Cricket braces for a rollercoaster ride
Over the next few weeks the world of cricket will be dominated by the Indian Premier League, a radically new tournament that could change the game forever
View ArticleMarket rules, ok
Success is everything and all else be damned. The IPL has brought football-style despotism into cricket
View ArticleA time bomb waiting to go off
To anyone who has followed Indian cricket in the past few months, Friday night's incident was inevitable
View ArticleMany questions, no answers
India's selectors had a lot of explaining to do, particularly about the inclusion of Sourav Ganguly, but there was no open, transparent media interaction
View ArticleAnatomy of Kolkata's disaster
How did the most glamorous team in the IPL become a cautionary tale only halfway into the season?
View ArticleAnatomy of Kolkata's disaster
How did the most glamorous team in the IPL become a cautionary tale only halfway into the season?
View ArticleBCCI v the world
The Indian board's foot-dragging and muscle-flexing over the drug-testing issue is typical
View ArticleThe gospel according to John Buchanan
The former Kolkata and Australia coach lays out his vision for Twenty20, but don't expect the inside story on KKR's disastrous second season
View ArticleWhat football and basketball can teach cricket
The influx of big money into cricket in the last decade has parallels in other sports; there are lessons to be found there as well
View ArticleA case of misplaced outrage
It's not easy to assign blame for the fiasco over the exclusion of Pakistani players from the third season of the IPL
View ArticleWhat about the arm around the shoulder?
Ravindra Jadeja's ban by the IPL raises the question: do our young cricketers have the sort of support system they need?
View ArticleFrom yarn to yawn
The blog was the sensation of the second season of the IPL. The book seems an unwieldy, long-winded cash-in
View ArticleEnough with the secrecy
The Kochi franchise ruckus may finally force the BCCI into being transparent. About time too
View ArticleBCCI bitten by its own buzzword
The BCCI under Sharad Pawar's presidency has made a mockery of the vision document it released in 2005
View ArticleAmin a contrast to flamboyant Modi
The new IPL chairman brings to the table inscrutability, a low profile, a respectability and credibility among his peers, professional competence and an aversion to controversy.
View ArticleAn opportunity for a clean-up
The scrapping of two IPL franchises just may be the opportunity the league needs to fashion itself as a world-class enterprise, but will the BCCI take it up?
View ArticleBlame the BCCI, not Gavaskar and Shastri
The two commentators are merely the messengers. The problem is with the medium and the message, and the board wants to control all three
View ArticleThe IPL and Lalit Modi
The map of Indian and international cricket was reorganised when a previously unknown BCCI official came up with a franchise-based Twenty20 model
View ArticleGive Tendulkar the benefit of the doubt
Leadership hasn't been his strength but statesmanship has come almost naturally to him
View ArticleFinally, a winning script
A city that has long lived on the fringes of sporting success has finally hit the headlines for the right reasons
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