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Kotla's acid test

Thursday's World Cup game between South Africa and West Indies will be the first international game at the Feroz Shah Kotla after the India-Sri Lanka ODI was abandoned in December 2009

23-Feb-2011•Sharda Ugra in Delhi

The Wankhede enters the 21st century

There are a few rough edges that need smoothening out, but all in all the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has been transformed from a concrete monstrosity into a ground worthy of hosting a World Cup final

20-Feb-2011•Tariq Engineer

Normal service restored, somewhat

This was a mighty batting performance by the mightiest batting line-up in the tournament but India have a few crinkles to iron out

19-Feb-2011•Sambit Bal at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Sehwag and India make amends

Sehwag's best ODI score was just one of the many statistical highlights from the opening match of the World Cup

19-Feb-2011•S Rajesh and Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Beware of Sehwag 2.0

Today Virender Sehwag gave a glimpse of what can happen if he bats 50 overs in an ODI, and on evidence, the bowlers need to be afraid. Very afraid.

19-Feb-2011•Sidharth Monga at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Debutants and sadistic cheers

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup Group B match between Bangladesh and India in Mirpur

19-Feb-2011•Sidharth Monga at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Arctic adventurer inspires India

For two days, Mike Horn, high altitude climber and Arctic explorer, offered the Indians some unique insights into the do-or-die mindset

19-Feb-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi

World Cups in the subcontinent: back in the hood, nothing's the same

Fifteen years after the last World Cup in Asia, the tournament returns to the region, but where previously a shared culture provided some of the bonds, now money talks

19-Feb-2011•Sharda Ugra

'You play with the batsman's mind or you let him settle'

Harbhajan Singh talks about how spinners should bowl during Powerplays, at the death in Twenty20s, and on flat Indian pitches

15-Feb-2011•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Smarter, clearer, swifter

Virat Kohli today is a batsman India can depend on, unlike three years ago, when the Under-19 World Cup win and an IPL contract botched his priorities

13-Feb-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi

The Sikhs who came to Chennai

How a clan from Amritsar made Chennai their own through three generations of record-making and -breaking cricketers

11-Feb-2011•Nikita Bastian

The Switch Hit Podcast

08-Feb-2011•ESPNcricinfo

The making of a marauder

Yusuf Pathan has turned himself from a bludgeoner into a world-class game-breaker, one who can make the opposition wish they had taken up a different sport

29-Jan-2011•Tariq Engineer

Riot police, fires and a sobbing Vinod Kambli

ESPNcricinfo recaps all the occasions when there has been trouble at Eden Gardens

28-Jan-2011•Akhila Ranganna

Flea-market bargains, and Morne Streisand

Also, Dhoni's frank but unscientific knowledge, what to say in Port Elizabeth to show dislike, and why Jozi is like Delhi, kinda, in part three of the South Africa tour diary

24-Jan-2011•Sidharth Monga

You have got to fear Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan has shrugged off blows to the shoulder, rescued India from dire situations, and proven himself to be a force to be reckoned with

23-Jan-2011•Sidharth Monga at SuperSport Park

An effortless catch and some senseless running

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fifth ODI between South Africa and India, in Centurion

23-Jan-2011•Sidharth Monga at SuperSport Park

Measured approach pays off for Amla

In Centurion the South African opener learnt how to combine Amla the one-day aggressor with Amla the anchor to set up a strong total

23-Jan-2011•Firdose Moonda at Supersport Park

Tough competition but still no winner

While the ODI series has not matched the three Tests in terms of quality of cricket, the fact that it has gone down to a decider provides a fitting end to a closely-contested tour

22-Jan-2011•Sidharth Monga in Centurion

Powerless PE, and confusion on the pitch

Plays of the Day from the fourth ODI between South Africa and India in Port Elizabeth

21-Jan-2011•Sidharth Monga at St George's Park

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