V Veera Kumar 's blog from Cricketnext.com http://www.cricketnext.com/index.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:11:53 +0100 Cricketnext.com http://static.cricketnext.com/pix/web3/cricketnext_logo.gif http://www.cricketnext.com/index.html Feed provided by Cricketnext. http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1585/debacle-at-durban.html India’s batting woes continued unabated in the second Test against South Africa before the visitors succumbed to a 174-run defeat at Durban. With the three-match Test series level at editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:38:08 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1542/jaffer-anil-in-odis-what-a-joke.html Former comeback man Mohinder Amarnath once termed the Indian selectors as 'a bunch of jokers' and the same can be applied to the present lot of Indian cricket selectors, headed editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:59:22 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1560/is-dada-ready-for-chinmusic.html The Sourav Ganguly supporters world over are really thrilled after the Indian selectors had no option but to bring back the southpaw for the three-match Test series in South Africa. editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:36:46 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1653/oneman-show.html The old English saying “when the going gets tough, the tough gets going” probably applies perfectly to Aussie stumper Adam Gilchrist, who single-handedly won the World Cup final for his editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:20:50 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2597/selectors-are-jokers.html A Couple of decades ago, India's gutsy middle order batsman Mohinder Amarnath called the Indian selectors 'a bunch of jokers' and in the present context, after the ODI team was editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:54:40 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2543/aussies-beatable.html World champions Australia are beatable as they still look a bit rusty and their batsmen bound to struggle a bit on slow Indian wickets. With the return of the editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:05:24 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1603/is-yuvraj-fully-fit.html Are the Indian selectors playing with middle order batsman Yuvraj Singh’s career by hurrying his return to the national side so that he can be named in the World Cup editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:28:38 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1582/bcci-goofups-continue.html The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to be in the habit of goofing-up even simple things like whether to send a replacement to South Africa or editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:46:27 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1521/stop-fooling-the-public-mr-vengsarkar.html Who is the new selection committee chairman and former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar trying to fool by proclaiming that he would try and ensure that there will be no zonal editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:14:41 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1818/tougher-tests-still-to-come.html Job well done by the Indian cricket team in Bangladesh but tougher tests lie ahead when they take on opponents like South Africa, England and Australia later this year. editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 28 May 2007 03:10:28 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/3399/the-wall-is-crumbling.html Is it the right decision for the Indian think-tank to ask Rahul Dravid to open the Indian batting when the two batsmen picked for that role - Virender Sehwag and editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:43:42 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1581/santa-smiths-gifts-to-indians.html South African skipper Graeme Smith gave the Indians two precious Christmas gifts during the second day of the on going second Test at Durban. After century maker Ashwell Prince editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:33:47 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1539/stop-over-experimenting-greg.html It is time some one tells the Aussie import and Indian coach Greg Chappell to stop over experimenting with the Indian team. One wonders if the Indian cricket editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:35:58 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1828/will-spinners-get-the-support.html Will the Indian spinners get the much-needed support from their seamers and fielders during the Test series against England? This question will be upper most in every Indian cricket editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:09:58 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2640/cool-as-a-cucumber.html Indian skipper Anil Kumble once again proved that experience counts a lot in Test cricket when he kept his cool under tiring circumstances and made a few shocking but effective editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:34:01 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1519/are-pontings-men-unbeatable.html World champions Australia, led by the flamboyant Ricky Ponting, looks unbeatable for at least the next two years, which means they are the real hot favorites to win both the editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:08:37 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2184/will-history-repeat-itself.html If you go by the pattern the three-match Test series in England is shaping up so far, one wonders if we are watching a repeat of the 1971 series under editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:20:18 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1476/the-big-difference.html The comparison between Kapil Dev’s devils and the present Team India under Rahul Dravid is bound to throw up one significant fact that the World Cup winning 1983 team in editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:23:48 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/3632/gilly-set-high-standards.html Another glorious wicketkeeper's, with a difference, career has come to an end with world record holder for highest dismissals, Adam Gilchrist, announcing his retirement from all types of cricket after editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:26:15 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1573/why-was-pathan-picked.html Does it take eight months for Indian selectors to realise that all-rounder Irfan Pathan will be better off playing Ranji Trophy for Baroda than warming the bench in South Africa? editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 25 Dec 2006 08:39:33 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1537/are-aussies-vulnerable-against-spin.html Are the mighty Australians vulnerable to spin bowling? If you by their present performance in the on-going Champions Trophy suggest just that as they struggled really hard against a mediocre editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:26:10 