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Not a happy departure for Tendulkar the captain

The most eventful happening of the short South African tour of India in early 2000 was something that took place off the field and before the Test series started

03-Oct-2001•Partab Ramchand

Spin could win yet again

Whatever positive results the Indian fast men, from Nissar to Nehra, have produced over the last 70 years, there is little doubt that spin has been India's traditional weapon

01-Oct-2001•Partab Ramchand

South Africans are the happy lot

The difference between playing at home and away is best illustrated by India's record

01-Oct-2001•Partab Ramchand

Back to school

What does an international cricketer do when he runs into a bad patch, inevitable in a career of any decent length

01-Oct-2001•V Ramnarayan

The search for a genuine all-rounder continues

India today is in dire need of an all-rounder

01-Oct-2001•Woorkheri Raman

Azhar makes Tendulkar a very happy captain

By the time South Africa came to India for their next visit, they had been playing international cricket the world over for five years and had become strong enough to defeat Pakistan and England and had proved capable of sharing two rubbers with

28-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

India win friends; South Africa, the series

South Africa played their first Test on their return to the international fold against the West Indies at Bridgetown

27-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

Hope everyone is fit at the end of the 'fitness opera'

So after a lot of suspense and drama, much of which resembled a TV soap opera, the Indian team finally landed in South Africa on Monday

26-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

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

A pathbreaking tour

India made her Test debut in 1932 and over the next sixty years played international matches against every Test playing nation except South Africa, for obvious reasons

24-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

No shortcuts to stay fit

At last the squad to tour South Africa has been finalised after the usual theatrical episodes

24-Sep-2001•Woorkheri Raman

Is there life after cricket?

Ravi Shastri and Arun Lal are as suave as they come

23-Sep-2001•V Ramnarayan

There are no chinks in the South African Armour

Every time one feels that the great South African team which developed in the mid 90s and peaked around the time of the World Cup in England would break up, they came up with a set of new players and a string of notable performances to remind us that

20-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

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

Tied Test II - 15 years on

At this time, every year, my mind turns unfailingly to one of the greatest Tests in history, a match I was lucky to witness and write about

18-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

Murali's masterclass would have helped Harbhajan

Comparing two different exponents of the same craft is something that must be done with great care

17-Sep-2001•EAS Prasanna

CK Nayudu Trophy awards have gone to the right claimants

There is little doubt that instituting the CK Nayudu Trophy award for lifetime achievement is one of the best things the Board of Control for Cricket in India has done

14-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

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

The selectors have picked the ideal team for the South Africa tri-series

To be a National selector, one must first of all have a thick hide

10-Sep-2001•Partab Ramchand

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

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