cricket

How Cricket Became Boring

Akshay Sawai

It was unthinkable. That a day would come when the urban Indian male would admit he is bored of cricket. But the truth is that the sport is fast losing its charm among its most commercially influential devouts

I’m Through with Cricket

Sandipan Deb

Enough is enough. They’ve done it—ruined the world’s greatest game.

Eleven XIs

Team Open

There isn’t a cricket lover who hasn’t made his own teams: the best, the worst, the all-time greats... We gave in to the temptation. Gladly.

Dil Bole Hadippa

Ajit Duara

A Lagaan wannabe, without the spunk. Watch it, if at all, for the latest heartbreak kid Shahid Kapur

The ‘Raj’ is Dead. Long Live the ‘Raj’

Boria Majumdar

From Lala Amarnath to Douglas Jardine to his favourite CK Nayudu, Raj Singh Dungarpur was a treasure trove of stories. And a cricket romantic without a peer.

Heavy Hitters

Anil B. Lulla

Karnataka Premier League is drawing big money. What’s the game?

A Match in Switzerland

Akshay Sawai

The conditions were not ideal for cricket. The field was filled with snow. The pitch was rigged. But former cricketing greats played a memorable match among themselves. The best part, though, was how they behaved off the field

What Is BCCI’s Problem?

Akshay Sawai

The BCCI’s rejection of the doping clause has set up yet another cricket-administration battle. But is it really about invasion of cricketers’ privacy as the BCCI pleads? And does the Indian cricket body really have the option to not toe the line?

The Brief History of a Friendship

Akshay Sawai

Even before the overrated controversy around a reality show, Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar were drifting apart. Here is a moving story of what was once a pure and improbable friendship between a boy from the shanties and a professor’s son

Knight Vision

TR Vivek

When an Aussie talks about cricket, the world stops to listen. But John Buchanan’s book disappoints. He envisions T20 as an Olympic sport, but has no original ideas to make this happen