Do Cheerleaders in Cricket corrupt Indians?
The Indian Premier League has hit the world cricket scene with a big bang. Cricketers are seeing salaries never dreamed of before and the audiences are being treated to a variety of entertainment in the cricket stadium as a by-product of purchasing expensive tickets. So what’s new? American cheerleaders, German acrobats and many other entertaining [...]
Rahul Dravid: the star born out of Ganguly-Chappell fight
First about the Ganguly-Chappell spat that rocked the cricket world some months back. It has died down now…ahem, largely! Very recently, Greg Chappell spoke to the Guardian and just could not control his big mouth.
Chappell once again opened the can of worms by bad-mouthing Ganguly to the British newspaper. Ganguly, mature and smart for a [...]
India lose Test Series against Pak
Before the start of the series, everyone thought this was going to be another of those titanic battles between the two most fierce rivals in world cricket. But alas, it turned out to be a damp squib!!!
The first two tests went literally unheard and unseen because of the placid nature of the wickets. Just not [...]
India conquers Sri Lanka, Ganguly becomes history
India won 6 out of the 7 ODIs played against Sri Lanka - this was not only a very unexpected tally for India, but also an equally unexpected disaster for Sri Lanka.
While it is sad that for India that she could not achieve the complete sweep that Sri Lanka was most afraid of, for Sri [...]
Sourav Ganguly and Greg Chappell shake hands
So, after days of bitter fighting, speculating and rumor-mongering, the fight has been suspended. I dare say only suspended because neither Ganguly nor Chappell has been dismissed - I thought and hoped that the former would be…
So Ganguly has been behaving rather irresponsibly by altering the team order and other important things in the last [...]
Greg Chappell’s email - Cricket Controversy in India boils over
Greg Chappell clarifies that he did not ask Ganguly to step down at any point. On being asked by Ganguly himself, he said:
I told him that I thought he was struggling as a player and that it was affecting his ability to lead the team effectively and that the pressure of captaincy was affecting his [...]
Sourav Ganguly - Greg Chappell Spat Analysis
At last editorials and opinions have started appearing in the Indian press on the Sourav Ganguly - Greg Chappell fight. The spat must be embarrassing for all involved, but as usual our press is taking every opportunity available to get all the spice and masala in their front pages.
The reporters are now after Gavaskar’s coffee [...]
Sourav physically and mentally unfit: Greg Chappell
Wow…this is now getting serious! Only a few days back Ganguly had suggested that Chappell asked him to resign. And both of them had no comments then.
Now, Chappell has made serious allegations against Ganguly. The Press Trust of India calls these allegations “extraordinary”, and also says that nowhere in the world has a coach made [...]