Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

The fastest ground staff in the world

Sri Lanka's ground-maintenance workers use ingenuity, speed and clockwork coordination to counteract the problems posed by a home season that coincides with the monsoon

28-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

India dream of redemption at SL fortress

Sri Lanka have not lost a Test at the SSC for 11 years. It is where Kohli's India will try to do what Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble and Dhoni's India couldn't do over two decades of effort. To win a series against opponents who play with a palpable intensity

27-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra at SSC

Ojha's time to 'relax' before Test debut

After spending 15 years in the domestic circuit, Naman Ojha is expected to make his Test debut in the third match, for which, he says, he is not facing additional pressure because of the long wait

26-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Pujara's chance to beat his blues

After a ten-month free-fall, Cheteshwar Pujara will turn out for India once again at the traditional batting paradise that is the SSC. Can he make it count?

25-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Excellent India get the job done, finally

At Galle India played the near-perfect Test, only to see their efforts come to naught with a late stumble. At the P Sara Oval, they went all the way in some style

24-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

The emotional final lap of a 15-year journey

Kumar Sangakkara left the ground after almost everyone he knew very closely had. Then it rained a little. Sangakkara had played his last match for Sri Lanka; even the elements allowed themselves a bit of emotion

24-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Rahane, the contemporary conventional

He can be old fashioned, but that does not mean he is unable to keep up with modern cricket, as he showed with a vital century in his first Test as a No. 3 batsman

23-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Action-man Kohli squeezes Sri Lanka's fight

In the never-ending public PhD dissertation that is Test captaincy, Virat Kohli would have been happy to get through a draining, bruising day with something to show for it: finishing somewhere, it can be argued, between a B and a B+

22-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Mishra pleased with reward for flight and guile

Amit Mishra said the P Sara pitch was still good for batting and so "Another 250-300 runs more and 100 overs to bowl at the Sri Lankans," was the target for India

22-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

The risky business of India's allrounders

Stuart Binny, R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha have performed well enough. But they have to quickly graduate from being bits-and-pieces two-in-ones

21-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Looking for a lead of 100 runs - B Arun

India bowling coach B Arun has said India will be satisfied with a lead of around 100 runs in the second Test because of the condition of the P Sara Oval pitch, which he said would offer both bounce and reverse swing

21-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra at P Sara Oval

Rahul the bearded poet, Rahul the central protagonist

Coming alongside two ends of India's batting spectrum in the confidence game - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - KL Rahul's innings was an act of flourish and splendor with a twisting bitter end that could be set aside if India can dominate the story now

20-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra

India's stern, four-fold examination

A perplexing defeat at Galle has left India with some important questions to answer before the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo

19-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Planes, trains, tuk-tuks, and a meeting with the Malingas

From Colombo to Galle and back: a tale of wedding processions, rather large fish, and rickshaw roulette

19-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra

India aim to resuscitate and renew at P Sara Oval

In the middle of comforting jade haven at the P Sara Oval, the Indian team returned to its first nets after the Galle loss, with some familiar talk about the team morale being upbeat

18-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Shastri resolute on attacking mindset

India's team director, Ravi Shastri, insists the team will not change its strategy of attacking cricket despite the defeat in Galle

17-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Colombo

Seam-friendly tracks leave India in a spin

With pitches across the country being groomed to suit seamers, India's batsmen find themselves in an altered reality: mostly capable against pace, but lacking in experience against quality spin

17-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Galle

Frozen India caught in the headlights

With the batsmen struggling with doubt over their ability to play spin and bat for time, India's chase on the fourth day in Galle ended up being the sum of all their fears

15-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Galle

We were tentative, not fearless - Kohli

Virat Kohli walked into the post-match media briefing and, clearly and emphatically, pinned the onus of India's defeat at the hands of the batsmen

15-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra in Galle

Rahane the 'complete package' as fielder - Sridhar

India's fielding coach R Sridhar has lauded Ajinkya Rahane as the "complete package" on the field, after he broke the record for most catches in a single Test

14-Aug-2015•Sharda Ugra and Arun Venugopal

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