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V Ramnarayan

Cricket's twin towers of evil

If the game's custodians are serious about stamping out fixing and chucking they must empower umpires and encourage respected players to speak out and share information about wrongdoing

08-Jun-2014•V Ramnarayan

Is the era of the factory-produced cricketer upon us?

Young aspirants in India today have their futures planned to a t by their parents, coaches and academies. Perhaps the old ways were better

25-May-2014•V Ramnarayan

The Pravin Tambe fairytale

It's a story about self-belief, dedication and the ability to chase your dreams

08-May-2014•V Ramnarayan

Fizz, flight and loop

Erapalli Prasanna was a masterful conjurer and perhaps the shrewdest of India's great spin quartet

23-Apr-2014•V Ramnarayan

Remembering the glory days of the Hindu Trophy

One of the oldest limited-overs in India used to be a thrilling affair, with Test and club cricketers fiercely competing for the title

05-Apr-2014•V Ramnarayan

India's need for bowling variety

Why their traditional strength, spin, ought not to be forskaen in favour of pace

20-Mar-2014•V Ramnarayan

India should pick two spinners in away Tests

The team has no express fast bowler, so it's time when touring to put faith in two slow bowlers bowling in tandem

09-Mar-2014•V Ramnarayan

They broke the mould after Sir Garry

Even today - and not just to those of a certain vintage - Garry Sobers remains above every other claimant to the title of cricket's greatest allrounder

27-Feb-2014•V Ramnarayan

Gavaskar's stunning entrance

For Indian cricket fans of a certain vintage, the Caribbean summer of 1971 was the most glorious of all

16-Feb-2014•V Ramnarayan

A wizard called Vishy

Remembering a magician who invariably rose to the occasion when conditions favoured the bowlers, especially the fast men

29-Jan-2014•V Ramnarayan

Time to make leg slip a regular fielding position?

Too often batsmen get away with playing loose shots behind square on the leg side. Maybe a change in the laws will help

14-Jan-2014•V Ramnarayan

What's competitive about ugly on-field behaviour?

Today's on-field aggro is no better than the worst kind of bullying by schoolboy thugs. It's time to outlaw such conduct

29-Dec-2013•V Ramnarayan

Ashwin in the offspin pantheon

He is among the most successful bowlers of his kind, and excitingly, his best may yet be ahead of him

09-Dec-2013•V Ramnarayan

The art of Bishan Bedi in prose

Suresh Menon's biography on the great Indian left-arm spinner is essential reading for all young tweakers

24-Nov-2013•V Ramnarayan

Could Tendulkar have turned into a great allrounder?

One can only wonder what might have been had he persisted with his bowling throughout his career

08-Nov-2013•V Ramnarayan

Eight ways to empower bowlers in ODIs

If we don't want limited-overs cricket to turn into one-sided massacres, we need to change some rules and encourage attacking fields

23-Oct-2013•V Ramnarayan

The fearless Indian scourge of chucking

Back in the 1970s and '80s, a certain umpire took it upon himself to rid the game of throwing

08-Oct-2013•V Ramnarayan

Two teams for Tamil Nadu and Karnataka?

The decline of two southern Indian teams may paradoxically have to do with a surfeit of talent, not a lack

25-Sep-2013•V Ramnarayan

How do bowlers adapt to different wickets?

There's plenty of discussion on what batsmen ought to do when encountering challenging pitches, but much less for bowlers

11-Sep-2013•V Ramnarayan

The Oval regales

Memories, close-in cordons, and tactical prophecies: the joys of Test cricket in England

27-Aug-2013•V Ramnarayan

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