There is something about speed, isn’t there? Speed thrills but also sometimes kills. Last year, the Sunrisers Hyderabad, with their openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, set up a new template for how to bat in the Powerplay as well as beyond. They batted at breakneck speed, taking the opposition completely by surprise, and as … Read more
The 1983 team that won the World Cup got Rs 1 lakh each for their efforts. There’s quite a story about how that happened, and there are, as usual, many versions of it. This is mine. Our dressing room at Lord’s was like a fish market, with barely room to move as we ran in, … Read more
It is never easy to cope with the loss of a loved one, especially somebody you have known all your life. When Milind Rege breathed his last, I was in Dubai for the opening game of the Champions Trophy. I met him just before I left for Dubai and told him I would see him … Read more