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World Cup Soccer: Real American Men Watch Football

India has never played a single match in the history of world cup soccer.  Yet about 44.4 million Indians watched the 2006 world cup held in Germany.  This number is expected to grow by about 35% this year.  The numbers of viewers are very high considering that a vast majority of Indians still do not [...]

The Dilemma Facing Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar faces a dilemma that most of us do not have to face.  As a batsman he has dominated the sport of cricket during the past two decades.  Statistically he has set records both in test cricket and the one day version that are unlikely to be broken.  You have to play at a [...]

Ian Chappell Wins Round 1 against MS Dhoni

Australian cricket has always fascinated me.  Australia always knows how to field a good team and their teams always had a healthy mix of young and veteran players at every position.  For the past forty years Australian captains were not only great leaders and proven winners but also some of the best players of their [...]

Indian Television Needs Reform

As a teenager growing up in the eighties in South India I used to listen to the radio a lot.  Most of the All India Radio (AIR) broadcasts were then only available in Hindi.  I listened to it although I did not understand a world of it.  One of my best memories was listening to [...]

What is Wrong With Indian Cricket?

On the surface everything appears calm.  Cricket as a game and many of the players on the national team are household names in India and most of the cricketing world.  Indians would tell you that economically India is also the engine of world cricket.  For the most part this is true.  Advertisement and sponsorship money [...]