NEW DELHI: West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding has termed the World Test Championship‘s points system as “ridiculous”, where some of the Tests will be rendered inconsequential once teams realise that they can’t finish in top two in the points table. As per the current points system, the value for each Test match win … Read more
If there exists a personality in Indian sports, who had a painter’s eye for football canvas and mixed his finicky perfectionism on the field with a pin-up image off it during his playing career, Subimal ‘Chuni‘ Goswami would find no challenger. The legendary forward, who at 82 breathed his last in Kolkata on Thursday, was … Read more
NEW DELHI: India head coach Ravi Shastri and his counterparts with the A and junior teams discussed future plans for their respective sides in an online interaction, making use of their time at home amid a national lockdown. National Cricket Academy (NCA) head Rahul Dravid was the man behind the initiative and senior team support … Read more
CHENNAI: It’s Mike Hussey’s attachment with the sport that made peers name him Mr Cricket. But now he is trying to come to terms with the truth that tournaments like T20 World Cup, scheduled to take place in Australia from October 18-November 15, and IPL may be under serious threat of being cancelled. During a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar spoke regarding an interesting story from the 1999 Adelaide Test featuring former Australia speedster Glenn McGrath. Tendulkar revealed how he managed to win a game of chess on the field against a player of McGrath’s quality. The ‘Master Blaster’ explained how he first remained calm and patient when … Read more