the head of the Virtual Eye ball-tracker to understand the technology

03-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra

Delhi hit back on second day

The Delhi bowlers ran in and made the ball seam, swing and cut to limit Bengal to 473 after visitors had started the day on 313 for 2

02-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

The Kotla wicket has a mind of its own

In the melodrama that is life around it and the lamentations that echo during the course of its normal day, the Feroz Shah Kotla wicket lay undeterred by slander and unimpressed by prediction

01-Nov-2010•Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Das and placid Kotla track make Delhi toil

On a Feroz Shah Kotla wicket which on its typical days, does little other than exist, Bengal scored 313 for 2 versus Delhi with opener Arindam Das's well-paced, unbeaten 150 the central note of a composed batting performance

01-Nov-2010•The Bulletin by Sharda Ugra at the Feroz Shah Kotla

'People are right to question technology' - Virtual Eye chief

The man behind the technology at the heart of the UDRS, soon to be used for the first time in an Ashes series, believes that players and umpires need to spend time understanding and questioning its workings

27-Oct-2010•Sharda Ugra

The stolid buccaneer

As batsman, Taylor was safe as houses; as captain, he was an adventurer

17-Oct-2010•Sharda Ugra

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