Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
A bold withdrawal
Dhoni pulling out of the Sri Lanka Test series is significant for a number of reasons - and a move that raises questions
India v South Africa, 1st Test, Chennai, 2nd day
Amla's healing touch
Four days from now Hashim Amla will celebrate his 25th birthday, an age where batsmen usually enter their peak. He's given himself a good reason to celebrate and also provided his team with a chance to set the agenda for the rest of the game
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan
Rotation comes round again
Australia have lost another CB Series final and their captain is talking of player exhaustion. Somewhere, Steve Waugh is chuckling. About eight years ago, when player workload was not quite the hot topic it is today, Waugh copped flak for his "rotation policy" under which those who were part of Australia's Test side didn't play all ODIs.
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Yuvraj lacks fight, not just form
ACT Invitational XI v Indians, Canberra, 1st day
Yuvraj Singh needs to find the biggest requisite for cutting it at the Test level: desire... more
Alarm bells ringing loud
India would ideally want five bowlers for the four Tests against Australia but a perplexing situation has presented itself: the first four choices are injured... more
Part of a method or plain madness?
The decision to drop Rahul Dravid appears to be one based on the present and not on the future... more
Four questions for India's selectors
A look at the major issues staring India's selectors in the face when they meet to pick the team for the Pakistan one-dayers... more
A selectorial free-for-all
The selections for Challengers seem to be based on whims more than performance... more
India's need for change cannot be ignored
India's rebuilding process will entail a few defeats along the way but it's the only way that the batch of 2011 are going to compete against the rest... more
A little tact won't hurt Greg Chappell
Candour remains an admirable virtue; but Chappell will know that leadership goes well with some tact and diplomacy... more
The left-armers' curse?
Injury menace to left-arm bowlers
Zaheer Khan is just one in a long recent line of left-armer seamers to have been plagued by injury ... more
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