Sports

The Voice of a Captain

Akshay Sawai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni might well think his duties off the field are more demanding. He does well, considering

The Story of a Kashmiri Footballer

Atiya Hussain

Basharat Baba was selected to train in Brazil. It was only once his passport was rejected that he learnt his father was a former militant

The Curious Case of Sudhir Gautam

Akshay Sawai

Here’s the fabled Indian cricket fan. He has his own following, and is now the subject of a film

Perks of the Job

Akshay Sawai

Watching, er, hearing Yuvraj in full flow, and a chance encounter with an autorickshaw driver who starred in Johnny Mera Naam

No Country for Spectators

Akshay Sawai

The average sports fan with no ‘connections’ has it rough in India. But he is also a lout, tempting trouble

Match Made in Heaven

Akshay Sawai

…and the day after manicurists in Bangalore are promised a field day

Another World Cup, another 175

Akshay Sawai

Virender Sehwag had warned this would be a revenge match. And that intent was announced in the first ball bowled.

The ‘gamechanger’ cliché sits well on him. A man of great talent by any reckoning, Yuvraj Singh will need to be at his best for India to go the distance. Over dinner at his house in Delhi, he spoke at length about the upcoming biggie

‘It’s a happy bunch under Gary’

Boria Majumdar

He wasn’t available for two consecutive T20 World Cups in 2009 and 2010. India failed in both. Many feel it is his performance at the top of the order that has taken India to pole position in Test cricket. Virender Sehwag, without a doubt, will hold the key to India’s chances in World Cup 2011. Here’s what he had to say in an hour of cricket adda at his New Delhi home