Kolkata, India cricket team skipper Virat Kohli feels his predecessor thrice removed Saurav Ganguly’s famous shirtless tirade at the balcony of the hallowed Lord’s dressing room to celebrate his team’s emphatic victory against the home side in the 2002 NatWest Trophy final was a moment of pure human emotion coming through. “When I saw that moment […]

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 […]