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Sandip G
Sandip G, Delhi-based, writes primarily on cricket and football. He pens a weekly football column, Total Football. In 15 years of sports journalism, he has covered a vast spread of sports, including World Cups in three different sports (cricket, football and hockey).
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India vs Sri Lanka: In Sri Lanka, talk about everything but pitchSubscriber Only
August 01, 2017 00:39 IST
Panned for poor wickets during the Australia series last year, wary Lankan groundsmen now talk about everything but pitch. “No, no, please don’t ask anything about the pitch. And stay away from the ground, you don’t have pitch access.”
Tue, Aug 01, 2017
A town awaits its poster boy Lasith MalingaSubscriber Only
July 31, 2017 00:48 IST
Lasith Malinga's mother wanted him to work in a bank like her. But he had other plans.
Fri, Jul 26, 2019
Spinning a Web: Struggling to reap rewards, R Ashwin finds a waySubscriber Only
July 30, 2017 00:53 IST
R Ashwin started by trying to set the batsman up with a few full deliveries outside the off-stump, bringing the batsman forward and then slipping in the straighter one/doosra but suddenly he bowled one slower through the air, fuller and luring the batsman to the drive.
Sun, Jul 30, 2017
India register big-daddy win against Sri LankaSubscriber Only
July 30, 2017 00:46 IST
India thrash Sri Lanka by 304 runs to post their biggest win overseas in terms of runs and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Set a target of 550 runs for a win, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 245 in the second innings to lose.
Sun, Jul 30, 2017
Beyond The Boundary: Cricket soothing war wounds at GalleSubscriber Only
July 29, 2017 01:19 IST
All Nipuna Vijayasena, a staff sergeant of the Sri Lankan Army, remembers is the heavy sound of a hundred crackers bursting at the same time. He and his battalion were ambushing an LTTE camp in Kilinochchi, the war-bed of the Tamil rebellion in 2009, months before the LTTE chief Velupiillai Prabhakaran was killed and the civil war ended.
Sat, Jul 29, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka Test, 1st Test: Abhinav Mukund gets a lifeline at GalleSubscriber Only
July 29, 2017 01:14 IST
Abhinav Mukund was something of a prodigy in his early days, billed to represent Tamil Nadu, but remained in the fringes forever, content turning up for the minnow club, where he was fondly called “Mukka”.
Sat, Jul 29, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Hardik Pandya’s smooth transition from white ball to whitesSubscriber Only
July 28, 2017 01:19 IST
On the morning of the Test, after Ravi Shastri fitted the blue cap over his blonde streaks, he proudly tugged at the logo, showing the number stitched beneath it 289. A childhood dream was thus realised after several years of struggle, through sheer talent and courage.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Day 2: Between Sri Lanka & India, gulf as wide as Palk StraitSubscriber Only
July 28, 2017 01:06 IST
While Virat Kohli and his men have been clinical in Galle, the home team’s performance — 154/5 in reply to visitors’ first-innings score of 600 — has been abysmal.
Fri, Jul 28, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka 1st Test: Batsmen ensure India enjoy perfect day by the seaSubscriber Only
July 27, 2017 02:36 IST
Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara, after extending India's score to 399/3, retreated to the pavilion content and laughing, sustaining the dominance Dhawan had asserted until he perished an over before tea.
Thu, Jul 27, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: The one and only Shikhar DhawanSubscriber Only
July 27, 2017 02:33 IST
Shikhar Dhawan admitted it was the lack of turn that encouraged him to step out than any concerted plan. But it also neutralised Sri Lankan spinners’ ploy to make him play the cut as often as possible and induce an edge to the keeper.
Thu, Jul 27, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: No mystery here, hosts Sri Lanka bank on a few old menSubscriber Only
July 26, 2017 02:32 IST
One of Rangana Herath’s accomplices is 35-year-old off-spinner Dilruwan Perera — the fastest Sri Lankan to 50 Test wickets, surpassing a certain legend. He had the Australian in a manic tizzy last year.