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2441/too-close-for-comfort.html India's win in the second ODI against England on Friday has not only thrown open the seven-match series but has also exposed their weaknesses in a big way. Whatever editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:09:18 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1579/gambhir-pathan-deserve-chance.html India's third opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan deserve to play at Durban in the second Test match against South Africa starting on Tuesday. After Mumbai editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 24 Dec 2006 02:08:26 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2532/who-will-control-sreesanth.html It is common knowledge that young fast bowlers are aggressive by nature but when you see our own fast bowler S Sreesanth's antics one gets the impression that he is editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 24 Sep 2007 04:37:55 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1484/what-ails-indian-cricket.html The Indian performance in the DLF Cup clearly suggest that there is something seriously wrong with the Indian cricket though it is difficult to pin-point the exact flaw. editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:36:32 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2583/for-a-few-t20s-more.html If you go by the response the first ever Twenty20 International between India and Australia at the Brabourne Stadium got, one wonders why it has taken BCCI so long to editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:17:12 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1564/was-mcgrath-forced-to-stay.html Did Cricket Australia and his teammates impress upon fast bowler Glenn McGrath to change his decision of calling it a day? From the turn of events in the past editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 22 Dec 2006 02:10:27 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1557/10-reasons-why-sachin-should-open.html Many cricket followers in the world may think that batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar should drop himself down the order as age is catching up with him and his reflexes may editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:04:04 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2526/magnificent-mahi.html Leading India is probably the toughest job in this part of the world, simply because the expectations of the cricket crazy nation is sky high. A new skipper can editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:22:42 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1601/india-matches-not-for-weak-hearts.html Watching India’s cricket matches is not for the weak-hearted as they have a tendency to make heavy weather of what should be easy wins. The 14-run win against the editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:16:55 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1555/batters-can-rest-in-peace-now.html Spinning wizard Shane Warne’s illustrious career will come to an end early next year and the batsmen world over can heave a sigh of relief as they will never cross editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:17:28 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1641/bold-decision-by-selectors.html It was indeed a bold decision by the Indian selectors to rest stalwarts – Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly – for the three one-dayers during the tour to Bangladesh next editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 21 Apr 2007 01:42:57 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1554/can-spinners-swing-it-for-india.html Can the tried and trusted spinning duo of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh swing it for India in the on-going One-Day series during their African Safari despite the first ODI editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:59:43 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1575/colonels-pep-talk-does-wonders.html For once the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sharad Pawar should be complimented for his timely action to prop up Indian cricket team’s sagging morale by editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:26:59 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2520/unfair-on-ganguly.html Indian captaincy is not a bed of roses by any means but when a proven captain like Sourav Ganguly does not even get an offer to lead the side after editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:05:08 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1449/can-pathan-be-a-successful-allrounder.html With the Indian cricket team management persisting with Irfan Pathan at the top of the batting order, one gets the feeling that he is being converted from a bowling all-rounder editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 19 Sep 2006 04:14:59 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2659/man-of-a-few-words.html Lot has been said about India's new cricket coach Gary Kirsten of South Africa but the man himself seems to be media shy and quite enjoying all the attention he editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 18 Dec 2007 01:21:21 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1616/minnows-day-out.html It was literally minnows’ day out with lowly placed Bangladesh and Ireland upsetting more fancied teams and the Asian giants India and Pakistan respectively yesterday during the early stages of editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:49:33 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1613/minnows-day-out.html It was literally minnows’ day out with lowly placed Bangladesh and Ireland upsetting more fancied teams and the Asian giants India and Pakistan respectively yesterday during the early stages of editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:36:56 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1598/will-gibbs-go-scotfree.html The time has come for the International Cricket Council(ICC) to make clear that racist remarks are not acceptable on the cricket field. South African cricketers have often been found editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:29:40 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1572/test-of-comeback-kings.html It was a real ‘Test’ of comeback kings like former skipper Sourav Ganguly, S Sreesanth, Zaheer Khan and V V S Laxman in the first Test against the Proteas, which editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:24:09 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1533/shoaib-a-man-public-loves-to-hate.html One of the most feared fast bowlers in the history of world cricket, Shoaib Akhtar, seems to enjoy flirting with controversies, unmindful of meeting a disgraceful end to his glorious editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 17 Oct 2006 01:52:02 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1811/is-it-the-end-of-road-for-sehwag.html Is it the end of the road for Delhi’s dashing batsman Virender Sehwag, who was banking on the third