Matthew Hayden is one guy Ricky Ponting would love to see standing beside him when the third Ashes Test starts in Nottingham. But the burly Aussie has better plans. Firmly seeing himself as a Team Chennai man now, the big-hitting opener is busy planning an academy of his own in the city, which he [...]

Tony Lewis, Steve Waugh, Geoff Boycott and Rahul Dravid made a presentation at Lord’s last week. Alongside Majid Khan, Courtney Walsh, Anil Kumble and other notables, they are members of an ad hoc MCC committee that had been meeting to discuss the future of the game, and especially Test cricket. Although they have no [...]

Abhishek Nayar has been a busy man of late, spending the first half of his day developing his skills on different pitches, and the second half honing his fitness at the National Cricket Academy gymnasium in Bangalore. Weeks after walking on to the field as part of Team India, the 25-year old Mumbai all-rounder [...]

Gautam Gambhir had no idea he had just become the world’s best Test batsman when HT contacted him. Once he was sufficiently convinced that he had indeed topped the latest ICC rankings, the satisfaction in his voice was palpable. “I had no clue about it, but yes, it sure feels great,” Gambhir said. “It [...]

When it comes to batting for life, Sachin Tendulkar is the choice for most of the Kiwi cricketers, who rate the Indian batting maestro as the most accomplished player of his generation. New Zealand’s ‘Herald on Sunday’ newspaper asked a few former cricketers who was the best batsman in the world and whom they [...]

What is common between noted writer from Bangladesh Taslima Nasreen and John Buchanan, former coach of Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders? It goes without saying that on hearing this question, you would naturally say that there is hardly any similarity between these celebrities. One is a writer and the other coaches Cricketers. That is [...]

Former skipper Rahul Dravid, who has been named among the 30 probables for the Indian team for the ICC Champions trophy, today said he was happy to be reconsidered for a spot in the One Day side. “I’m happy, it feels nice to be back in the mix,” Dravid told reporters on the sidelines [...]

Rahul Dravid’s selection for the Champions Trophy is perplexing. In sheer respect of his stature and achievements one refrains from calling this move regressive. I am not sure what Dravid himself makes of this, as he must have moved ahead in life and will all of a sudden have to make some instant changes [...]

For someone who played his last one-day international 20 months ago, Rahul Dravid himself would be surprised at his selection in the 30-man probables list for the Champions Trophy. Though he was dropped from the ODI team in October 2007 after a poor series against Australia, Dravid, a veteran of 333 ODIs, has the [...]

Insisting that the inclusion of former Indian skipper Rahul Dravid in the Champions Trophy probables’ list was a move in the right direction, former skipper and coach Ajit Wadekar said, his experience will add more solidity to the middle order.
“Let me tell you very clearly that Dravid must not have been dropped from the [...]