Wed, Jul 26, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka: Time to pick up the threads for Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhinav MukundSubscriber Only
July 26, 2017 02:27 IST
Dhawan, Mukund & Rohit seem set to get another chance to jump-start their long-format careers as India take on SL in Test series beginning today in Galle
Wed, Jul 26, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Team India at old fort with renewed interestSubscriber Only
July 25, 2017 05:02 IST
Rather than deeming the series as the first of the several overseas ones India are scheduled to feature in the next 18 months, the focus is squarely centred on two individuals (Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri) and what effect the coach-drama would have on them.
Tue, Jul 25, 2017
Sri Lanka’s armed ball in Rangana HerathSubscriber Only
July 23, 2017 01:19 IST
Rangana Herath is the antithesis of the great Muttiah Muralitharan. Murali was in your face, his hypnotic art screamed out from his rubbery wrist to bulging eyes. The avuncular Herath’s art is subtler; he worms his way through surprised batsmen. It’s no secret that only Herath stands between India and a facile series win.
Sun, Jul 23, 2017
Glenn McGrath’s mantra: Bowl quick, full and straight in Sri LankaSubscriber Only
July 20, 2017 01:33 IST
The closest to Starc that India possesses, without sounding blasphemous, is Umesh Yadav, who hits similar lengths, operates consistently at around 140-145 kmph, and is more disciplined than ever before.
Thu, Jul 20, 2017
Shikhar Dhawan, the unforgotten oneSubscriber Only
July 18, 2017 01:21 IST
There are several factors that work for Shikhar Dhawan. He is vastly experienced, likely to be untroubled by the home-like conditions of Sri Lanka, where he scored his last Test hundred, and moreover is an immensely likeable figure in the dressing room.
Tue, Jul 18, 2017
In Zaheer Khan, Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli get a left-handed complementSubscriber Only
July 12, 2017 01:09 IST
A patient listener, Zaheer’s contemporaries and younger peers would readily confide in him.
Thu, Jul 13, 2017
Perennially stuck in a revolving door, Karun Nair makes way for Rohit SharmaSubscriber Only
July 10, 2017 05:20 IST
Normally, a Test match triple hundred tends to give a batsman the licence to fail in a fair few innings if not Test matches. In Nair’s case, however, that Ranchi failure felt the rope’s end was fast approaching.
Mon, Jul 10, 2017
CA-ACA pay dispute: Stars shoulder to shoulder with domestic players, womenSubscriber Only
July 05, 2017 02:59 IST
The prevailing impasse has long ceased to be a financial dispute, but has assumed a more toxic hue, with strained egos and a power tussle at the heart of it.
Wed, Jul 05, 2017
India vs Pakistan, ICC Champions Trophy Final: The two team’s angles of deceptionSubscriber Only
June 18, 2017 04:00 IST
With an assortment of fast bowlers with various methods in both sides, The Indian Express peeps into what angles they'd probe to get the upper hand in the final.
Sun, Jun 18, 2017
ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Hasan Ali, floats and stingsSubscriber Only
June 15, 2017 01:29 IST
Hasan Ali bristles in to bowl the 17th over, with a soothing breeze of an action. To use him late, that’s in the middle overs where spinners are the norm for subcontinental sides, is a well-devised strategy.
Thu, Jun 15, 2017
India vs Sri Lanka, ICC Champions Trophy 2017: Lasith Malinga the ‘Slinger’s slope’Subscriber Only
June 08, 2017 01:45 IST
Ravaged by injuries, climbing age and consequent loss of pace, sharpness and fitness, Lasith Malinga is not as lethal an entity as he once was. The yorkers, his biggest weapon, that has gone nearly invisible since his comeback from an injury lay-off.
Thu, Jun 08, 2017
Ramachandra Guha’s letter against the gods of cricket is a lament in helplessnessSubscriber Only
June 02, 2017 17:55 IST
The culture of deification is deeply entrenched in our psyche.
Fri, Jun 02, 2017
Gautam Gambhir: Kolkata’s Raging Knight RiderSubscriber Only
May 21, 2017 03:08 IST
If Kolkata Knight Riders are a big family, then Gautam Gambhir, is the invulnerable patriarch.
Sun, May 21, 2017
Wonderkid Washington Sundar hitting the right notesSubscriber Only
May 18, 2017 01:29 IST
Father says young Washington Sundar has often shown maturity and courage beyond his years.
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