Category: Ajith’s Straight Drive

Sledging hit for Sixes – The art of giving back

Sledging hit for Sixes – The art of giving back

With the Australia – India series coming up, there will be no shortage of words from the Australian players on and off the field. The Pioneers of this so called art of sledging is none other than Australians.

The Joy of Watching Pollard

The Joy of Watching Pollard

Michael Holding said “Pollard, in my opinion, is not a cricketer”. I beg to differ, Pollard simplifies cricket to the basic. As kids we were all taught one simple thing “You watch the ball and hit the ball”, that is the very essence of cricket. Pollard is doing that to perfection. He effortlessly sends the [...]

Greatest Sports Brands of All time – Michael Jordon and Sachin Tendulkar

Greatest Sports Brands of All time – Michael Jordon and Sachin Tendulkar

Similarities between the two greatest sporting brands ever (Michael Jordan and Sachin Tendulkar), based on their life, performance, what they said, what others said about them and their brand value

Sachin Tendulkar – Defying the Odds

Sachin Tendulkar – Defying the Odds

When he is playing people wanted him to retire and when he has retired from a particular format, people and the critics want him to comeback. There was no one like Sachin and there will be no one like him in the future. He is the Greatest Cricketer to walk on this planet. Period.

Rules are for the Color of Skin

Rules are for the Color of Skin

Proclaiming to be aggressive on the field, Stuart Broad went on to do something which rarely happened in international cricket recently.

Split Innings ODIs – The need of the hour

Split Innings ODIs – The need of the hour

New Zealand thrashed India by 200 runs. Scorecards will read as a trashing by the Kiwis, but the real picture is different, in Dambula any team can win the toss and bat first and win the match. A match should test the skills of the players, and the better team on the day should win [...]

Bid Adieu, Murali – The Greatest Spinner Ever

Bid Adieu, Murali – The Greatest Spinner Ever

Murali is like the Sachin of bowling, with very poor support he achieved a lot, and he is humble and down to earth and someone who never forgot his roots, just like Sachin.

Shahid Afridi

Afridi – The last of his kind

We welcome Afridi back to Test cricket and wish Pakistan Cricket team to get back to the winning ways like the early 90s.

Sachin Vs The Most Feared Opponent

Sachin Vs The Most Feared Opponent

The master has displayed several times that he can demolish the best, be it Mc Grath, Warne, Wasim, Waquar and co. If there is one feared opponent, then it is the ‘TIME’.

Sachin Tendulkar and Comparisons

Sachin Tendulkar and Comparisons

Greatness of a sportsperson should never be measured in terms of their sporting achievements alone, but should be based on what difference they made (not only to the sport).

Know Sachin – through Sachin himself

Know Sachin – through Sachin himself

Know about Sachin based on what he has said about himself and through some unknown incidents. This will be continued as a series of similar articles on the unknown side of sachin.

A super human living his dream

Impossible is Nothing – A superhuman living his dream.

He came close on two occasions last year, but failed to reach the magic mark of 200. This time he did not let go the opportunity

Memories of 2003 World Cup – Sachin carries India on his shoulders

Memories of 2003 World Cup – Sachin carries India on his shoulders

“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us”. Like an old an old diary Time can make a feeling fade But the memory of a Sachin’s knock Never fades away.” Sachin’s ODI career has been full of great knocks, and to put one knock ahead of another is doing serious injustice to [...]

There is no alternative.

Mirror Mirror Answer me. Is Sachin The Greatest?

This article was written by Ajith on 30 March 2007 as a reply to Ian Chappel’s comments on Sachin, when he asked Sachin to retire. Comments by ex cricketers.. media furious over Sachin.. doubts among his loyal supporters. What is his future? And what is the future of Indian cricket without Sachin? Ya, I stood [...]

The God of Cricket writing his own scripts – Sachin Tendulkar

The God of Cricket writing his own scripts – Sachin Tendulkar

There is a famous statement in a Japanese movie titled ‘Initial D’. If translated it means “God is also Human, but he can do things which ordinary people can’t do”. What ordinary people cannot do in a cricket field is to write their own script. There may be great players, but they are bound to [...]

When Solitude met Immortality – 175 from 141 of Sachin

When Solitude met Immortality – 175 from 141 of Sachin

Sachin’s knock against Aussies while chasing 351 What a knock? 175 from 141 balls, while chasing a mammoth total of 351. People have short term memory loss; this year sachin has scored 3 centuries (the highest by anyone this year) at a very good average better than most others. Yet people say he has grown [...]

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