Features

Ishant and Ojha seek revival amid competition

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

15-Jan-2010•Sriram Veera in Chittagong

All grown up

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

15-Jan-2010•George Binoy

Fans flock to thrilling finale

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

14-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

A parochial plaint

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

14-Jan-2010•Ramachandra Guha

Manish Pandey on track for national reckoning

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

14-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Mumbai's bloody-mindedness to the fore

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

14-Jan-2010•Nagraj Gollapudi

A World Cup's no picnic

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

14-Jan-2010•Sidharth Monga

Suresh Raina turns the corner

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

13-Jan-2010•Sriram Veera at the Shere Bangla National Stadium

India's batting fails when it really matters

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

13-Jan-2010•Sriram Veera at the Shere Bangla National Stadium

Mumbai lower order covers the slack again

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

13-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Pace finds its voice through Salvi and Mithun

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

12-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Vinay Kumar searches for route to the top

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

11-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran in Mysore

Youngsters spice up dull tournament

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

10-Jan-2010•Sriram Veera at the Shere Bangla National Stadium

Rising in the North East

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

09-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran

Kohli comes of age

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

07-Jan-2010•Sriram Veera at the Shere Bangla National Stadium

Need for speed

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

05-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

In Dravid they trust

There can hardly be a more reassuring sight than Rahul Dravid at the crease when your team is in a slight bother. As on innumerable times over the past decade, he calmed Karnataka's nerves on the second day at the Chinnaswamy by blunting the UP attack

04-Jan-2010•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

'I don't want to be selfish about staying on'

Muttiah Muralitharan talks about his future, Sri Lanka's World Cup chances, Kumar Sangakkara's captaincy, and more

02-Jan-2010•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

Hot in Tests, not in the short formats

India scaled the peaks in the few Tests they played, but it wasn't all sunny in limited-overs cricket

31-Dec-2009•Sidharth Monga

'It's a hair transplant pitch'

The unsafe pitch for the fifth India-Sri Lanka ODI, at the Kotla, had the players, the press and officials in a tizzy

28-Dec-2009

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