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List of improbables!
You'd think a shortlist of 27 probables should satisfy everyone, wouldn't you? Think again -- Harsha Bhogle, from the vantage point of having monitored domestic cricket through the previous season, raises some questions regarding the Asia Cup probables.
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Time is ripe for revolt
K Bhaskaran looks at the fall out of the Padukone rebellion. And argues for similar attempts at cleaning up the system, in sports such as hockey and football.
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Padukone rules out compromise
The resignation of Fazil Ahmad as chief of the Badminton Association of India has changed nothing, argues Prakash Padukone, head of the breakaway badminton body that is taking the sport by storm.
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"The terms of reference must be made public"
The BCCI has finalised the terms of reference for the Justice Chandrachud committee. So what is the secrecy about, asks the man tasked with clearing Indian cricket of its cloud.
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Trimming Tendulkar down to size?
The national selectors felt the need to review Sachin Tendulkar's performance as India's cricket captain. Or was there more to that than meets the eye?.
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Tendulkar retained as captain
The national selectors retained Sachin Tendulkar as captain of the Indian cricket team for the upcoming Asia Cup. And announced a 27-member squad of probables for the upcoming coaching camp.
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Windies, India climb the Wisden ladder
The latest Wisden rankings of Test nations show the West Indies and India as the biggest gainers..
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Haroon Rashid to coach Pakistan
Mushtaq Mohammad, who coached Pakistan through the successful 1996-1997 season, has been axed. And former Test star Haroon Rashid prepares to take over.
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Aussie fitness ace for MRF Foundation trainees
Fitness coach of the Australian Cricket Academy Richard Done is in Chennai, to hone up MRF Pace Foundation trainees to international fitness standards.
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Bowled off a no ball!
Harsha Bhogle, part of the commentary team that covered India's tour of New Zealand when Rajesh Chauhan was first indicted for chucking, takes a stand on the controversy.
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Sound and fury, signifying nothing
The Chandrachud committee to probe the cricket scam, argues Hemant Kenkre, is just an attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of cricket fans.
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Sohail to be asked to prove allegations
Aamir Sohail will shortly be summoned before Pakistan Cricket Board officials to substantiate his charges of betting, bribery and match fixing.
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"I feel at ease again!"
"I've been tense these last few months... now I feel relieved again," off spinner Rajesh Chauhan tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
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Bradman marches to Mumbai
It was the great Don's finest cricketing moment. Today, a commemorative painting goes on exhibit in Mumbai.
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Asia Cup probables on June 28
The national selection committee will announce the probables for the Asia Cup, and the series against Sri Lanka to follow, later this month.
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Chandrachud takes strike!
Justice Y V Chandrachud readies for his new role. And tells Rediff that his probe into the scandals surrounding Indian cricket will be his contribution to the game he loves.
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Chauhan cleared for national selection
The two-man committee comprising Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev see nothing suspect in the ICC tapes. And the BCCI clears Chauhan for selection to the national team for the upcoming Asia Cup.
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IOA official backs Padukone
Prakash Padukone's rebellion against badminton's officialdom received unlooked for support, when a top Indian Olympic Association official took up the cudgels on his behalf.
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Warne to top the million mark
Australian leg spinner Shane Warne is poised to become the highest paid professional cricketer of all time.
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India's Caribbean tour ends in losses for TV consortium
The Caribbean Broadcasting Union reported losses approximating $500,000 while covering the recent tour of the West Indies by the Indian cricket team.
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Chandrachud commission to probe cricket scam
The BCCI has appointed former chief justice Y V Chandrachud to probe the allegations of betting, bribery and match-fixing in Indian cricket.
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An agenda for The Boss
Harsha Bhogle salutes the triumph of individual ambition. And sets an agenda for Jagmohan Dalmiya's presidentship of the ICC
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Bansal out of ICC panel
The controversial S K Bansal has been dropped from the ICC panel of international umpires.
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Lele succeeds Dalmiya as BCCI secretary
Jaywant Y Lele will on July 1 take over from Dalmiya as secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
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Cashing in on cricket
In India, in Australia, in the West Indies and elsewhere, cricketers are getting restive about the size of their paychecks. We examine the issues involved.
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Prakash smashes a winner
K Bhaskaran examines the implications of Prakash Padukone's revolt against Indian badminton's officialdom.
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Cricket goes Mickey Mouse
Global cricket has a new boss - Jagmohan Dalmiya. And a new centrestage - Disneyland!
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England's pot of gold is at the end of the World Cup rainbow
The World Cup will return to its roots in 1999. And England, the host nation, looks likely to laugh all the way to the bank.
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Prabhakar is a nice fellow, but he talks too much..."
Kiran More, who kept wickets for India during the disatrous tour of South Africa in 1992-1993 - a period that has now become the focus of controversy - discusses bribery and betting, and other matters cricketing, in an exhaustive interview with Haresh Pandya.
