Tour Diary

Footloose in the Pink City

Footloose in the Pink City

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Taking a reality check

Taking a reality check

There's been a lot of myth-busting during the course of the Champions Trophy

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Of evesdropping and private conversations

Of evesdropping and private conversations

Dravid didn’t hide his disappointment when asked about the media “blowing up” what Chappell had told the team, telling them about how they “slouch” and “joke” and “loiter” and blah

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Motera is the new Mohali

Motera is the new Mohali

Anand Vasu was in a for a pleasant surprise when he found out that folks at the Gujarat Cricket Association are even friendlier than the ones at Mohali

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

It's in the stars

It's in the stars

The Australians might be the bookies' favourite to win against India, but astrologers - 'leading' ones of course - predict differently

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Diwali aur naya saal mubarak

Diwali aur naya saal mubarak

“Diwali aur naya saal Mubarak” is the one phrase you heard more than anything else in Ahmedabad when the cricket came around to the city the second time around in the Champions Trophy

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Cricket and wardrobe malfunctions

Cricket and wardrobe malfunctions

New Zealand, known around the world as the Black Caps, for their distinctive black gear, simply had numbers printed on the back of their shirts, not names

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Go back to Pakistan'

'Go back to Pakistan'

Around two hours before the start of the Pakistan – Sri Lanka clash, around 100 local Shiv Sanaiks, the Hindu fundamentalist organisation, staged a protest outside the Sawai Man Singh Stadium

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Inzy arrives

Inzy arrives

Not the real one but the look alike

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Incongruous City

Incongruous City

Not long ago, Suketu Mehta wrote a riveting book on Mumbai and its underbelly and ever since, television channels reporting events in the metropolis are referring to it by the name Mehta gave it – Maximum City

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Diwali comes a tad early

Diwali comes a tad early

A little after 7pm in the India v England clash at Jaipur, with Rahul Dravid having just arrived at the crease, fireworks lit up the skies over the Sawai Man Singh Stadium

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

Remembering Merchant

Remembering Merchant

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sachin who? and other stories

Sachin who? and other stories

As I made my way to the Wankhede Stadium this morning, most of my thoughts centered on how Michael Hussey would bat.

25-Feb-2013•George Binoy

Powar to the gizmos

Powar to the gizmos

As the Indians went through their paces at the Rajasthan Cricket Academyground, a couple of software engineers, stationed at one corner, went about setting up their equipment

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

The score issue

The score issue

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Chalk and Cheese

Chalk and Cheese

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

The unassuming kind of cricketer

The unassuming kind of cricketer

Mukund Parmar comes to collect a pass

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

A humbling experience

A humbling experience

"Humbled, it was a humbling experience," muttered Imran Khan, the media manager for the West Indies team as he walked in to the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium in Ahmedabad where the West Indies kick off their Champions Trophy against Zimbabwe

25-Feb-2013•ESPNcricinfo staff

Thommo's helping hand

Thommo's helping hand

25-Feb-2013•Dileep_Premachandran

Desimators, diaspora and decibels

Desimators, diaspora and decibels

25-Feb-2013•Dileep_Premachandran

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