If we have not been world beaters in cricket for the longest time, here is the reason: We look down on our bowlers and deify batsmen, argues Aakar Patel.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades. Take a look!
'Imran had the misfortune to be in an age when there was a surfeit of mighty all-rounders.' 'Indians would not put him on a par with Kapil Dev or Vinoo Mankad,' points out Uddalok Bhattacharya.
Nostalgia and anecdotes, given to us by cricket's great writers, do much greater justice to the game.
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