Bishan Bedi on Rajinder Goel: 'Don't think his Ranji Trophy record will ever be broken'

Jun 22, 2020 Bedi, Viswanath and Manjrekar pay tribute to Ranji Trophy's highest wicket-taker

Talking Cricket

'I had nowhere to go, so I went to the bottle'

Aug 7, 2019 Maninder Singh talks about losing his way after his all-too-brief spell at the top, and the hard road back

India domestic news

Indian cricket's age-fraud problem

Jun 29, 2019 Rasikh Salam's two-year ban has brought age-fudging back into the spotlight. What steps has the BCCI taken to combat it, and why is it so difficult to eradicate?

In praise of Paddy and Goel paaji

Mar 8, 2017 Padmakar Shivalkar and Rajinder Goel, who are honoured by the BCCI this week, were so much more than hard-luck stories

India news

Bishan Singh Bedi, Kirti Azad strongly back Lodha reforms

May 5, 2016 The counsel for former India players Bishan Singh Bedi and Kirti Azad told the Supreme Court on Thursday that they were in favour of the Lodha committee's recommendationst to restructure the BCCI

Listen to Bedi

Jun 1, 2015 The former left-arm spinner's trenchant views on selection, and on the treatment of India's spinners in particular, should not be ignored

'If you push 11-year-olds into T20, they will never learn to bowl spin'

Oct 3, 2014 Why has the quality of spinners in India declined? Ranji pitches? Overcoaching? The IPL? A defensive mindset? Five experts share their thoughts

The Jury's Out

Which is the finest bowling pair?

Aug 2014 New-ball partners, spin twins, pace-spin combos, duos drawn from quartets: doesn't matter, give us the finest pair of bowlers ever, we said to our panel, and they did just that