Dreamcricket Views

Yosuf Patham - A Partab Ramchand Column

Is Yusuf Pathan the new rising star on the Indian cricket horizon? Is he the answer to the ODI squadâ€™s prayers for a quality utility cricketer?

Great Test Matches XI : West Indies v. England, Lord's 1950

ICL: Highlights of the season gone by - Part 1

The second edition of the Indian Cricket League has finally come to a close with the Lahore Badshahs trouncing arch-rivals and defending champions Hyderabad Heroes to claim the coveted ICL 20-20 Indian Championship crown.

An Open Letter to ICL's Mr. Subhash Chandra - Chetan Narula Column

Dear Sir,

Subject: ICL - A travesty of cricket

So, the Lahore Badshahs won the ICL. Does anybody really care? Maybe, the players do, for the fat paychecks that they will be getting. The Hyderabad Heroes care because they lost those fat paychecks. You, being the owner will care because you have got to see that those paychecks don't bounce, and that there is always more moolah coming in for later payments. Your ICL administrators care, otherwise their teary-eyed act on television will resemble just another soap opera. And the commentators you hired might care, for it will get them those paychecks as well.

Yusuf can play a crucial role in ODIs - Column by Renin Wilben

Yusuf Pathan, who made a blitzkrieg half-century on his 26th birthday in the Indore ODI against England, proved that his form in the IPL was not a flash in the pan. More importantly, he showed that he is capable of delivering what is expected of him. Post the growing popularity of Twenty20, many cricketers are being branded as T20 specialists. And there was an imminent danger that Yusuf too could end up falling in that category. But the knock at Indore, that included some massive hits, should put a stop to all such thoughts at least for the moment.

Love (of $) makes the world go round in Indian cricket

India might have started well in the England series, but soon it will be time to set this aside, change hats as it were, and wear the Twenty20 garb. Whether switching the mindset is as easy as changing clothes is something we will have to wait and see. Some players will go from playing a one-day international to a Twenty20 tournament to Test cricket in about ten days.

Great Test Matches X - England v South Africa, Durban, 1948 - Gulu Ezekiel Column

Imagine getting the winning run off the final ball of a Test matchâ€”and that too thanks to a leg bye!

The Guru who destroyed our cricket - Sunil Gavaskar Column

When Australia were nine wickets down in the second innings at Nagpur, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the skipper of the Indian team, asked Sourav Ganguly to take the reins of the captaincy.

Revered captain Ganguly - Partab Ramchand Column

The most successful Indian leader. The man who changed the image of the Indian captain. The greatest left-handed batsman in the history of Indian cricket. What will be Sourav Gangulyâ€™s most enduring legacy to the game in this country?

Kiwis need Ponting to repeat India-dose to think of win! Suneer Chowdhary Column

The Border-Gavaskar trophy has been squandered, a new day has dawned, but the Aussies cannot stop yapping, and exploring and trying to discover newer excuses for their series loss.