Dhoni is an outstanding captain who leads from the front--most often when his team needs him the most, and when the chips are down.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has done it again but then he is a 'proven' master of the game and knows well how to take his team to ‘the next level’ at such decisive situations. The remarkable turnaround seen in the case of Chennai’s fortunes this IPL has stunned all and…

The recent ban placed on the entry of Shah Rukh Khan into Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium for five years by the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) and the subsequent media coverage on the issue have brought limelight again on the Bollywood superstar who, at certain times, is known to take his film image too seriously even in real life.

Reportedly and allegedly, he and his security guards misbehaved with some stadium security officials after an IPL match between Mumbai and Kolkata which…

The nation seems to go ga-ga over Sachin Tendulkar’s latest exploits -- that of scoring 100th centuries in world cricket.  Some people have even gone to the extent of demanding Bharat Ratna for him, and this seems to be somewhat farfetched, and not in the fitness of things, considering the fact that his 100th ton has come very late, after an agonizingly long period of more than a year during which nearly 11 centuries were scored by Indians, even as we continued to wait for Sachin’s…

With the ‘Gentleman Warrior’ Rahul Dravid calling it a day, the Indian Cricket has lost its very WALL. The relatively young Dravid (39 years) who retired from international cricket recently was not just a good and reliable cricketer, who bailed out Team India from many tricky and hopeless situations -- that too on hostile wickets, and against quality oppositions -- was also someone around whom the very fortunes of the Indian cricket revolved for long. 

Perhaps, the best thing about…