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India's Rahul Dravid walks back to the pavilion after being bowled by Australia's Ryan Harris earlier this month. Pic: AP.

Is India giving up on Test cricket?

By Bala Murali Krishna Mon, Jan 30, 2012 10:39AM UTC View Comments

There is much anguish about India’s rout in Australia, the second successive tour in which it has suffered a 4-0 drubbing in a Test series. A billion critics, as it were, are coming up with their own analyses of what went wrong. But there might be a rather simple explanation. India no longer wants to...

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Analysis: Indian cricket needs a smart solution, not a witch hunt

By Bala Murali Krishna Tue, Jan 17, 2012 12:30AM UTC View Comments

India's Rahul Dravid walks back to the pavilion after being bowled by Australia's Ryan Harris on the third day of their cricket test match at the WACA ground in Perth, Australia, Sunday. Pic: AP.

Cricket is a funny game. In November, Australia plumbed new lows in the game, being bundled out for 47, its fourth lowest total ever. In December, it was beaten on home ground by New Zealand for the first time in 26 years. Michael Clarke’s men faced the nation’s wrath. On the other hand, India was...

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What Dhoni & Co. need is a break!

By Bala Murali Krishna Sun, Aug 07, 2011 8:16PM UTC View Comments

India's VVS Laxman, left, and Rahul Dravid. Pic: AP.

Four months after the delirious World Cup triumph, Indian cricket appears to be in a mess. India has lost the first two Test matches – the longer five-day version of the game that many might surprisingly find thriving – in its series against England and many like yesteryear all-rounder, Ian Botham, and an unknown number...

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Analysing the strategy behind the Dhoni/Bell incident

By Ahsan Butt Mon, Aug 01, 2011 2:39AM UTC View Comments

Obviously, the entire cricket world is debating with itself the issue of the Ian Bell “run out”. Read up here if you don’t know what happened. One thing that’s been underplayed, at least in the reaction that I’ve seen, is that Strauss and Andy Flower went to the Indian dressing room at tea-time. This is...

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