V Ramnarayan (NOT IN USE)

Teamwork should be second nature

"The advent of big money into cricket will ruin team spirit," some oldfashioned critics said years ago

26-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

Is there life after cricket?

Ravi Shastri and Arun Lal are as suave as they come

23-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

He paid a heavy price

He was a tall, slightly built, soft-spoken young man with a toothy grin and restless feet, incapable, it seemed, of standing still

19-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

Word pictures just as exciting as TV visuals...

The first Test match I listened to was the Brisbane Test in 1954

15-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

It's part of the romance of Hyderabad cricket

The Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup of today is about as similar to the tournament it was even a couple of decades ago, as McDonald's is to Udipi Sukha Nivas

11-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

Indian off-spinners set high standards

Few Indian off-spinners have enjoyed as much success as Harbhajan Singh did in the recent series against Australia

08-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

Ganguly is the obvious choice

If I were a betting man, I'd take a wager on the Indian selectors retaining Sourav Ganguly as captain for the forthcoming South African tour, regardless of media reports of the Prince of Kolkata incurring their displeasure

05-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

Contract system a welcome move

Under the new contract system announced by the BCCI, the top 20 players in the country will be paid a lumpsum apart from their match fees, beginning with the South African tour this October

30-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

Let's persist with the youngsters

V Ramnaeayan feels that India should persist with youngsters who have shown promise.

26-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

Will chucking become legal...?

It was in the sixties that the chucking controversy first erupted in Test cricket

22-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

Abid Ali was an original, a genuine character among cricketers

"Kya bole?" (What did you say)

19-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

New Ranji Trophy format may foster team values

The recommendations of the BCCI Technical Committee must by and large be welcomed by most people concerned about the state of Indian cricket and the declining relevance of domestic performances in an international context

15-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

It is high time on-field bad behaviour was stamped out

Years ago, 'Mad' magazine featured a cartoon strip in which tennis maestro Bjorn Borg was captioned happy, angry, dejected, worried and charged up in different frames

11-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

Srinath is no longer an automatic choice

The old firm of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad is back together,bringing back nostalgic memories of their salad days

07-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

The selectors don't surprise you any more

The Indian selectors never fail to spring a surprise, though by now nothing they do should surprise anyone

03-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

Soon we may have bored young cricketers instead of inspired ones

When I visited the South Zone Cricket Academy last month, I was struck by how homesick some of them were or ought to be, judging from the length of time they had spent away from their families, in their nonstop pursuit of their favourite game

30-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Cricket basics more important than structural changes

The Ranji Trophy has undergone numerous changes since its birth way back in 1934, when it was a knockout tournament all the way with the champion of each zone taking on the other zone winners

25-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Private tours play a laudable role in a cricketer's education

Former England Test cricketer Basil D'Oliveira first showed signs of his class on a tour of the West Indies with Derek Robins' team

21-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

The common man believes matchfixing still takes place

Disgraced former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje is trying to make a comeback, according to media reports

18-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Chasm separating spinners of yesteryear and today is widening

Where have the spinners gone

14-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

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