The challenge for writing a blog about modern cricketers is, you will not have any nostalgia to share. One, their sagas are still fresh in everyone's memory and two, every moment of their life is captured in 24X7 video coverage, you may not have anything left to write about. Let me explain. On a cold... Continue Reading →
Mohan Ram and I met Kapil Dev, the legendary cricketer the other day. I am exaggerating a bit here. Saying 'hello' and getting smiled at in return would not constitute a meeting. We saw Kapil Dev in person would be more apt. (Mohan Ram ended up taking a selfie though). Cricket fans who watched the... Continue Reading →
The 170+ score in Cricket has more romance than a double, triple and solitary quadruple Centuries. Don't get me wrong. I am not taking anything away from Gavaskar's 220 in Oval 1979 (the most memorable innings by an Indian Cricketer in my school days), or Shewag's 201 in a team total of 329 against Sri... Continue Reading →
I am one of those millions of fans who followed Pakistan’s heroics in the just concluded Test against Australia, who, like everyone else, hoped, wished and prayed that they would pull off a most spectacular chase in the history of Test Cricket. I just read an article from Ian Chappel about playing spin where he... Continue Reading →
Biking. Adventure. Nostalgia.x 