Author: Rahul Giri





By Bharath Ramaraj It wasn’t long ago that India were taking on Australia in the third and final ODI of a three-match series at the Chepauk Stadium. But such is the hectic schedule that it seems as if the cricketing landscape is akin to a train chugging along, non-stop, for 52 weeks a year. For the next couple of months, it would be about 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises competing in the fast-paced T20 format. The 16th edition will be launched with Gujarat Titans, the defending champions, locking horns against Chennai Super Kings, four-time winners, at the…



By G Rajaraman Nostalgia can do the strangest of things to people. Much against the credo of living in the present, it makes them delve into the past. Though nearly a decade has passed and much water has flowed under the bridge, with another edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) upon us, I find it easy to drop all else and travel back to my time as media manager of the Delhi Daredevils. In four seasons, the IPL had already created jobs for countless people and was growing into an economy of its own, especially with it…