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My religion, My cricket
 By Ashutosh Sinha
Can Test cricket, still, go to the 'ashes'?
Monday July 13, 2009
What better example of a Test match than the first Ashes contest can we have! The five-day game cannot go to the ‘ashes’, with such exciting cricket.
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Two-minute noodles or a full meal?
Thursday July 9, 2009, New Delhi
The beast called T20 threatens to outdo the popularity of the traditional form of the game. Players, administrators and experts are worried. So, if watching cricket were to satiate your hunger, what would you prefer - two-minute noodles or a full meal?
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Number One won, Number Two too
Monday June 22, 2009
It was the team that did not have any member playing for the IPL that won. But Sri Lanka, with their fantastic combination of art and science of cricket, won the hearts. So, the team that did not have any member playing for the IPL has finally emerged champion for the ICC T20 World Cup. I am hardly one to suggest a conspiracy theory against the IPL but I wonder if more should be read into this coincidence.
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Chokers live up to reputation
Friday June 19, 2009, New Delhi
The chokers in world cricket have lived up to their reputation. And the proverbial joker in the pack, unpredictable Pakistan, have also lived up to theirs.
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The battle for India's pride
Tuesday June 16, 2009
India needs to play as if each member of the team is playing their last match to make sure that they give the South Africans a run for their money. And salvage some of the pride that the team has had to swallow.
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Who'll mourn for Australia?
Wednesday June 10, 2009
The Aussies are out of the ICC World T20 but their absence in the tournament will not be felt.
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Don't worry, enjoy the T20 World Cup
Friday June 5, 2009
The uncertain nature of the T20 game is such that only Mandira Bedis and Gaurav Kapurs of the world can make a prediction on who'll win. Sit back and enjoy the champions' day in office.
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Retired, but not tired
Tuesday June 2, 2009
Anil Kumble, Mathew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist - they hung up their boots after a successful international career. Yet, they came out shining during IPL. Cricket has seen many more, less celebrated, who have achieved as much, if not more, over the years.
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Lessons from IPL 2
Wednesday May 27, 2009, New Delhi
The dust has now settled. The adrenaline is not pumping as it did during the T20 matches. During primetime for television, there are no pom-pom girls to cheer or jeer anymore. The cricket fanatic will not have to bear with Mandira Bedi on the screen to analyse every move of rival captains. Thank God for that! Mercifully, sanity has returned for the cricket lover for the next two weeks.
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About Me
Ashutosh Sinha
Ashutosh Sinha is a business journalist, whose day job involves tracking the stock markets. He enjoys juggling with the numbers at the stock market and ones from the cricket field. Ashutosh believes that the job of Sunil Gavaskar has been one of the most difficult in cricket history and that the West Indian pace battery of the 1970s was the best ever bowling attack. His religion is cricket.