Sport is now as much about the game as money, tamasha, showmanship

Using a sledgehammer to fix some ills can cut down a game at its peak, warns Shekhar Gupta. As I left home reluctantly for the airport, I may have, in a nutty moment not unusual for sport-lovers,......

Goodbye Paddy!

No article on Paddy can be complete without a reference to his not getting to wear the India cap. Having known the man for more than two decades, it was not Paddy who was the unfortunate one but......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

RIP Bapu Nadkarni: Gavaskar remembers 'helpful manager', Tendulkar offers condolence

IMAGE: Bapu Nadkarni was best known for his parsimonious left-arm spin bowling and ability to get maiden overs at will. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Legends Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar,......

Former India all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni passes away

IMAGE: Bapu Nadkarni played 41 Tests. Photograph: Getty Images Former India all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni, best known for bowling a record 21 successive maiden overs in a Test match against......

'I struck the winning run and became a hero that day'

'We used to get Rs 250 for a Test match, and if the match was over in 4 days, 50 rupees were cut.' IMAGE: Chandu Borde at the Chandu Borde Pavillion at the Poona Club. Photograph: Archana......