From BCCI officials hogging the limelight instead of former Indian cricket greats, to a lack of uniformity in the attire of current India players, the BCCI awards ceremony in Mumbai was a poorly organised event

The Gautam Gambhir injury controversy is media sensationalism at its worst, writes Ashok Malik in the Hindustan Times .

Both India and West Indies will feature second-string XIs for the opening Twenty20 match of their series

In his Hindustan Times column, Ian Chappell analyses the different types of fans that follow cricket - the humourous ones from the Caribbean, the perseverant ones from India, and more.

Shahid Afridi may have lost a large chunk of his fan-following in India after his comments on the Indian media

It's almost been an entire week since the World Cup ended, and Chuck Culpepper of the National can hardly stand the 'horrid, wretched cricket-lessness of it all'

With four Man-of-the-Match awards in India's six wins in the World Cup, Yuvraj Singh has arguably been India's most crucial player in the tournament

Looking back at New Zealand's performance in the World Cup Logan Savory Logan in the Southland Times writes that though New Zealand lost in the semi-final, they got the tactics and attitude right during the majority of their World Cup games,

Writing in the Telegraph , Michael Vaughan predicts that Ricky Ponting's decision to step down from captaincy could herald a second wind in his career, much like Sachin Tendulkar's resurgence in the last few years.

Over the years, India v Pakistan has stopped evoking extreme emotions from people on either side of the border

Pakistan seamers Shoaib Akhtar and Wahab Riaz have been fined 3000 Bangladeshi taka (US$ 42) each for returning to the team hotel late after a private dinner on Wednesday night

In the Sydney Morning Herald , Peter Roebuck looks back at past editions of the World Cup and analyses why the tournament began to lose its lustre with 1996

Insufficient

Virender Sehwag has mastered the art of batting long, while scoring at a furious pace in Tests, but tends to lose his wicket too soon in ODIs

From introducing a system through which the budding stars can start bowling 140kmh within six months, to ensuring that they have the proper hair-do, Fanie de Villiers has a wide range of plans if he gets a chance to be a bowling coach or consultant

Remember Rudi Bryson

In a free-wheeling interview with Aditya Iyer of the Indian Express , Herschelle Gibbs reveals the reason why he decided to pen his controversial autobiography, his darkest moment, his finest hour and his take on "dropping the World Cup".

Once India's World Cup squad was picked, the experts were out in force on the country's news channels, dissecting the selection in great detail

Hamish Bidwell of the Dominion Post rips into New Zealand's capitulation against Pakistan in the first Test, saying that the enormity of the batting collapse is almost unparalleled in the side's history.

The dust may be settling on the IPL auction, but debate surrounding Sourav Ganguly's exclusion from the gravy train continues