“You do get emotional; the first game at CSK everyone was chanting my name. My eyes were full of tears,” said an emotional Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he led Chennai Super Kings to a record fifth IPL final on Monday. So without going into the details of how and where Gujarat Titans, led by future...
Neeraj Chopra might have stolen the limelight with his history-scripting silver in javelin throw at the World Athletics Championship in Oregon last week but the event exposed India's doping in sports problem after Tamil Nadu trailblazer Dhanalakshmi Sekar tested positive for banned steroids....
Cricketer Dinesh Karthik has made a dazzling comeback after being written-off as a serious contender in international cricket. On the verge of being a had-been, Dinesh soldiered on, playing in Madurai local cricket, and taking a shot at commentating. But then he has come back in style not...
R Sai Kishore, a familiar name in Tamil Nadu and Indian domestic circuit, has just lifted the IPL 2022 title with Gujarat Titans. A proper underrated player in an underrated team. In the four games he played this season, he took six wickets with a good economy rate in the middle overs. Here's...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned as captain for CSK's game against SRH and took us on a nostalgia trip with his insights about the game, his future, leadership and that enigmatic smile after the win. Before the game had even started the talk was about the return of MSD's Midas touch or his...
T Natarajan has become a beast reincarnate. From a yorker specialist to a speedy, skiddy, reliable death bowler, Natarajan has developed his game post injury concerns. Though in the Wednesday, April 28 game against Gujarat Titans, Natarajan went wicketless, stats from seven games don't lie. In...
How would future generations see MS Dhoni? Let's travel back to 2011, a persona-defining year for Indian cricket and its fans. MS Dhoni was the captain of the Indian cricket team, across all three formats. India had remained No.1 in Test rankings for more than a year and had just won the 50...
The legend grows, said Harsha Bhogle as Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished off a game in the last ball of the 20th over against Mumbai Indians. Internet went crazy and we were once again reminded of "Thala thala dhaan". Keeping nostalgia aside, there is still little chance for CSK to make the...
CSK vs GT showed that the CSK campaign for this season has fizzled out. Fingers will now be pointed at the captaincy shift just ahead of the 2022 season opener. When CSK crashed out of the 2020 season, pundits were quick to blame Dhoni and his methods and selection processes for the defeats....
Unlike CSK who executed a turnaround, MI failed in their fifth match. But we are not writing off Mumbai Indians yet though glaring holes are there in all the departments. In the auction that preceded this campaign, MI failed to bring back members of the past title winning squad and also to find...
