V for Vendetta
Try as it may, it will take the BCCI some effort to make people believe legends like Kapil Dev didn't exist
View ArticleThe politics of morality
The West's hypocrisy over Zimbabwe may feel obnoxious, but the BCCI has to decide whether it wishes to be the patron-in-chief of a dysfunctional and compromised cricket body
View ArticleSpin kills
Never before Mendis has a spinner dominated Indian batsmen so comprehensively and collectively
View ArticleThe last tour
Why the Australia series marks the end of India's great middle order, and even, possibly, of the primacy of Test cricket
View ArticleEasy lies the head
Dhoni is different from other India captains, principally in the poise and calm he brings to the role
View ArticleLessons from Lahore
The notion of cricketers being immune to attacks was a myth that should never have been put to the test
View ArticleHaunted by virtue
A drug-testing regime as invasive as WADA's needs to be vigorously debated, and thanks to the opposition from India's cricketers maybe it will now be
View ArticleCricket's modern Zen master
It is tempting to see Virender Sehwag as a product of the limited-overs age, but he uses more or less orthodox strokes. The key to his success is that he has the ability to live in the present
View ArticleWhy the 100th doesn't matter
An "international hundred" is an artificial landmark and we don't need to be flying into a frenzy because Tendulkar is on the brink of a hundred of those
View ArticleHow not to close a great career
Sachin Tendulkar's media blitz in the wake of his 100th hundred has been unseemly and cheapens his legacy
View ArticleWhy laissez faire won't do for Test cricket
For the five-day game to survive, we need a BCCI that harnesses the market and tempers its profit-maximising logic to create a stable environment for the format
View ArticleA farewell left too late
Tendulkar's legacy has been diminished by his long twilight, and the team he served for so long with such distinction has been damaged too
View ArticleShades of Gavaskar
There's an implacable soundness about Cheteshwar Pujara, the best young batsman in the Test-playing world
View ArticleWe need to think about the role of the bouncer
To consider banning it in the wake of Phillip Hughes' death may be knee-jerk, but to refuse to consider the pros and cons of a ban is unwise
View ArticleAn Indian original
As captain, MS Dhoni was wholly himself, unflappable, and a desi to boot
View ArticleThe emirate of Indian cricket and its subjects
What sort of cricketing culture sees conflict of interest as normal? The answer lies in the history of cricket administration in India
View ArticleWhy the Ashes is watchable and Indian cricket isn't
There is nothing stimulating in watching a television broadcast in which the players and commentators allow themselves to be remote-controlled by the BCCI
View ArticleWhy is Pujara given short shrift?
He averages better than Rohit Sharma but still has to fight for a place in the Test side, mostly because he doesn't play ODIs
View ArticleThe madness of Yuvraj Singh
Like against Pakistan last week, when he walks out onto the biggest stage, his eyes shine with a certain insanity
View ArticleHey Virat, you're the captain of the Indian cricket team, not Captain India
Virat Kohli's trolling of a fan for preferring foreign batsmen to Indian ones comes from a place of thin-skinned privilege that's out of touch with reality
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