and final One-Dayer against Bangladesh to strike form, only to watch editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 15 May 2007 02:38:52 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1597/why-renew-gregs-contract.html Why is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) talking about renewing Indian coach Greg Chappell’s contract even before the start of the World Cup? As usual editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:59:21 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1569/5bowler-theory-could-be-a-luxury.html It could turn out to be a luxury if the Indian think-tank take former Indian coach John Wright’s theory of playing five specialist bowlers seriously in the first Test against editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:45:02 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1532/the-kiwis-a-team-of-allrounders.html Good all-rounders are key to winning one-day tournaments goes the saying, if that is the case then the Kiwis stand a good chance of winning the on-going Champions Trophy as editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 14 Oct 2006 04:34:34 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1550/will-indians-end-up-burnouts-before-cup.html Will the Indian cricket team, which is playing too many One-Day Internationals, end up burnouts even before next year’s World Cup in the West Indies? If you go by editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:21:50 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1551/will-indians-end-up-burnouts.html Will the Indian cricket team, which is playing too many One-Day Internationals, end up burnouts even before next year’s World Cup in the West Indies? If you go by editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:00:14 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1620/minnows-need-to-be-encouraged.html Minnows like Kenya, Bermuda, Scotland, Netherlands, Canada and Ireland need to be encouraged so that they become a force to reckon with while facing established teams like Australia, India, England editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:14:04 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1617/minnows-need-to-be-encouraged.html Minnows like Kenya, Bermuda, Scotland, Netherlands, Canada and Ireland need to be encouraged so that they become a force to reckon with while facing established teams like Australia, India, England editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:14:04 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1566/spinners-hold-key-for-test-success.html India’s spin twins Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh hold the key to their team’s success in the three-match Test series starting at Johannesburg from December 15. It is a editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:42:48 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2498/eye-opener.html The Twenty20 World Cup opener between the West Indies and South Africa was literally an eye opener of sort for the fans and heartbreak for bowlers in the shortest versions editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:34:45 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1822/unprofessional-ford.html Did Graham Ford chicken out at the last minute after accepting to coach Team India? There may not be a readymade answer to this at the moment but one editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:59:57 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1596/why-two-stumpers.html Strange are the ways the Indian selectors’ have exercised their thinking powers while selecting the Indian team for the first two one-dayers against the West Indies starting from January 21. editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:59:06 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1567/its-time-sachin-viru-delivered.html It's time India’s two most prolific run getters Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag deliver to their team’s cause when the first of the three Test matches gets under way at editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:45:33 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1639/where-are-the-replacements.html Now the stage seems to be set to drop all the senior players in the team and infuse young blood for the forthcoming tour of Bangladesh as if this move editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:14:58 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2618/another-shortterm-solution.html The officials in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seem to be masters of finding short-term solutions to major problems like selecting the national coach or the editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:29:07 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1527/tharanga-trance-for-indian-public.html Sri Lanka’s young left handed opening batsman Upul Tharanga seems to be making the most of the situations with back-to-back centuries in the on-going Champions Trophy. He followed editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:20:42 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2283/a-star-is-made.html It is difficult to complement any other individual than Dinesh Karthik himself for the way he has emerged as fitting answer to India's prayers for one of the opener's (batting) editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:44:18 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1806/stumpers-stamp-their-class.html Indian stumpers – Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dinesh Karthik – stamped their class with unbeaten half centuries as India avenged their World Cup loss against Bangladesh with a five-wicket win editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 10 May 2007 06:32:22 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1593/restore-order.html Did Munaf Patel’s decision to hide the ankle injury before the start of the third and final Test at Cape Town cost India the Test series against South Africa? editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:33:46 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1594/restore-order.html Did Munaf Patel’s decision to hide the ankle injury before the start of the third and final Test at Cape Town cost India the Test series against South Africa? editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:33:46 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1638/why-not-patil-or-jimmy.html Strange are the ways of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) functioning especially after India’s debacle in the on-going World Cup. When a coach of Dav editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 09 Apr 2007 05:18:42 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1565/gambhir-deserved-a-lookin.html Strange are the ways of the Indian cricket team’s policy of selecting the playing eleven in a crucial side game before a very important Test series against the South Africans. editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:39:10 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1525/will-zimbabweans-ever-improve.html