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Clash of the Titans

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Clash of the TitansThe most balanced Indian team has left for a battle of nerves in Australia. Whatever the outcome, the series promises to produce exhilarating crickets, feels Dr. K K Srivastava The much awaited series between India and Australia has started Down Under. For the first time the Indian team is tipped favourite ...

India vs England – Test History

Monday, July 18th, 2011
YearVenueTotal Matches PlayedIndiaEnglandDrawn1932England1-1-1933-34India3-211936England3-211939-40IndiaTOUR CANCELLED   1946England3-121951-52India51131952England4-311959England5-5-1961-62India52-31963-64India5--51967England3-3-1971England31-21972-73India52121974England3-3-1976-77India51311979England4-131979-80India1-1-1981-82India61-51982England3-121984-85India51221986England32-11990England3-121992-93India33--1996England3-122001-02India31-22002England41122005-06India31112007England31-22008-09India21-1

Controversies – Nothing new to cricket

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Controversies – Nothing new to cricketCricket, though a gentleman’s game has been no stranger to controversy throughout its history. Veteran journalist and cricket commentator Ravi Chaturvedi throws light on the brief history of cricketing controversy Race, nationalism, parochialism, identity – no area of human endeavour is free of conflicts devolving around these, and there is no ...

V V S Laxman — The great Unsung Hero of Indian Cricket

Monday, November 15th, 2010
V V S Laxman — The great Unsung Hero of Indian CricketK. K. Srivastava India’s cricketing establishment simply cannot recognise greatness, much less do justice to it. V.V.S. Laxman is the latest example India’s cricketing establishment has been notorious in treating the country’s genuine cricketing heroes shabbily — concrete examples being the late Vijay Hazare, late Vinoo Mankad, late Vijay Manjrekar, Gundappa Vishwanath ...

Umpiring – Change with times

Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Umpiring – Change with timesTechnology has grown by leaps and bounds, and especially so in the electronic visual coverage of modern sport. Why then do cricket umpires cling on to outdated notions of shunning technology and harking back to “umpire’s authority”? Dr K. K. SrivastavaThe game of cricket has evolved beyond all realms of imagination ...

Test cricket or bust

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Test cricket or bustA number of quick-gulped versions of cricket have mushroomed in various nooks of the world, endangering the sanctity of Test cricket. How does it take its toll on the greats and the newly-emerging players, asks our cricket expert K K Srivastava The game of cricket has transformed dynamically in terms ...