Kolkata, Virender Sehwag was the first to know about then-coach Greg Chappell’s infamous e-mail against Sourav Ganguly during the 2005 Zimbabwe tour, the dashing former India opener revealed on Friday. “I used to take rest while fielding. I need a break of minimum five overs. I always told the umpire that I had a bad stomach […]

So what exactly is a pinch hitter? How good a batsman is he? Or does it even matter? Is he a quintessential technician? Or wait, is he even one? A pinch hitter literally means someone who slogs, and is promoted up the order by his Team to try and get some quick runs! Technique or […]

When the Kings XI Punjab’s newly appointed coach Virender Sehwag, the explosive former India batsman, walks into the Holkar Stadium, albeit as a non-player, he will instantly be nostalgic – his swashbuckling 219 came on this ground, the curator of which, Samandar Singh Chauhan, took great pride then for dishing out the kind of track […]