Stage set for Dhoni to exit IPL on his terms

It was late December 2019, and we had just finished a chat show for one of…

Gestures aside, Virat Kohli and RCB’s men under Faf du Plessis must chart their own course

The gesture that broke the Internet on Tuesday evening was when the newly named Royal Challengers…

Will Gambhir’s Return Restore KKR’s Local Connect

Supporters often overreact, and that’s always been the story of fandom. But to a degree, they…

KKR and Eden Gardens Await the Shreyas Iyer Effect

One of the most-talked-about buys at the IPL auction in February 2022 was Shreyas Iyer. Many…

Rinku prayer shot sums up both IPL and modern India

In a photograph that has now gone viral on social media, Rinku Singh is seen at…

Lakshya Sen can Glimpse All England glory

It was well past midnight, and yet I wasn’t sleepy for a second. Lakshya Sen was…

Kohli T20 World Cup debate nowhere close to settled

I had gone to pick up my daughter from school when a group of young boys…

Satwik’s pranaam for the Daddies showed the beauty of sport

The round-of-32 match at the All England Open between Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and the Daddies, Hendra…

Teamwork behind the scenes made the Conclave possible

There were 40 athletes. Other policy makers, corporates and federation presidents. In all, 55 people to…

Igor Stimac: “I am looking you in the eye and telling you that we will qualify for the third round of the World Cup.”

It was the second time I asked Igor Stimac the question in the course of the…