The talking couch
To read the transcript of the chat click here (Thanks to @bagrat15) Subash Jayaraman recently announced that he was winding up his CouchTalk podcast. I chatted with Subash on his journey over the lâ...
8 Years Ago
The remarkable Mr Kohli
Virat Kohli grimaces. He is wearing a helmet but camera technology is advanced enough to show us his facial contortions. We are in the 16th over. The asking rate is two runs a ball. And Kohli has m…...
8 Years Ago
Goodbye Shiv
The first great West Indian batsman, George Headley, played 22 Tests between 1930 and 1954. His team won five of those matches. Headley almost single-handedly scripted each triumph with three hundr…...
9 Years Ago
Goodbye Zaheer, goodbye Sehwag
Wrote two pieces over the last week: On Zaheer’s entry into the international scene in Nairobi. To understand some endings you need to go back to the beginning. Fifteen years ago, on a June a…...
9 Years Ago
Richie Benaud. RIP.
Understated punch. Evocative of a gentle breeze. Unflappable. Wry. Precise. Droll. The silences that let images speak for themselves. The pauses that amplified what came after. A deep love for the …...
9 Years Ago
Bye bye MSD (Test edition)
MS Dhoni has retired from Test cricket. There are reasons to be surprised. It was a call he took mid-series. He didn’t say a word about his decision in the post-match presser. There was no lap of hâ...
10 Years Ago