Batting for the Naturals

Will Captain Kohli kiss the Cup?

Game on

The Final Countdown

R Ashwin’s Bad Week

Blindsided twice, a desire to win and a voting conundrum

Indraprastha

Advantage Modi and unpleasant affairs at DDCA

The Dhoni Question

Is there room for a neutral in the great cricketing debate of this World Cup year?

A Cricketing Calypso

India’s tour to the Caribbean could produce a great contest in the wake of an unforeseen West Indian renaissance

The Limits of Behaviour Policing

The convoluted logic of BCCI asking Hardik Pandya to explain his thoughts at parties

World At Their Feet

World Cups in cricket and rugby, a brand new version of a century-old tennis tournament, and Liverpool’s timely tryst with triumph—it promises to be a breakneck year for the sports fanatic

Fast Forward

Umesh Yadav returns from the fringes with a rare fast bowling feat -- only the third Indian pacer to take a 10-wicket haul in India