cricket

The League of Champions

Aditya Iyer

From the Kohli cult to the fantastic four of tennis, Messi’s fight for his legacy to an epic clash between Hamilton and Vettel, it’s a great year to be a sports fan

The Self Portrait of a Cricket Fan

Tunku Varadarajan

A Game in Memory

The Breathless and the Breathtaking

Aditya Iyer

Delhi’s best, Virat Kohli, breaks batting barriers despite Delhi’s worst, its air, at the Feroz Shah Kotla Test

Nick of Time

Aditya Iyer

The final day of the Eden Test had the drama and rhythm of a football match breathing on added time. It was a singular sight, where time was of the essence in Test cricket

Ishant Sharma: There and Back Again

Aditya Iyer

Before the new Test season, Ishant Sharma opens up on his journey from teen sensation to veteran of the attack

Mumbai Notebook

Anil Dharker

India's greatest cricketers at the launch of Rajdeep Sardesai’s book

The Enduring Power of Virat Kohli

Rajdeep Sardesai

The Millennial Master

No Ball

Tunku Varadarajan

Rajdeep Sardesai’s cheering thesis is spoiled thoroughly in the execution

Death of a Sportsman

Aditya Iyer

Accidental deaths are not common in sport

Ben Stokes may not play for his country again. But that would be a shame, given that we taught him not to take things lying down, to never give up, to never roll over and die, to fight till the last breath