I really don’t. Especially when they don’t know what they are saying. When they shouldn’t be saying it. When they don’t have the right to say it. When they are simply saying it to get some cheap publicity. Like a Basit Ali did.
Malik’s learning, but as I stated on Ottayan’s blog, this series is from being his last. (Okay, some shameless self-promotion there, but I couldn’t help it.)
And ta-dah– Malik’s captaincy has been extended. For a full one year, no less.
In my town, where we’ve just had an exciting match, when someone makes fool of themselves in this manner, we …read more

Kris Srikkanth and my dad are more than happy. Their deepest wish has come true.
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BCCI, in a hasty attempt to resolve the captaincy crisis following Tendulkar’s refusal, have passed on the hat to Kumble. They had several options beside Kumble: Dhoni, Laxman, and Ganguly. Not going for Ganguly and Laxman is understandable, but they must have had a hard time choosing between Dhoni and Kumble. I think their pseudo-logic behind leaving out Dhoni was that they didn’t want to burden the ODI captain with additional responsibility at this point. But there was also a trace of indecision — Kumble’s captaincy …read more