Tuhin A Sinha
Read biographyTuhin A. Sinha is the author of The Captain, an unusual 'cricket thriller' that delves into modern cricket's underbelly and three oher books; a scriptwriter with several successful Tv shows to his credit and a columnist who writes on social and political issues for the TOI and the DNA and has a blog called Unapologetically Right on ibnlive.com
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Dhoni, the Twenty20 star, should quit Tests
In the last couple of years, Dhoni in Test cricket and Dhoni in the shorter versions of the game have looked like two different people. In Test cricket, he looks lost and disinterested, clearly giving the impression that he does not enjoy the longer version of the game. And that #Captaincy #Cricket #InMyOpinion #MS Dhoni #Tests
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Drop Gambhir, not Laxman
It’s important that when the Indian team takes the field for the final Test at Adelaide on Tuesday, it does so with the belief that it can end the series 3-1. That can happen only if the team shows an innovative approach which begins with team selection itself. Rohit Sharma who #Cricket #Gautam Gambhir #India vs Australia #InMyOpinion #Sports #VVS Laxman
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Our cricketers behave like mean and selfish capitalists
Losing a series shamelessly is one thing. But to be brazenly self-assertive about your losing ways is quite another. More than Team India’s performance, it’s the attitude that needs to be put under the scanner. The present incapacity of Team India, after all, is the result of a grave attitude #India vs Australia #InMyOpinion #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #Sachin Tendulkar
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Dhoni’s captaincy can’t escape scrutiny all the time
Before every Test series abroad, we’re given to understand that it’s our bowling attack which is our weak link, that our batsmen will make life difficult for opponents and that it’s our best chance to win abroad. For the last nine months, before every crucial match, the newspaper headline invariably reads #Cricket #India vs Australia #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #Rahul Dravid #Sachin Tendulkar
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Will Australia see the birth of Kohli’s legend?
One good thing about tough tours is that they often see the birth of legends. So in 1971, when nobody in his right senses would have given the Indian side touring the West Indies any chance of winning, they did the unthinkable, riding on an extraordinary performance by debutant Sunil #India vs Australia #Rahul Dravid #Sunil Gavaskar #Virat Kohli #Virender Sehwag