By Kersi Meher-Homji MS Dhoni answered his critics with a scintillating 92 and imaginative captaincy to lead India to a 22 run win over a strong South African team in the second one-day international (ODI) at Indore yesterday to level the series one-all. Dhoni was badly criticised […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Is this a case of déjà -vu? Is it Wimbledon or US Open? Is it July 2015 or September 2015? The results have been almost identical in Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles events. Like in Wimbledon two months ago, two Indians did themselves and all us […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji The recently concluded India- Sri Lanka series in Sri Lanka was a real cliff-hanger. It swung every day, ever session, every hour before India won 2-1 yesterday (1st September). I am surprised that this exciting series […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji On 20th August, two Test greats – Australia’s Michael Clarke and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara – played their final Tests; Clarke at The Oval, London against England and Sangakkara at Colombo (PSS) against India. Clarke’s swan song was widely publicised in […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Michael Clarke started his Test career with a bang way back in 2004 in Bangalore but ended it with almost a whimper at The Oval in London this month. His retirement was bitter sweet. He failed with the bat and lost the Ashes but […]
Arjun Tendulkar By Kersi Meher-Homji You can’t keep the name Tendulkar out of headlines. During Wimbledon tennis last week, TV cameras were at times focussed on Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli watching the semi-finals. Now the name Arjun Tendulkar is in news. He is […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What, no MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravi Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav? I had shouted to myself when I first read the Indian squad for the cricket tour of Zimbabwe. And my fears were justified when India under […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji Wimbledon 2015 was dominated by Serb Novac Djokovic, Swiss Roger Federer and America’s Serena Williams. Not to forget the antics of Australia’s “bad boy” Nick Kyrgios. Indians did not go empty-handed. Partnering former Swiss great Martina Hingis, India’s Sania Mirza won the Ladies Double […]
By Kersi Meher-Homji What a pleasant surprise! The Indian cricket team which toured Australia for a series of Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in 2014-15 will be here again in January 2016 for five ODIs and threeTwenty20 Internationals (T20) against Australia. But wait there is more! For […]
Venkatraghavan, Bedi, Prasanna and Chandrashekhar TIDU sport writer famous Kersi Meher-Homji remembers another interesting episode: “I was watching the Indian cricket team doing net practice at the SCG a day before their match against NSW in November 1977. To my surprise Bishan Bedi (who I had befriended in 1971–72 […]