• ‘If the Government Wants, it can Cancel Modi’

    By Shantanu Guha Ray | Yahoo! Cricket Interviews – Mon 19 Dec, 2011 5:13 PM IST

    Narayanaswami Srinivasan, 65, is in the middle of several controversies, befitting his status as newly anointed president of the BCCI , the richest, most powerful and most-pilloried cricket board in the world. u000a u000a He has rejected demands for an inquiry into India 's disastrous England tour, sought legal advice on how to resolve the Kochi Tuskers crisis, and parried countless calls from Pakistan Cricket Board president Ijaz Bhatt seeking a renewal of Indo-Pakistan cricket ties. u000a u000a The chairman of India Cements which, in turn, is the prime investor in IPL team Chennai Super Kings , Srinivasan is a chemical engineer from the Illinois Institute of Technology as well as a chartered accountant. As he sits in the Chennai office of India Cements, which has a turnover of Rs 3,800 crore, surrounded by pictures of grandchildren, a clay model of Mahatma Gandhi and a miniature charkha on his table, he is determined to change the course of BCCI in his three years as president. u000a

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  • ‘I have earned my place in the Indian squad’

    By AR Hemant | Yahoo! Cricket Interviews – Mon 19 Dec, 2011 5:13 PM IST

    Stress fractures of the back, recovery, a delivery that clocked 153.4 KMPH, signing up for Delhi Daredevils, the Emerging Tour and now the Indian squad — Varun Aaron has had two interesting seasons that have put him on the fast-track to international cricket.


    The 21-year-old didn't get a chance to play the England ODIs, but had experts like Wasim Akram and Sourav Ganguly arguing for his place in the Indian side. Aaron hopes he'll break into the XI soon despite stiff competition.


    Excerpts from his chat with Yahoo! Cricket today:


    Talk a bit about your growing-up days.


    When I was about 8-9, I slowly started with school cricket. Then I played for the Jharkhand U-15. And then on to the U-17 team and then for the Indian U-19 probables. There were no U-19 tours at the time. In 2005, I got selected for Pace Foundation and I was shortlisted for their finals. It's been great there since I joined them at a small age. Early on I learnt the importance of training and the mechanics of my action.


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  • India superior to England: Borde

    By Bikash Singh | Yahoo! Cricket Interviews – Mon 19 Dec, 2011 5:12 PM IST

    Former cricketer Chandu Borde, who played 55 Tests between 1958 and 1969, feels Indian batting, bowling and fielding is superior in comparison to the English team and backs the MS Dhoni-led team to come out on top in the upcoming four-match Test series.

    In 2007, you were suddenly faced by the huge task of managing the Indian team. Were there any apprehensions about accepting the responsibility?


    (Laughs) Frankly I like challenges. See I am a practical person and not a theoretician. I was not acting as a coach to them...instead I helped the players with few tips. Being a senior cricketer, who had played for the country before, they respected me and implemented those ideas to good effect.


    We won the Test series in England 1-0 then; do you think India can better the result this time around?


    We have a better team now and I am very impressed with our pace bowlers this time around. Zaheer Khan is one of the best left-arm bowlers in the world at the moment; Ishant Sharma has got his confidence

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