Akaash Dasgupta
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Opinion | Hero To Villain To Hero Again: How Siraj Had The Last Laugh At The Oval
The 31-year-old, a genuine swing bowler and one who hardly missed his lengths on this tour, has got his five-for, and, much more importantly, vindication, stepping out of Jasprit Bumrah's shadow and saving the series for India.
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Opinion | The Draw That Hurt More Than Defeat - Ask Ben Stokes
There is a winner in this contest; there is that last man standing; someone did indeed have the last laugh. If you are fighting for survival, that is the kind of cut that you want to inflict. And that is what Team India did at Old Trafford.
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Opinion | Heroes Don't Always Win. At Lord's, That Was Ravindra Jadeja
Team India need to sort out quite a few things in this week-long break before the fourth Test starts in Manchester on July 23. But, the one thing they dont need to think about at all is what Ravindra Jadeja will bring to the table.
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Opinion | Is New Team India Beginning To Peak?
India's overall performance with the ball, without Bumrah in the mix - is something that would have sent shockwaves through the England dressing room.
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Opinion | The Magic Of Carlos Alcaraz
Since the Open Era began in 1968, there had been only eight men who had come back from two sets down to win a Grand Slam final. Last week, Alcaraz became the ninth. The ninth man in 57 years.
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Opinion | This One Is For The Ever-Loyal Virat Kohli
It takes a special kind of commitment and faith to continue to believe, to hope, despite season after season of heartbreak and the headlines screaming tales of the team being so close, yet so far.
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Opinion | There's Something Pant Can Learn From Virat Kohli
Despite retiring from T20Is and Test cricket, Virat the batter is unstoppable. Pant needs to take a long, hard look at where he is and ask himself if he needs to take that tough call too.
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Opinion | 'I Did It My Way': What The Timing Of Virat's Exit Says About Him
Remember the song Virat Kohli chose for his retirement post on Instagram? Frank Sinatra's evergreen classic, 'My way'. That's the way he played his cricket, and that's the way he chose to ride off into the Test sunset.
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Blog | Vaibhav Suryavanshi: From Samastipur To IPL, With Love
Vaibhav was 13 when he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals, and yet, when he strides out to bat, the cameras never pick up even an iota of nervousness, neither on his face nor in his body language.
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Opinion | Can Rohit Sharma Find His 'Hitman' Avatar This IPL Season?
But Rohit Sharma's IPL struggles are not a new phenomenon. In recent seasons, his form has been patchy. On his day, he remains unstoppable.
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Opinion | IPL 2025: What's Dhoni Really Thinking?
Over the years, we have seen how nonchalantly Dhoni makes the biggest of announcements. Is the curtain on his IPL career going to come down in his 18th straight season?
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Opinion | This IPL May Be A T20i Berth Shootout Between Pant & Samson
While one is a sound attacking batter, the other can destroy any bowling attack with shots you won't find in any coaching manual. And both, in many ways, are still struggling to cement their places in the national teams.
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Opinion | Pak's Absence At India's CT Win Shows How Different Their Stories Are
This was just another reminder of the stark contrast in the overall fates of India and Pakistan, two countries that were born together but which travelled very different paths, including, ultimately, on the cricket field
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Opinion | Why Is Pakistan Cricket In Ruins? Because It Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Internal politics, overt government interference, constant chopping and changing of administration seem to have punctured multiple holes in the vessel that once was Pakistan cricket.
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Opinion | Champions Trophy: India Has Venue 'Advantage', But Whose Fault Is That?
Just because Pakistan travelled to India for the 2023 ODI World Cup doesn't mean that India would have reciprocated. If that's the quid-pro-quo that the powers that be had envisioned at that time, it was a complete fallacy.
