After India's decisive victory over Pakistan at the Motera the other night, a riveting television discussion on a Pakistani channel unfolded, featuring some of the brightest cricketing minds in the country. Wasim Akram, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, and Moin Khan, all accomplished cricketers, analysed and dissected Kuldeep Yadav's bowling threadbare. The conversation was deep, incisive, evocative, critical and unforgiving of the Pakistan batters' approach to India's left-arm wrist spinner. "Tang Karega (he would trouble us)," said Akram. "I had warned. I've been emphasizing since the Asia...

In 2010, a pivotal moment arrived in the cricketing career of Mushfiqur Rahim. Three years previously, he had failed an audition for the No. 4 position in Bangladesh's batting line-up, scoring 7 and 0 in the latter stages of their World Cup journey. Now, in 2010, he had returned to the role. Not only would he secure his status as Bangladesh's most accomplished No. 4 in ODI cricket, but also position himself alongside some of the global greats. Accumulating over 4,000...

It wasn't just a storm, it felt like a tempest. There was debris flying in from everywhere. Plastic wrappers, pieces of tarpaulin, plastic bags and even what looked like one of those giant cardboard promotional hoardings. Over on the eastern side of the ground, a couple of banners had collapsed bringing with it the metal poles holding them together. Fortunately, they evaded the hundreds of spectators huddled up underneath. It was a bizarre period of play, where the Australian fielders understandably...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has officially approved the inclusion of cricket in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. This widely anticipated decision was made during the IOC session in Mumbai on Monday. Cricket will be played in Twenty20 format and both men and women's teams will be included in Los Angeles. Initially ICC will field only six teams from each category LA28. In addition to cricket, baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse, and squash have also been formally included in the Olympic...

Dharamsala wasn't ready for its close-up on Monday. Rain, fuelled by a wild wind and snow on the bleakly brooding Dhauladhar mountains, part of the Middle Himalayas, had been falling hard enough to wake the sleeping from soon after the sun had risen behind a curtain of clouds. All of 31 millimetres was predicted to soak these famous peaks and valleys before the day was out, with another 8.2 millimetres forecast for Tuesday afternoon. Consequently one of the most enthusiastically photographed...