Author: Rahul Giri







Having won a World Test Championship, and played in both the World Cup and T20 World Cup finals, Tim Southee’s vast experience could be a huge asset for Kolkata Knight Riders during a marathon IPL season. By Debasis Sen Tim Southee, who replaced Kane Williamson as New Zealand’s Test captain last year, has been an integral member of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad for the last couple of seasons in the Indian Premier League. He has been earmarked for a bigger role in the KKR bowling department this season. According to Southee, the inclusion of Lockie Ferguson and…





-Boria Majumdar Ravi Ashwin isn’t a natural T-20 player. Never was. He isn’t the best fielder on the park. Never was. He doesn’t run the fastest and no one knows these limitations better than Ashwin himself. And that’s what works for him. His desire to be out there. Take the critics on, defy the naysayers and just compete. Ashwin loves the game way too much to give up on it. And sometimes the desire to do something far outweighs the limitations. When Ashwin was picked in the 2021 world cup squad, many were surprised. He hadn’t played white ball cricket…

G Rajaraman Sanjita Chanu, the two-time Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medalist, could have had her doping-related ban reduced by a year to three years had she chosen to work on a result-management agreement with the National Anti-Doping Agency, rather than make an emotional plea before the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary. When the Anti-Doping rules presume intentional use of a prohibited non-specified substance and place the onus on the athlete to prove otherwise, Sanjita had no defence. She said she had been very careful about her food and supplementary intake since she was aware of the risks. She denied consuming…

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Defending champions versus the aspiring ones is always going to be an exciting match. On paper, there is very little to choose between the teams, we all know that. The IPL is such a competition which more often pits two evenly-balanced sides against each other, every evening. This should not be any different. Yes, there will be performances and under performances, but until these have happened, nobody can say which side it is going to tilt. This is a stage where there are no favourites and underdogs, to use the cliché. On a given day, anything can…