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  A few years ago, I was having a chat with V.V.S. Laxman’s coach John Manoj at the sidelines of a match and he made a fascinating point. “Laxman was so talented and had such great hand-eye coordination that we asked him to continue what he was doing. He could easily show the ball the [...]

It was a touted as revenge series and the scoreline did read 5-0, as India crucified a hapless and definitely hopeless England in the final ODI on the eve of Diwali at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. Revenge is a dish that necessarily needs to be served cold, and M.S. Dhoni’s men did just that [...]

When this all-conquering Indian team won the Test series 1-0 after the third and final Test in Dominica on Sunday night, I was more sad than happy. Agreed, a Test series in West Indies was won but, not how it was supposed to have. A top-ranked Test team like ours was expected to win and [...]

They came, they saw and they butchered. Yes, the first two days of the much-hyped battle of biggies — India and South Africa have become a one-way traffic with the Proteans amassing a lead of 230 after bowling out India for 136. A measure of South Africa’s dominance in this Test can be gauged from [...]