V Ramnarayan (NOT IN USE)

Selectors should be accountable to their own consciences, not regional bosses

Selectors should be accountable to their own consciences, not regional bosses

You must be joking, Mr Borde

10-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

He was the Nawab of Hyderabad cricket...

He was the Nawab of Hyderabad cricket...

"Do you remember that evening in Bangkok in January 1978 when we had some 12 bahts between us and needed to buy a bottle of soda?" my old captain would ask, recalling the ridiculous experience of circumstantial poverty that had had a couple

07-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Rotation policy augurs well for team reserves

Rotation policy augurs well for team reserves

At the start of the Indian cricket team's tour of Zimbabwe, I predicted that Debasish Mohanty would return to India without playing a single Test or one-day international

04-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Good captains are ready to take the blame

Good captains are ready to take the blame

"A captain is only as good as his team." It sounds good when a winning captain makes such a statement, but we in India have got used to beleaguered leaders trotting it out as an excuse for failure

30-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

He now entertains with the mike

He now entertains with the mike

He was called a strokeless wonder when he made his Test debut against West Indies at Ahmedabad

26-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

Preparing true wickets needs a concerted effort

Preparing true wickets needs a concerted effort

The recent Test series in Zimbabwe once again exposed the Indian limitations on playing surfaces abroad

23-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

Teething troubles at the South Zone Academy

Teething troubles at the South Zone Academy

The most striking aspect of the South Zone Cricket Academy is that a happier bunch of boys will be rare to find

18-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

Laxman is an aesthete's delight like his Hyderabadi predecessors

Laxman is an aesthete's delight like his Hyderabadi predecessors

It was some time in the early nineties that I first heard from my former Hyderabad teammates about a striking young batting talent surfacing there

14-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

Touring abroad is not a bed of roses

Touring abroad is not a bed of roses

"There's nothing more miserable than the experience of touring with the Indian cricket team as a reserve player," the late P Krishnamurti, former Indian wicket keeper used to say, referring to how lonesome you could feel if you were not a regular in

09-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

The contract system - pros and cons

The contract system - pros and cons

A system of graded payments and contracts that will bind a shortlist of players to the Board of Control for Cricket in India but protect those not selected from that list to represent India seems to be on the anvil, according to a recent statement

05-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

Steps against cricket corruption must start at the grass roots level

Steps against cricket corruption must start at the grass roots level

"These are to inform gentlemen, or others who delight in cricket playing, that a match at cricket of ten gentlemen on each side will be played for £10 a head each game (five being designed) and £20 the odd one." This was a notice of a

02-Jun-2001•V Ramnarayan

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