Articles by Pradeep Magazine
India vs NZ: Cricket should do away with tracks like Eden Gardens
As India took control of the second Test, the debate on Sunday centered more on the nature of the Eden Gardens track rather than the quality of cricket.
Updated on Oct 02, 2016 10:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
As Eden track gets nasty, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma show India the way
Kohli, the man who loves a fight and relishes being in the thick of a scrap, walked in to bat when his team looked extremely vulnerable and needed enough runs to secure the match.
Updated on Oct 03, 2016 08:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
India bare their pace fangs as New Zealand crumble on Day 2
The Eden Garden wicket continued to confound the batsmen and this time, it was the turn of the New Zealanders to get trapped in the indecisiveness of their poor footwork.
Updated on Oct 01, 2016 05:18 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
India caught off-guard by Eden pitch as New Zealand take the honours on Day 1
The value of a performance and the quality of play is inextricably linked with the nature of the wicket in cricket. There is no other sport where the result it provides is so dependent on the surface that the curator of a stadium prepares for a match.
Updated on Sep 30, 2016 08:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
A thinking mind adds more value to Ravichandran Ashwin’s spin wizardry
The legacy of India’s spin tradition is so rich and varied that putting Ravichandran Ashwin ahead of the past greats, despite his phenomenal wicket-taking ability, would be unfair to the bowler himself, as he would agree.
Updated on Sep 26, 2016 08:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
In India’s win, Ronchi-Santner resistance brings Test cricket alive
Two rookies in Test cricket -- Mitchell Santner and Luke Ronchi -- one playing his eighth Test and the other his second, were countering the guile, wiles and variations of the two seasoned Indian spinners with soft supple hands and negating the vagaries of the wicket with an equanimity that spoke of their tremendous resolve and skills.
Updated on Sep 26, 2016 03:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
India cut all escape routes as New Zealand sink under pressure
The India top order, right from KL Rahul, to Ravindra Jadeja made merry, scoring with a freedom that suggested the wicket held no terror for them.
Updated on Sep 25, 2016 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Kanpur Test: Dramatic turnaround for India as New Zealand throw in the towel
New Zealand finally caved in. After two days of resolute cricket and successfully swimming against the odds created by conditions alien to their technique and temperament, they gave up.
Updated on Sep 24, 2016 06:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson shows the way to play spinners in India
Skipper Kane Williamson is not your typical broad, strong, tall Kiwi, who can pulverise the ball with brute force. Measured, unhurried and strong willed, Williamson has made loads of runs all over the world and is considered among the best in his trade.
Updated on Sep 23, 2016 09:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Bold Kiwis leave India struggling after middle-order collapse
The post lunch period saw wickets tumbling, with skipper Kohli falling into the trap of hooking a short-ball into the square-leg hands, boosting the morale of the New Zealanders as they clawed their way back into the match.
Updated on Sep 22, 2016 07:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
In approach to home season, Kohli’s desire for greatness faces test of fairness
Will he follow the strategy that was executed against the South Africans so that winning, regardless of the means, becomes the sole purpose of a contest? Or will the strategy be to prepare a bit more supporting tracks, that may not negate any home advantage, but be fairer for an even fight?
Updated on Sep 19, 2016 04:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Day-night Test matches: Spectators welcome it, but technical issues remain
The scenes were reminiscent of a past, long gone by that would resurface in the mind’s eye from time to time only to lament the spectators’ apathy to domestic cricket and the longer format of the game.
Published on Sep 15, 2016 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
It is all about money and profits for BCCI and ICC as cricket takes a back-seat
As India prepares for one of its lengthiest periods of playing Test cricket – 13 at a stretch – the news making the rounds is more about global television deals, the possibility of a split in world cricket and an ugly spat between the Indian Board and the ICC.
Published on Sep 12, 2016 02:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
BCCI should be a visionary, not act like small-time trade unions
India should realise that they no longer are on the margins of world cricket and instead are its rulers. If they have reasons to believe they are being ignored, or being discriminated against, there are better ways to raise their voice instead of threatening to boycott a major tournament.
Published on Sep 07, 2016 03:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine
There should be no confusion on cricket players’ association in India
India is among the very few countries, apart from Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, which does not have a players association that is recognised by their Board
Updated on Sep 05, 2016 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
England shed its puritanical streak, rise in one-day cricket
The rise of this new England team, that now sees 50-over cricket as an extension of T-20 cricket and not as a short form of Test cricket, as Ian Morgan put it, has given rise to a new World Record score of 444 and pushed one day cricket into a new age.
Published on Sep 02, 2016 04:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Lodha panel withdraws franchise representation in IPL’s apex body
Published on Sep 01, 2016 06:14 AM IST
Lodha panel withdraws franchise representation in IPL apex body
The fate of the Review Petition that the Board has filed against the Supreme Court judgment is not known so far as these petitions are heard in the chamber of the judges without any outside presence. According to most experts, such petitions mostly end up in the court’s dustbins and a curative petition could face a similar fate, if the Board decides to file one after the review petition fails.
Updated on Aug 31, 2016 01:24 PM IST
Hindstan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Cricket’s global ambition needs ‘handling with care’
In that context organising matches in Florida may have been significant, but two things on Sunday acted as a dampner.
Updated on Aug 29, 2016 02:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Duleep Trophy’s pink-ball experiment could redefine Test cricket’s future
If India accepts this experiment as a permanent fixture, it will push Test cricket into the floodlit mode quicker than anyone expects.
Updated on Aug 25, 2016 12:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine
Pakistan gain from India’s miss, but they’ve earned No 1 Test ranking
It is a tribute to the talent, grit and resilience of its players and their passion for the game, that match-fixing bans, lack of finances and the machinations of its board have not dampened their spirits.
Updated on Aug 23, 2016 10:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine
Is there a method to madness in Team India’s latest round of shuffling?
The five-bowler theory, which the team management stuck to with almost obdurate zeal, has all of a sudden been abandoned. What should have been a normal move – getting back a fit Murali Vijay in the playing XI – is now riddled with bafflement.
Updated on Aug 20, 2016 01:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Pradeep Magazine, New Delhi
Kohli’s flexibility stretched in musical chairs of Indian batting order
Virat Kohli’s team selection for the third Test may be open to debate, but the very fact that the Indian captain had to offer explanations and defend his decisions means that this is an area India is willing to be open about.
Updated on Aug 14, 2016 03:09 PM IST
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Bhuvneshwar: From the badlands of UP, a swinging prodigy
On Friday at St. Lucia, Bhuvneshwar, having struggled with injuries, and a forced lay-off, produced a magical spell of swing bowling that has given hope for an unlikely victory for India.
Published on Aug 13, 2016 12:34 PM IST
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