DELHI'S APALLING PERFORMANCE IN 2024-25 RANJI TROPHY CONTINUES UNABATED

By Qaiser Mohammad Ali, Patriot News, New Delhi (Published on November 14, 2024)

As the Delhi cricket team's miserable performance in the RanjiTrophy cricket continues for sixth straight year, the selection committee, in a kneejerk reaction, changed the captain midway (after four matches). Were the selectors under any kind of pressure? Now, Delhi's qualification for quarterfinals hangs by the thread.

Was the change effected with an eye on the upcoming DDCA elections? Why was Yash Dhull, who was removed from captaincy after just one match last year (shocking defeat to minnows Pondicherry) so that he could concentrate on his batting, has again been tasked with vice-captaincy? The questions are many. But the Delhi & District Cricket Association seems fully focussed on the next month's AGM and apex council elections.

Click here to read my story -- tinyurl.com/fz6s44xv

DDCA election in December: Entry of a top Delhi police officer adds spice to campaigning 

By Qaiser Mohammad Ali

Click here to read my story, which was originally published in Patriot newspaper (New Delhi) on November 8, 2024 -- tinyurl.com/4d8rfbfe

Rohtas Singh, 'Guru ji' of Indian golf who won more than 100 pro titles between 1970s and 1990s, passes away, unsung, ignored, and forgotten by almost all

By Qaiser Mohammad Ali, Patriot

Click here to read the heart-rending longer version of my story (abridged version appeared in Patriot News newspaper, Nov 1-7, 2024) -- https://rb.gy/try7vg