Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.

Sometimes, quite out of the blue, sport will throw up a tender moment, when hostility ceases and an opponent is acknowledged.

Eruption of joy at the fall of an Indian wicket can only mean one thing

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

Change doesnt always mean progress, but the status quo isnt always the best result either. It is merely the most convenient.

MS Dhoni still the best bet as Test, ODI captain. No calmer finisher than Dhoni