Flat opinions in the round world

Whenever I hear Mahendra “M S” Dhoni coming to bat, I leave all business to watch smiting Dhoni playing his shots. It’s not only me who holds this view about one of the greatest finisher India has so far got. I remember watching a live interview of M S Dhoni on a news channel in 2004 before his debut in Indian ODI squad. He was being interviewed at JSCA International cricket complex, wearing a red t-shirt, his signature long locks drenched in sweat. Who could imagine a desi cricketer speaking in Hindi will soon become the most favorite sportsperson in the world. Soon after he joined Indian cricket team in 2004, he was offered the captaincy of the team in 2007 when Rahul Dravid, the then Indian cricket captain decided to give up the challenging role. Dhoni was quite young at that age, just 26 to shoulder the responsibility. But with his flamboyant personality and fearless attitude towards the game, he soon became trepidation for the oppositions.  His contribution to Indian cr...

What is meaning of technology and what role has it got to play when we talk in terms of cricket? Technology is something which is relatable to automation of modus operandi and reduces human intervention and thus saves time, the most limiting factor in today’s frenetic world. Yes, it involves the cost but we have to make a choice between time and cost and hence the quality. No doubt, in cricket also, the advent of technology has given ultra-edge benefits in the areas where umpires had to take manual decisions which could turn out to be good or bad. In the last few decades, the technology has progressed by leaps and bounds in the area of cricket as a sports. Needless to say, there was dire need to do it. In cricket, recently there have been technological advancements such as pitching of Hotspot, Snick-o-meter, Hawkeye, LED stumps and bails, stump camera to name a few. Hotspot is the technology used to review the smallest nick of ball and bat. In snick-o-meter, a sensitive micropho...