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Kiwis out of Siyaram's Cup
Pakistan pulled off a professional win over New Zealand in the second league game of the Siyaram Cup. And set up not one, but two clashes with India over the next three days.
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Of music and melodies...
Hemant Kenkre meets up with a cricketing icon. And finds B S Chandrasekhar in total harmony with his world.
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Major government drive to improve hockey standards
A planned initiative has been launched to raise the standards of hockey in the country, with the setting up of a national centre for excellence in Bangalore.
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396/4
Freed of all pressures, the Indian batsmen turned it on in a display as awesome as any you want to see, in the inaugural game of the Siyaram Cup ODI triangular.
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"It is all part of a conspiracy to malign Asian cricket"
Krishnamachari Srikkanth takes strike against the issue of bribery and betting. And in trademark style, blasts for the boundaries.
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Payyoli Express losing steam?
She didn't make the medals list at the just concluded National Games. But P T Usha walked off the track to the applause of the packed house. So where's she headed next?
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The cups runneth over
Beginning June 12, India, Pakistan and New Zealand engage in triangular ODI competiton. An officially unofficial competition, what's more. Truly, the cricketing cup is in danger of running over.
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Wadekar, media at war over telephone tapping
The former Indian manager backtracks on a recent statement. The Indian Express calls his bluff. What are the issues involved?.
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Nothing official about Sachin. Nothing cheap about him, either
Pepsi's most visible sporting icon has upped the ante. And the soft drinks giant ain't buying into Sachin Tendulkar - not at the quoted price.
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Indian football - confusion confounded
The football season has already begun. And, says K Bhaskaran, the controversies are already piling up.
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Game, set and Grand Slam title for Bhupati
Indian Davis Cupper Mahesh Bhupati did the country proud, becoming the first Indian to win a Grand Slam title as he joined with Rika Hiraki of Japan to annex the French Open mixed doubles crown.
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Cricket to be banned from Eden Gardens?
If a controversy regarding payment for official security cover is not resolved, says CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya, international cricket may not been seen at the Eden Gardens for the foreseeable future.
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Jaspal Rana - bang on target
Ace Indian marksman Jaspal Rana equalled the world record for the centrefire pistol event in the ongoing 4th National Games.
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India draws tough group in World Cup hockey
India has been drawn in a tough group for the men's World Cup hockey championships to be held in Utrecht next year.
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Srinath to undergo surgery for injured shoulder
With Dr Mark Ferguson's treatment failing to yield results, India's pace ace will now go under the scalpel for the rotary cuff injury that has kept him out of international cricket since March 1997.
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World Test championship on ICC agenda
The ICC annual meeting has been scheduled for June 11-16. And some very important cricketing decisions are due to be taken - including a proposal to stage a world championship of Test cricket.
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Bribery scandal: Prabhakar asked to reveal names
Indian cricket board secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya, in a letter addressed to Prabhakar, said, 'We are sure you will appreciate the seriousness of the allegations and we would request you to furnish full details of the persons involved and also other relevant details so that the Board can make full inquiry into the matter".
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'Indian cricketers can never be bribed'
"For every Indian cricket player, the nation's pride is more important than money. And I don't think any Indian player can be involved in this disgraceful act," says former captain Bishen Singh Bedi.
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Pakistan will play Lanka in inaugural Asia Cup encounter
Runners-up India will play its first match against Sri Lanka on July 18 in the Asia Cup cricket championship to be held on the island from July 14 to 26.
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The best is yet to come!
The life and times of Nayan Mongia.
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Bhupati steps into the sunlight
Mahesh Bhupati became first Indian to enter Grand Slam mixed doubles final.
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Siyaram's Cup to go annual
Hyderabad readies to become another Sharjah, with its own annual benefit tournment.
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Azhar back in Indian team
The Indian team for the upcoming Siyaram Cup triangular involving Pakistan and New Zealand has been announced. And -- surprise, surprise -- Mohammad Azharuddin comes in from the cold.
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Dravid moves ahead in Pepsi rankings
Rahul rockets past Sachin to number four in the Pepsi world rankings. Anant Gaundalkar weighs in with some stats.
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It's just not cricket, Pak women tell board
The Pakistan Cricket Board attempts to put women cricketers in purdah. The fair sex cries foul.
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'Sharjah is the Mecca of bookies'
Vivek Shukla draws Manoj Prabhakar out on the subject of his match-fixing allegations.
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'Sachin seems too hyper. He gives you the feeling that he can't relax'
Harsha Bhogle tells the Rediff Chat.
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Caught in the slips!
The betting slips, that is, as Syed Firdaus Ashraf investigates the latest bugbear of Indian cricket -- the betting mafia.
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The feline is out of the bag
A national newsmagazine does a major story on betting and match fixing in Indian cricket. Prem Panicker assesses the aftershocks.
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Anand half a point away from title
Peaking at just the right time, Vishwanathan Anand goes into the last round of the Credit Suisse tournament needing just a draw to take the title away from FIDE world champion Anatoly Karpov.

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