The former great was a bitter man. The joke went at the CCI that bar tenders asked him to stick his fingers in a cocktail if they had run out of bitters. But it could all have been so different. His entire career would have meant something if only he had achieved that elusive milestone. The milestone...

The first meeting of the new look Indian selection committee is underway on an auspicious day and time per You Know Who’s astrologer with all selectors wearing yellow India Cement jerseys. The new selectors are supposed to take an oath of allegiance to You know who (YKW from here on) before joining the...

A few after effects of the 3rd drawn Test Match in Dominica which NC foresees in the near future. MSD's new ad promoting Mountain Dew with a brand new tag line Duncan Fletcher receiving the 'Drawnacharya Award ' from Pratibha Patil One wanted to put a picture of a pack of wolves hunting down...

One was trying to search for the title of a post on the recent doping scandal that has hit Indian athletes and one was confused with the enormous number one could think of. It has indeed been a shameful week or so for Indian Athletics and all the positivity (not the dope test variety) post the CWG success...

The day before – Gary K and MSD discussing team strategy against Australia - “So MS, what do you think should we do if we win the toss?” “You tell me Gary. YOU are the coach!” “Look I motivate Gouti, Yuvi, Rohit and Jadeja to perform. That takes some doing and almost all my time. Why do you think has...

This is what Sachin Tendulkar asked Dinesh Karthik with less than 15 runs required to win and SRT in his nineties. Now Dinesh Karthik (DK) on the field reminds one of a cat on a hot tin roof. Not like a cat which has 8 lives safely stacked away in the kitty and can still dance on the roof with a feline...

TM Dilshan ST Jayasuriya LPC Silva TBA KC Sangakkara DPMD Jayawardene J Mubarak TBA AD Mathews TBA I Udana SL Malinga M Muralitharan BAW Mendis This is the team that Kumara gave to Vettori at the toss. Poor Potter could never recover from that shock. TBA – Role To be announced Note: The size of the balls...