Will the Zimbabwe cricket team ever improve their game? Never, seems to be the answer at least when you go by their recent performance in the on-going Champions Trophy match editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 08 Oct 2006 05:58:26 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1524/will-zimbabweans-ever-improve.html Mumbai, October 8, 2006 Will the Zimbabwe cricket team ever improve their game? Never, seems to be the answer at least when you go by their recent performance in editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:57:06 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/50161/where-are-the-quality-spinners.html India's Test skipper Anil Kumble could turn out to be the last of the quality spinners from South Zone, which used to boost of at least a couple of spinners editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:38:22 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/50159/.html editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:23:40 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2486/pcb-too-soft-on-shoaib.html I think the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is going too soft on their errant fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar by not disciplining him in earlier incidents. Probably Shoaib, being the editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:29:36 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1804/bcci-in-a-catch22-situation.html The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seems to find themselves in a Catch-22 situation regarding the Players’ Contract. Probably if they had restored to a “wait editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 07 May 2007 01:16:24 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1583/why-was-dravid-adamant.html Why was Indian captain Rahul Dravid adamant of including out-of-form Virender Sehwag (with massive attitude) in the playing eleven for the third and final Test against South Africa when the editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:07:57 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1592/lets-be-positive.html Yet another frustrating series has ended for India and with two important one-day home series round the corner just before the mega event ICC World Cup in March in the editor@cricketnext.com Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:15:54 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1563/aussies-commitment-commendable.html World champions Australia's superiority over other Test playing nations is unquestionable and their commitment is commendable. The Englishmen, who tasted this during the Adelaide Ashes Test after scoring over editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 06 Dec 2006 04:24:59 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1546/tale-of-the-best-and-the-rest.html If you go by the recent performances of the teams in the just concluded ICC Champions Trophy, it is quite clear that the difference between the best (Australia) and the editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:12:21 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1544/tale-of-the-best-and-the-rest.html If you go by the recent performances of the teams in the just concluded ICC Champions Trophy, it is quite clear that the difference between the best (Australia) and the editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:03:14 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2553/desperate-measures.html The Indian selectors have shown their desperation by picking Murali Kartik, who has been in the wilderness for the last 19 months and had almost called it a day, for editor@cricketnext.com Sat, 06 Oct 2007 01:20:42 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/2475/is-india-heading-for-disaster.html The Indian Twenty20 World Cup team, under glove-man Mahendra Singh Dhoni, seems to be heading for a disaster as they will not be playing a single practice match before the editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:24:36 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1633/wakeup-bcci.html After the anti-climax to Indian coach Greg Chappell’s ouster, it is now time for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to wake-up and keep their house clean editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 05 Apr 2007 03:28:20 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1606/sehwag-can-be-effective-in-the-middle.html There is talk that dashing Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag, who was dropped from the One-Day team due lack of form in South Africa, may be pushed down the order editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:05:45 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1588/is-dravid-a-good-skipper.html Is Rahul Dravid a good skipper? His recent handling of the team during the South Africa tour leaves a big question mark on his ability as the captain of the editor@cricketnext.com Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:52:43 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1561/one-sunny-day-does-not-make-a-summer.html When will ‘The Men In Blue’ realise that one sunny day does not make a summer? Soon after winning the first ever Twenty20 International against a depleted South African editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:06:30 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1475/does-good-starts-count.html Do good starts by their opening batsmen really count? No, seems to be the answer as far as Indian cricket is considered. Look at the way the visitors crumbled editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 04 Jan 2007 01:23:54 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1522/aussies-are-the-team-to-beat.html The mighty Australians are the team to beat in the Champions Trophy commencing on spinner-friendly Indian tracks from Saturday. If their present form is any indicator, not many teams, editor@cricketnext.com Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:50:26 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1580/jaffer-strikes-form-at-last.html India’s opening batsman Wasim Jaffer did justice to the selectors’ faith in him at last with a responsible ton (116) in the third and final Test match against South Africa editor@cricketnext.com Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:18:18 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1830/chandus-chamatkaar.html India’s new manager-cum-coach Chandu Borde has proved once again that unlike foreigners, an ex-Indian cricketer can motivate the present lot of cricketers during an important tour. What more proof editor@cricketnext.com Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:34:00 +0530 http://www.cricketnext.com/blogs/vveerakumar/666/1604/are-indians-peaking-at-the-right-time.html Are the Indian cricketers peaking at the right time for the World Cup at the West Indies in March? From the recent on-field developments, it seems that the Indian editor@cricketnext.com Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:22:04 +0530