Features

For a team that doesn't play a lot of Tests, Bangladesh did really well. But hard decisions need to be taken

IPL remains India-centric but a cricketing powerhouse like India should think bigger

The franchises had a purse of $750,000 to spend at the third IPL auction in Mumbai. This is how they went about doing it

Sachin Tendulkar's has become such a scientific art these days that he has managed to eliminate risk and has almost made batting appear a routine. It's amazing how he has taken a capricious art and made it look a risk-free activity

The two young bowlers have reason to be apprehensive about their futures in the wake of strong competition

As another Under-19 World Cup gets underway, we look at the boys of the 2008 edition who are now men with international responsibilities

The overwhelming reception for the final in Mysore has lessons for the tournament's organisers

Had allrounder Balachandra Akhil been picked in place of Stuart Binny for the final, the Ranji Trophy would have journeyed southwards to Bangalore

Manish Pandey's attacking century in the final underlined his transformation from a no-name cricketer to a worthy contender for a place in the national squad

Mumbai's victory in the Ranji final epitomises the bloody-mindedness and never-say-die attitude that makes them the behemoths of Indian domestic cricket

Just how much can conceivably be riding on an Under-19 tournament - even if it is the biggest in the world? More than you think perhaps

Suresh Raina's hundred in the tri-series final may not have resulted in victory but, given the context of his career and recent criticism, it is a significant effort on the personal front

The rare failure of the Indian batting line-up in the finals of the tri-series is acceptable, but that it happened in batsman-friendly conditions is not

Praveen Amre's insistence on getting his bowlers to improve their batting is responsible for Mumbai getting this far

The fast bowlers have come to the party in a big way thanks to the exploits of Aavishkar Salvi and Abhimanyu Mithun in Mysore

Despite his achievements over the last six years, Karnataka seamer R Vinay Kumar remains unfamiliar to most Indian fans

The emergence of Virat Kohli and Suraj Randiv, and the comeback of Upul Tharanga, have been the highlights of an otherwise dull tournament

India's North East has yet to fully embrace cricket, but the region is set to gain a fillip through the Twenty20 format

Virat Kohli threatened to go the Rohit Sharma way and waste his initial chances in a land with tough competition for middle-order spots, but his innings at Mirpur today has signalled his journey to maturity

The emergence of 20-year-old Abhimanyu Mithun has injected some serious pace in the Karnataka bowling. His 38 wickets this season has been one of the keys to extracting them from the mediocrity they had been trapped in over the past few years