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Aditya Iyer

Umpires confront Australia’s Cameron Bancroft after he was caught ball-tampering, for which he was suspended for nine months
Guts & Balls
Ball-Tampering: Is It Such a Big Deal?

If ball-tampering is a crime in cricket, then it is a pardonable one

29 March 2018
The Kohli Rate of Growth
Openomics 2018
The Kohli Rate of Growth

Economic lessons from the captain’s chase

21 March 2018
Capetonians queue up for water at a natural spring in Newlands
World
Global Warning

The fabled land of sweet waters is on the verge of dehydration. Aditya Iyer in Cape Town captures the mood before Day Zero

07 March 2018
Sourav Ganguly
Open Conversation
Sourav Ganguly: ‘Under me, players weren’t picked and dropped at my whim and fancy’

Open conversation with Sourav Ganguly, former captain, Indian cricket team

27 February 2018
Ajinkya Rahane scored a remarkable 48 runs off 68 balls in his second innings at Johannesburg
Cricket
Ajinkya Rahane: Good Luck Jinx

After being ignored for the first two Tests, Ajinkya Rahane puts selection policy to shame with a match-winning knock in the final game against South Africa

01 February 2018
Virat Kohli (R) hugs his teammate Mohammed Shami after winning the fourth day of the third Test match between South Africa and India at Wanderers cricket ground in Johannesburg on January 27, 2018
Open in South Africa
A Way Away

With a seven-wicket burst post-tea on Day Four, India's pacers break South Africa's resistance to win Johannesburg Test

28 January 2018
Umpires Ian Gould (C) Aleem Dar (R) and referee Andy Pycroft discuss ahead of suspending the match during the third day of the third test match
Open in South Africa
Fear and Loathing in Johannesburg

Match officials nearly jeopardise a brilliant Test match after India tackle hazardous batting conditions to set South Africa target of 241 runs

26 January 2018
Jasprit Bumrah (facing camera) celebrates with captain Virat Kohli after dismissing South Africa's batsman Lungi Ngidi
Open in South Africa
Quick Retribution

Fast bowlers Bumrah and Bhuvi drag India back into third Test by bowling out South Africa for 194, just 7 runs more than their first innings total

25 January 2018
Cheteshwar Pujara
Open in South Africa
Heavy Mettle

Only Pujara's stubbornness and Kohli's grit survive against a terrific South African pace attack on a difficult Johannesburg pitch as India post 187

24 January 2018
The Indian team during the second Test in Centurion
Cricket
Cricket: All is Lost

Despite having the squad and resources to do well abroad in Test cricket, Virat Kohli’s men begin 2018 with a series surrender in South Africa

18 January 2018

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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