cricket

Despite Cricket

Akshay Sawai

Badminton star Saina Nehwal repaid her nation’s indifference with a sporting crown

The New Cricket Manual

Aakash Chopra

One-day cricket brought in newer strokes, deliveries and fielding strategies. T20 has rewritten the game’s manual again. What would WG Grace have made of it?

As the carnival unfolded in a foreign field, the crowds were sober by Indian standards, actresses in luxury boxes tried to look jubilant, food sellers made money, and batting technique made a triumphant return

Old Foe Returns

Akshay Sawai

The relationship between Indians and the short-pitched delivery has not improved

Dhoni: Darling to Effigy

Dileep Premachandran

Dhoni is now in that familiar place where an Indian cricket captain, inevitably, arrives. That place where his back will slowly transform into a dartboard

The Height of Cricket

Venkata Vemuri

A ringside view of what it takes to reach the venue for a match being played at the base of Mount Everest

Sellbo, Korbo, Sellbo

TR Vivek

Global sportswear companies have finally found a reason to pull out all stops in IPL cricket. Their plan: sell, sell, sell

The Fab Five

Steve Waugh

They brought class, genius, tenacity, skill, passion and much more to the cricket field. One of history’s most successful captains assesses their contribution to Indian cricket