Vaibhav Tripathi Cheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav have been left out of the India squad for…
Month: June 2023
Looking back at the Champions Trophy win. Under MS Dhoni
India’s last ICC title. It was 9.30pm in Edgbaston and the presentation had just ended after…
Pakistan’s foreign ministry evaluating the team’s participation in 2023 World Cup
Vaibhav Tripathi The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan has taken the initiative to conduct a…
No More Tragic Heroes – How India Fell Out of Love with Fourth Place
In real life, what best explains the phrase ‘so near, yet so far’? There can be…
Neeraj Chopra and a 100-Year-Old Dream
For years on end, Indian athletes have come to the Olympic stadium early, and left within…
PV Sindhu: The Story of India’s Wonder Woman in Rio
Brutally early training sessions are a leitmotif to athletics success stories, especially in the case of…
“The Quest to be Perfect on an Imperfect day”: Abhinav Bindra
Olympic Day Special Sixteen months before the 2016 Rio Olympics, Abhinav and I were together at…
Ellyse Perry’s 99 Gives Australia the Edge, even as Sophie Ecclestone Shines
The much-anticipated Women’s Ashes series is up and running. Having won the toss, Alyssa Healy, Australia’s…
Colour TV, and 1983 – How Kapil’s Team Changed Indian Sport
For years now, sociologists and journalists have been engaged by the question: What is it that…