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Youngsters failed to consolidate but did enough to avoid the axe

It is the biggest malaise to haunt Indian cricket over the years

08-Aug-2001•Anand Vasu

Srinath is no longer an automatic choice

The old firm of Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad is back together,bringing back nostalgic memories of their salad days

07-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

India stumble yet again at the final hurdle

The can't-win-final story of Indian cricket doesn't seem to end

06-Aug-2001•Erapalli Prasanna

A tinge of disappointment perhaps but nothing more

The denouement must have come as a disappointment to the millions of Indian cricket followers the world over

06-Aug-2001•Partab Ramchand

The selectors don't surprise you any more

The Indian selectors never fail to spring a surprise, though by now nothing they do should surprise anyone

03-Aug-2001•V Ramnarayan

The Indians are peaking at just about the right time

When things looked difficult for the Indian team in the triangular series having lost the first three matches, three sterling performances ensured that India did qualify for Sunday's final against Sri Lanka for the Coca-Cola Cup

03-Aug-2001•Erapalli Prasanna

Give Shewag the freedom to run riot

Virender Shewag is a very shy man

03-Aug-2001•Anand Vasu

Prasad, Kaif earn recalls for Test series in Lanka

There was joy for two low key cricketers in venues as different as Allahabad and Bangalore

02-Aug-2001•Anand Vasu

Soon we may have bored young cricketers instead of inspired ones

When I visited the South Zone Cricket Academy last month, I was struck by how homesick some of them were or ought to be, judging from the length of time they had spent away from their families, in their nonstop pursuit of their favourite game

30-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Laxman is the ideal candidate to open with Shewag

As I have been saying, this Indian team is very brittle in both the batting and bowling departments

30-Jul-2001•Erapalli Prasanna

When a larger, more balanced perspective is required

When will Indian cricket followers think with their heads and not with their hearts

29-Jul-2001•Partab Ramchand

Dravid: At best a confused cricketer in the one-day game

Why is Rahul Dravid so difficult to like when he is out in the middle batting for India in a limited overs game

29-Jul-2001•Anand Vasu

Ganguly suspension step in the right direction

The one match suspension slapped by Cammie Smith on Sourav Ganguly is a step in the right direction

28-Jul-2001•Partab Ramchand

Why there's no road back for Hansie Cronje

Revealed: the Cronje fortune [ Report ] The original article by Neil Manthorp that appeared in the Sunday Telegraph on July 23 Connoisseurs of irony might like to reflect on the possibility that the first person to face prosecution in

27-Jul-2001•Peter Robinson

Tough times in Lanka, but all is not lost

The Indian captain's cup of woes runneth over

27-Jul-2001•Anand Vasu

A lot of toil and labour clearly lies ahead

The BCCI in its 'vision statement' released almost exactly a year ago claimed that one of its future goals was to prepare a team capable of winning the World Cup in 2002

26-Jul-2001•Sankhya Krishnan

Cricket basics more important than structural changes

The Ranji Trophy has undergone numerous changes since its birth way back in 1934, when it was a knockout tournament all the way with the champion of each zone taking on the other zone winners

25-Jul-2001•V Ramnarayan

Ganguly's right place is at the top of the order

He's one of the most explosive openers in the world when it comes to One-Day Internationals

25-Jul-2001•Anand Vasu

Indian think tank must take damage control measures quickly

The Coca-Cola Cup tri-series took off on a wrong note for India as they lost their opening matches to New Zealand and Sri Lanka

24-Jul-2001•Erapalli Prasanna

A defeat difficult to digest

It's not that the Indian team has not suffered defeats and setbacks in the past

23-Jul-2001•Partab Ramchand

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