Out of the Blue

In these air-time obsessed days of cricket where events like the IPL are discussed in greater details than any other format could there be hope for cricket to survive in its pristine form? Chances are that you’d say ‘no’ in the blink of an eye but if you happen to read Out of the Blue, Aakash Chorpa’s book on Rajasthan’s road to the Ranji Trophy, you’d take a moment or two before answering. Better still after living the journey along with Chopra and the others who scripted Rajasthan’s maiden Ranji triumph, you’d think there’s hope for cricket’s purest form.

Rotating Ride

There is a popular saying that suggests why fix something when it isn’t broken. The Indian cricket team seems to have come to a stage where it seems to be eager to fix things before they go wrong. Rotation, the newfound buzzword of Indian cricket, is throwing up situations that no one anticipated and yet every one seems to be okay with it. Or so it seems.