Speaking during a press conference, skipper MS Dhoni hinted that there might be no changes in team composition even thought the Kotla pitch was behaving mysteriously, Heena Zuni Pandit reports.
A successful India wicketkeeper, secretary of his home association (Baroda), selection committee chairman at a tumultuous time in Indian cricket, and finally being dubbed a rebel for joining the ICL -Kiran More has seen many shades of life. In a chat with HT on Friday, More spoke about a few issues. Excerpts...
After impressing everyone in the shorter formats of the game, the England all-rounder is closing in on his dream to play Test cricket.
Meet Jon Holland, a 22-year-old left-arm spinner, who has been included in the Australia side for the first time. HT caught up with the shy guy who is nicknamed the ‘Joker’ by his Victoria Bushrangers teammates.
West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is not at all a fussy man. He is as expressive in his speech as he is with his strokeplay. HT caught up with the talismanic all-rounder, who is representing Trinidad & Tobago in the inaugural Champions League.
Andrew Puttick, who has been appointed captain of the Cape Cobras squad for the Champions League Twenty20 after an injured Graeme Smith pulled out, knows it’s not going to be a cakewalk. HT caught up with the left-handed opener on the eve of the opening match. Excerpts:
Dirk Nannes is trying to remember the name of the tomb of the “famous Mughal emperor” he visited on Friday morning as part of his Dilli darshan. But try as he might, he's drawing a blank. Nannes speaks to HT about this and much more, reports Deepika Sharma.
It was the winter of 1989 when a 16-year old Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for India against Pakistan, their fiercest rival. He came armed with an already formidable opposition and began the journey that scaled a summit that a few would imagine was possible.
CNN-IBN brings you the man himself, his unmatched success and the hunger that continues to drive him on in
Tendulkar@20 in his own words.
Wasim Jaffer has been around for a while now but has yet to cement his place in India's Test squad. HT caught up with the player on the sidelines of the Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy where is leading the Indian Oil team, reports Anam Arsalan.
He is back and is gunning for glory. Once called a 'rebel', Rohan Gavaskar, after a two-year stint with the Indian Cricket League, is glad to return to the 'BCCI fold'. HT caught up with the 33-year old southpaw, reports Anam Arsalan.
Even if they are looking at the IPL as a long-term business proposition, anticipated losses from the second IPL season because of the move to South Africa, have some of the teams worried. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi though, says it's much too early to be gloomy about this season. In a chat with the Hindustan Times, he says why.
Greg Shipperd, the Delhi Daredevils coach, doesn’t feel coaches switching sides is any different from players turning out for different teams in any season. The coach, who will work with Victoria in the Champions League instead of the Daredevils, feels his absence from Daredevil’s dugout will not hurt their chances even a bit. Excerpts:
After ending his stint with the Indian team in 2005, the Australian completed his masters in musculoskeletology. He is currently doing a couple of part-time jobs as well as working with the Kolkata IPL team. Following are excerpts from a chat with HT:
The best advice Wasim Akram got as a teenager came from two of his heroes — the late Khan Mohammad and Imran Khan. “They told me to just bowl for long hours in the nets,” Akram told to Anand Vasu.
"I am an attacking cricketer. I don't care about the formats --- be it T20, one-dayers or Tests. I try to go after the bowling and don't care about the scoreboard," Tillakaratne Dilshan tells Venkat Ananth in a freewheeling chat.