Happy Marketer is now, Merkle Singapore! Exactly 10 years ago, we at Happy Marketer, had hired Siljith Kandyil as our first employee outside Singapore ~ over the last decade he has & continues to transform our operations across our multi-city organization structure by donning different hats to ensure that the…

1001 international wickets ~ 708 off those came in Tests; 195 off those in The Ashes and 96 off them in the year 2005 alone. He spun the ball over 51,000 times to get these truckloads of wickets and he usually got them at 25 runs-a-piece. Along the way, he…

Over 14 years, the Indian Premiere League (IPL) has gone from being a “DLF” property to now being backed by the evergreen “Tatas”; from $5.3M a year to $40M a year in terms of title sponsorship. In the very first auction of 2008, the combined purchase price of all the…

Last night, a 17 year old Dinesh Bana, India’s wicket keeper hit a “Dhoniesque” six to seal the U-19 World Cup for India ~ the team’s 5th trophy in the 8 finals it has ever played in. Across the last two games, the young lad has scored 33* off 9…

Respect, Rafa. Massive respect! What we witnessed today was nothing short of a miracle spanning 324 minutes where a 35-year-old was clawing his way back like a 21-year-old to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to claim his 21st Grand Slam. At the end of the 3rd set which…

Since the day he first captained Team India in Test cricket on 9th December 2014 against the mighty Australians in Adelaide, Kohli has achieved many firsts, tumbled various records and statistically has accomplished the title of being the best captain that has ever led the nation in the purest form…

The1st week of the year ~ when there is renewed hope; fresh starts; new promises & resolutions are made; expectations reset and often the bar is raised higher. The real challenge is how does one sustain this, if at all, with the same level of motivation and consistency by the…

After ending 2021 on a high, as it’s best year till date. The deliveries from Shami & Bumrah that clipped the leg bail and off bail to dismiss Petersen and van der Dussen were the moments of the Centurion Test match for me; perhaps it pretty much symbolized & summed…

Roorkee. Fazilka. Palghar. Nagpur. Sangamner. Siliguri. Rajkot. Salem. Karnal. Most of us may not be able to pinpoint these Tier 3 & 4 towns on the map, but beyond the traditional cricketing metros of Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata & Hyderabad in India, these are the birthplaces of the new…