cricket

IPL: Body Blow

Boria Majumdar

Without the tri-colour in play, does it really matter who wins or loses an IPL game? Is playing in the IPL worth jeopardising a player’s fitness and prospects for international matches?

“My idea was to make a bat…like a golf club”

TR Vivek

The man behind the Mongoose bat explains his confidence in this ferocious little whacker.

The Fake Truths of IPL

Boria Majumdar

Remember the fakeIPLplayer blog? It’s back as a book and it’s witty, engrossing and often rings quite true.

Why the Super Kings Reign

TR Vivek

The IPL success of Chennai Super Kings can be traced to a certain business acumen. That of India Cements’ N Srinivasan. He is that rare team owner who knows exactly what he’s up to.

Beyond the Boundary

Boria Majumdar

It’s time to stop comparing Sachin with other cricketers. He’s among the greatest sportsmen of all time. Cricket is just the game he plays.

Individually brilliant, together simply unmatched. In a double-barrel interview with Open, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir show glimpses of what makes them the best opening pair in the modern game.

Cricket Is Uplifting

Sandipan Deb

…and the India-South Africa Test series showed us why.

The Making of a Cricket Ball

Open

It takes 75 days to make, and lives for a day.

‘Dhoni and I have great respect for each other’

Boria Majumdar

Media-shy coach Gary Kirsten, who all will agree has played a starring role in making Team India the fighting, winning unit it is today, talks to Open on how he goes about his business.

“100 Is Never Enough”

Boria Majumdar

After an astonishing 2009, Virender Sehwag has been named by England’s The Daily Telegraph as ‘the player of the decade’. Open talks to the Nawab of Najafgarh about his plans, and finds that this man does not even know how to think small.