Theviyanthan Krishnamohan

Help Cricket Expand: An open letter to BCCI

Dear BCCI, I write to you this letter at the risk of being branded as “just another jealous non-Indian who envies the…

10 years ago

Satire: Beaten and bruised – A candid chat with a cricket ball in the modern era

Dressed in red or white, depending on the occasion, she can rattle stumps and break jaws. She is a lynchpin…

10 years ago

Why Sangakkara is one of the best test batsmen of all time

Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara is arguably the best Test batsman Sri Lanka has ever produced. With his exquisite stroke making, impeccable keeping…

10 years ago

Street Cricket: A force South Asia should exploit to help Professional Cricket flourish

A sport becomes the heart beat of a nation only when the habitants of that nation start playing that sport.…

10 years ago

The reasons for the incompleteness of CLT20

If one moment that had an incredible and perennial impact on World Cricket, then that would be Misbah Ul Haq's…

10 years ago

Benefits cricket can gain from being a part of Asian Games

Cricket is the second-most popular sport in the world, thanks to the gargantuan population of South Asia. Although around 2.5…

10 years ago

An All Time Best World T20 XI that played no T20

It is not uncommon for fans to come up with their own All Time Best world XIs in both Tests…

10 years ago

Mahadevan Sathasivam: A Forgotten Prince of Sri Lanka Cricket

“Wrong place, wrong time” were two of the very first words Shehan Karunathilaka used when describing the fictional Lankan chinaman…

10 years ago

Chucking in Cricket should be allowed

Bowling in cricket has seen tremendous changes, from rolling the ball along the turf with an underarm action to adopting…

10 years ago

The need for a more Sri Lankanesque SLPL

SLPL; the first time the concept was plunged into the minds of the Sri Lankans in 2011, everyone in Sri…

10 years ago

Rugby: Sri Lanka Cricket's New Adversary

Shout the word "Sri Lanka" at a World Stage. For many it is the 30 year war and the various…

10 years ago

A paladin rising from the Corpses- a poem for Sanga

Owls growl and wolves howl, Blood smelling bowlers make the batsmen grovel and beg for life. Balls swing in and out…

10 years ago

A Poem for Sanga

Suave exterior was something you were born with! Ambushing the oppositions was a walk by the beach for you! Negating…

10 years ago

Sri Lanka Cricket's Refugee Camp

Dinesh Chandimal was earmarked as the next big thing in Sri Lanka. Lahiru Thirimanne was expected to be the next…

10 years ago

Sri Lanka's Anathematized Young Batsmen

Sri Lanka is quirky among Cricket Playing Nations. Among the Top Cricket Playing Nations, Sri Lanka has the least GDP; is the second…

10 years ago

Mahela’s Top Ten Test Innings

10. 141 vs New Zealand at Napier, 2005 On a placid track in Napier, after conceding 561 runs in the…

10 years ago