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VIRU – A MAN OF ALL SEASONS

VIRU – A MAN OF ALL SEASONS

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH VIRENDER SEHWAG
Boria Majumdar 
He is the man of the season. While some say he has redefined the art of batsmanship, others have gone a step further in asserting that there are now two coaching manuals in cricket, the first is the conventional, known to us all, MCC manual and the second is what [...]

We must set things right

We must set things right

Boria Majumdar
I write this not in a state of anger but in a state of disbelief. Much is being written about what will happen to the fate of Ferozshah Kotla as an international venue, whether or not Delhi will lose its rights to host World Cup 2011 and whether Delhi Daredevils will use the Kotla [...]

Leave Cricket Alone

Leave Cricket Alone

Boria Majumdar
This is not an usual column. Rather, it is a statement that should have been made months earlier by anyone interested in Indian sport. Just days earlier a report shocked the sports fraternity of the country by announcing to us all that our hockey players are on strike. They hadn’t received salaries for a [...]

VVS Laxman reveals his journey with Sachin Tendulkar

VVS Laxman reveals his journey with Sachin Tendulkar

Boria Majumdar
 He is one of the famous four to have dominated world cricket for over a decade and one who has shared the dressing room with Sachin Tendulkar for almost a 100 Test matches. Here’s VVS Laxman on what distinguishes Sachin Tendulkar as a pan indian icon. A conversation with Boria Majumdar
 Boria- You have shared [...]

First an Indian

First an Indian

Boria Majumdar
 
My first encounter with Sachin Tendulkar was at the age of 11. The year: 1987. As a child grow­ing up with cricket, it was inevitable that I’d [...]

Exclusive – Sachin Tendulkar Interview

Exclusive – Sachin Tendulkar Interview

Boria Majumdar
In a fascinating one hour of cricket addabaazi, Sachin Tendulkar talks to Boria Majumdar about what it means to him to be playing for India for 20 years and much more. An Indian exclusive.
When I reached the gate of the Four Point Sheraton Hotel at about 10 am on Tuesday, 10 November, it looked [...]

Bidding for the Olympics

Bidding for the Olympics

By Boria Majumdar
Shock, bewilderment, surprise-Chicago’s first round exit from the 2016 bid process in Copenhagen despite having the most powerful man in the world to lead them, had it all. And that’s what makes the choice of Rio more interesting and more relevant. While on the one hand Copenhagen has finally put to rest all [...]

It is Our Turn

It is Our Turn

With 360 days to go, Delhi is still under-prepared but it is left with little choice but to get its act together and play to potential in trying to stage a successful Commonwealth Games.
Boria Majumdar
 The sob story is finally coming to an end. Things are falling into place. And now is the time [...]

Time to Put the Debate to Rest

Time to Put the Debate to Rest

By Boria majumdar
It is time the debate over the health of the one-day fifty over game is put to rest. The quality of cricket already on view in the ongoing Champions Trophy has been of the highest standard, helping me back my claim. Upsets, innovative captaincy, resurgence of quality cricketers like Shoaib Malik and Mohammed [...]

Expertise on how to lose games…..

Expertise on how to lose games…..

By Dipankar Roy Choudhury
 If there will ever be an award for losing matches, there will be no other contender than India. India will win in its ability of losing matches hands down!!!
  Indian Cricket team had been known for losing games, games that has progressed to a stage that India cannot lose in any way…, India [...]

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