Pakistan in New Zealand – The Cricket Cauldron

  Pakistan are set to begin their twelfth ODI series in New Zealand from Saturday. Since 1972-73, when they played each other in their first ever ODI at Christchurch, the two teams have clashed 44 times in New Zealand, with the hosts winning 26 ODIs to the visitors’ 15. This includes two games played at [ ]
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Help Babul Das Fight Throat Cancer Before It Spreads To The Rest Of His Body

Six months back, 65-year-old Babul Das from Bangladesh learnt that he had cancer. The doctors advised him to go to a bigger, better hospital for treatment. Fearing for his life, his family brought him to India. He managed to get a bed in Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, where he is finally undergoing chemotherapy. The problem, however, is the fact that the gravely sick Babul has no money to continue treatment.Continued Chemotherapy is His Only HopeBabul has Oropharynx Carcinoma which is a severe form of throat cancer. In a bid to ensure that cancer doesn't spread throughout his body, thereby turning fatal, the doctors have recommended 6 cycles of chemotherapy. It is the only thing that will stop his cancer from spreading."He feels much better now. He cannot speak due to his ongoing treatment but at least he is not in much pain. Cancer is not an easy disease to fight. He puts on a brave front all the time, but the moment he thinks we are not looking, he cries," said his son, Suman. He is
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University of Calicut complete three-peat at 2018 All India Inter University Women’s Basketball Championship in Chennai

It took a thrilling overtime battle, but heroics, experience, and sheer will for success helped the University of Calicut state their claim to an incredible three-peat at India s most prestigious national women s collegiate title the 2018 All India Inter University Women s Basketball Championship for Women in Chennai on Tuesday. Calicut defeated Bharathiar University [ ]
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This 4-year-old Was Struggling To Survive Dengue When She Was Diagnosed With Blood Cancer

Tejaswini's illness started with dengue fever. Fearing for her life, her father got her admitted to a hospital and got her a blood transfusion. Despite recovering from dengue, Tejaswini did not get better. To her father's shock, she was diagnosed with blood cancer. As a farmer, Tejaswini's father is struggling to save her life.Tejaswini at the hospital with her parentsSince her dengue – Tejaswini has no energy left even to eatTejaswini lived in Giduthuru, a small village near Vishakhapatnam with her parents and little sister. Her father Govindu is a tenant farmer and her mother Annapurna stays at home to take care of the house. Tejaswini had started her second year of school when she fell sick three months back.Tejaswini with her mother and little sister visiting a park“She was a super naughty child, filling the house with her laughter – always up to something. Since she became sick – she is tired all the time. She hardly even talks. She eats only when we force her to eat so
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Indian hoop dreaming-From makeshift school courts to a Jr. NBA World Championship

This article was first published in my Hoopistani column for The Times of India Sports on December 23, 2017. Click here to read the original version. I was ten or eleven years old when I first began to play basketball. There was only a small concrete ground available in those days for junior-school kids in [ ]
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Review – 2017 Test Team of the Year – The Cricket Cauldron

  The Cricket Cauldron’s Test team for the year 2017 features three players each from Australia, India and South Africa, and one each from Bangladesh and England. While deciding on the top five was rather straightforward, there were quite a few contenders for the wicketkeeper and all-rounder spots. Likewise, the third fast bowling berth too [ ]
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The Year in Indian Basketball

In Indian basketball, 2017 was a year of oscillating waves: encouraging highlights followed by major disappointments, leading to more highs and more lows. Indian basketball players like Amjyot Singh, Amritpal Singh, Kavita Akula, and others took major strides in testing international waters, while we hosted a number of major international tournaments on home soil. The [ ]
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