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    Venkat Ananth

    Venkat Ananth

    Venkat Ananth

  • The earthy charm of the Ranji Trophy

    The domestic tourney isn't quite dying the tiger's death we're sometimes prone to casually speculating about.

  • Testing times for Gautam Gambhir

    The southpaw should look beyond numbers and focus on his technique.

  • Selective attention: All eyes on Patil & Co.

    Will the Sandeep Patil-led selection committee put Indian cricket back on track?

  • Mind the gap

    These players are pretty much works in progress - none of them could lay claim to the finished material label. Much will depend on how efficiently they make the transition from anonymity to the big-time. That, for the BCCI should be the next project.

  • India roll up sleeves for busy season ahead

    The much-discussed transition is now a matter of reality. Mission 2013 starts here

  • Rohit Sharma Version 2.0

     In every sportsman's career, there comes a phase where resurrection becomes priority over simply going out there and performing or the clichéd “trying my best”, for it comes after a steep fall. ... <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/11/21/rohit-sharma-version-2-0/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Structuring Indian Cricket, European Football Style

    With the state of India's premier cricket academy in shambles, the need to establish a High Performance Programme is absolutely imperative and urgent. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/11/17/structuring-indian-cricket-european-football-style/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Does merit still matter?

    It's indeed a sad day for Indian cricket when the worth of toil isn't recognized anymore. Or, in other words, is replaced by a noticeable departure from the reward and reinforcement system. Toil, in the classical Indian cricketing lexicon is what a first- <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/11/04/does-merit-still-matter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Cricket Academies: The Way Forward

    This is the second part of Yahoo Cricket's coverage of BCCI's specialised academies. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/10/16/cricket-academies-the-way-forward/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Don’t Know, Won’t Say, Ask The President

    Yahoo! Cricket's Venkat Ananth spent weeks trying to make sense of BCCI's mysterious expenditure on specialised academies. It proved difficult. The attempt to unearth any positive work of these academies was thwarted by administrators who refused to come <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/10/05/dont-know-wont-say-ask-the-president/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Why Rahane Is Here To Stay

    With an enviable record in domestic cricket, Rahane waited for an opportunity to play for India and show what he was capable of. And boy, he has shown he can play. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/09/09/why-rahane-is-here-to-stay/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Lessons from England

     It was somewhere during the summer of 2000 where English cricket, underwent a paradigm shift in its thinking, its mindset and its approach to the game. It was a quiet revolution of sorts, spearheaded by the then Chairman of the ECB, Lord Maclaurin <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/08/22/lessons-from-england/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • A Time To Introspect

    India's defeat isn't an occasion to pin the blame on individuals but to solve institutional problems which led to this mess. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/08/14/a-time-to-introspect/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Swing When You’re Winning

    India's pace troika never let Zaheer's absence be a problem. Here's how they did it. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/07/30/swing-when-youre-winning/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Destination Trent Bridge

    A friend, agitated by India's apparent first Innings caving in at Lords quite asked me in exactly that tone (panicky, distressed), "Why does the Indian cricket team always somehow manage to struggle in the first Test of an important overseas tour?&qu <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/07/29/destination-trent-bridge/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The Astonishing Story of Afghani Cricket

    In a matter of three actual years, Afghanistan demonstrated not just the sheer power of cricket, but what individuals as a whole could achieve, or what the cynics call "impossible". <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/06/09/the-astonishing-story-of-afghani-cricket/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • A prescription for Indian cricket

    Another IPL ends, and Virender Sehwag is injured, hence unavailable for national duty. Again. Yuvraj Singh has a "lung infection" - opportunely contracted on the day the national team has to be picked. Gautam Gambhir, we are told - the <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/06/03/a-prescription-for-indian-cricket/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Sri Lanka’s Summer of Change

    As Sri Lanka get ready to take on England, it is worth asking if Dilshan was the right choice for captaincy. <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/05/25/sri-lankas-summer-of-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The Rahul Sharma Syndrome

    Why do we talk up players on the basis of minor performances in T20 cricket? <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/05/12/the-rahul-sharma-syndrome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • The English Teacher

    How will a method-loving coach lead a team that thrives on spontaneity? <a href="http://healthout-dr.bagmane.corp.yahoo.com/yahoocricketcolumns/2011/05/01/the-english-teacher/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>