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09-02-201922 STORIES

In my student days, I really liked Jonty Rhodes, says Sayani Gupta.

For The Love of Sport

When Vijay Amritraj came calling…

Though I am not much of a star gazer, I remember meeting Vijay Amritraj once, and I still cherish those moments.

I was fascinated with Shai Hope’s innings of 108 not out, out of a total of 198/9, with the next highest contribution being 19.

ODIs: A transformation of HSI to IVI

There is no doubt that the IVI is a very effective non-contextual measure of an ODI innings. Let us see how this measures up in reality.

S. Ananth Narayanan

The 5’11” Amanda Anisimova finished 2018 ranked <EP>No. 95 and has already notched eight victories over top-60-ranked opponents by the end of the year.

Ten terrific teens on the tennis horizon

Let’s take a look at the most promising prospects poised to have breakout seasons.

Paul Fein

A gilt-edged couple!

Virat Kohli stands second to only Salman Khan with earnings of Rs. 228.09 crore according to 2018 estimates; Anushka Sharma is at 16th with Rs45.83 cr

Virat Kohli: The James Bond of brand endorsement!

Over the last two years, the topper in the list of brand endorsers is Virat Kohli. Every Bollywood star has been displaced by this Baadshah of cricket

Virat Kohli is a stickler for fitness.

Fit, fitter, fittest!

Virat Kohli was the fittest in the team in all aspects till the time I was there till 2013 and since then he has upped his fitness quotient in many wa

Ramji Srinivasan

Ramji Srinivasan

Challenges? Let them come in droves, Virat Kohli seems to say. He is prepared for any contingency.

Real flint, this man!

Virat Kohli has channelled his anger and aggression to build his physical and mental strength and this has taken him to being No. 1

Keerthana Swaminathan

From trying to set the agenda for his batting colleagues, Virat Kohli has finally come to terms with the fact that each one is unique and must be allowed to do what he is best at. It is no coincidence that Cheteshwar Pujara was the uber-influence behind India’s marauding run in Australia.

Inspiring respect and dread

In almost involuntarily drawing traits from his illustrious predecessors and marrying them with his own firm convictions, Virat Kolhi has gradually bu

Virat Kohli simply loves Test cricket!

Batting bastion!

There is not a shot that Virat Kohli has not mastered. From the cover-drive to the on-drive, he plays them with ease.

Vijay Lokapally

I asked Freddie if he would be interested in spending more time in India, beyond the ISL, to educate us and look at the grassroots. He told me, “Whenever you think you need me, please call me.'

When Freddie Ljungberg sat beside me

Indian footballer Syed Rahim Nabi recalls the first season of the starry ISL that introduced him to Ljungberg and Nicolas Anelka.

Syed Rahim Nabi

Virat Kohli bats during the third ODI match against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on January 28.

Virat Kohli: A career in numbers

The Indian captain's performances against each nation, in all three formats of cricket and a year-by-year breakdown.

Virat Kohli’s bristling aggression has often met with rebuke, some even arguing that it demeans the game.

A loose cannon trying to become a sharpshooter!

What makes Virat Kohli tick is the palpable and total commitment to the task and team. Popular appeal and money earnings, after all, are only byproduc

Sunil Gavaskar has written about fans invading the pitch, while explaining why cricketers often moved aside from an approaching crowd to protect the wicket.

The objects of fans’ affection

Most internationals will sign autographs, pose for selfies and so on. But many appear rude even when they are merely protecting themselves.

Suresh Menon

If not a goalkeeper, Sreejesh would have liked to be a forward and score a lot of goals for India.

P. R. Sreejesh: The overthinking hockey star

I think there are times I think too much about a topic and I lose the plot, says P. R. Sreejesh.

Aashin Prasad

W. V. Raman believes the India women’s team has all the potential to be a force to be reckoned with.

W. V. Raman: There is no hierarchy of seniors or juniors

The important thing is for the players to get together, work together and play together as a team, new India women’s team head coach W. V. Raman says.

Carolina Marin says it’s difficult to keep her performance at a high level the whole year, because there are so many tournaments to play.

Carolina Marin: The top 10 are at the same level

Rio gold medallist Carolina Marin says any player can win any tournament at the moment and that she’d like to play in at least one more Olympics and p

Rishabh Pant celebrates his century at Sydney.

Pant makes a mark

Rishabh Pant is now the youngest Test wicketkeeper to register a score of more than 150 and the first Asian to aggregate 350 or more runs and claim 20

Well done: A jubilant Indian team after clinching the one-day series too, defeating Australia in the deciding encounter in Melbourne.

On The Write Line

A golden chapter in the history of Indian cricket

India became only the second team to win both the Test and One-Day series in Australia.

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Chhetri’s brace against Thailand took him past Lionel Messi and made him the second highest active goalscorer in international football for his country.

To the UAE and back!

While the Indians didn’t advance to the next round of the AFC Asian Cup 2019, they won hearts aplenty.

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

The champion Maharashtra team at the Khelo India Youth Games.

Driving India’s sporting culture

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore described the Khelo India Youth Games as a ‘platform to perform’ of international standard and also visualised it becoming

Kamesh Srinivasan

The Sydney Hill, from where the immortal barracker Yabba would taunt cricketers in his unique voice, his sharp comments laced with humour.

A day of history for India

India’s Test series win Down Under on January 7 is the culmination of a journey of much sweat, blood and tears of the various sides from the nation th

The Bengaluru Raptors, led by an unbeaten Kidambi Srikanth, overcame the Mumbai Rockets on home turf to take the honours in the fourth season of the PBL.

The bird has taken flight

The attempt to spread the PBL via the vernacular language route helped as TV viewership jumped from 42 million the previous year to a record 155 milli

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