Ranji Trophy will remain poor cousin of IPL: Gavaskar

IMAGE: A few years ago, former Royal Challengers Bangalore team director Sidhartha Mallya had said, 'If you take away the cheergirls, the after-match parties, etc, then there will be no difference......

Kohli star attraction at BCCI awards

IMAGE: Virat Kohli with wife Anushka Sharma during the 6th M.A.K. Pataudi Memorial Lecture and BCCI Awards in Bengaluru. Photograph: BCCI He is not a part of the historic one-off Test match......

Cricket Roundup: North eastern set to play Ranji Trophy next year; Ganguly invites Sangakkara

North eastern states set to play Ranji Trophy next year The Committee of Administrators (COA) on Friday assured that all six north eastern states will be playing Ranji Trophy as individual units......

What it's like to have the second-most important job in India?

'Of the 32 captains who have led India in Test cricket, only four have been pure bowlers -- Ghulam Ahmed, Venkatraghavan, Bishan Bedi and myself.' 'The captain must lead with only one idea in mind......

V V S Laxman on the Magic of Cricket

'If fame, money and comfort are the only factors that drive us, then we are playing cricket for entirely the wrong reasons.' IMAGE: V V S Laxman celebrates his double century in the memorable Eden......