More misses than hits – Report Card of IPL franchise’s big buys

The Indian Premier League auction late last year saw staggering amounts of money dished out on…

Surya Kumar Yadav is back. And how!

It was Sachin Tendulkar who said it. I was in his house for his 50th birthday…

The IPL, Shah Rukh Khan’s Recitation, and Tagore’s Fireflies

More than 80 years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore remains at the heart of Bengali culture…

Where is the Next Great Indian Bowler?

R Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakravarthy, and Umran Malik. Manpreet Singh Goni and Ashok Dinda in…

Rajasthan Royals Reflect Samson’s Inconsistency

As the Indian Premier League heads towards the business end, a few patterns are emerging. Teams…

Fit Chahar and Lethal Pathirana Set Up Dhoni Communion at Chepauk

April 5, 2010. The third season of the IPL. Lalit Modi still commissioner of the league.…

How South Africa Helped IPL Go Global

It was May 21, 2009. A lofted off-drive from Manish Pandey landed right in front of…

Rabindra Jayanti, Shah Rukh’s Recitation, and 1am Walks Home

If you listened to Lalit Modi, you would have thought the Indian Premier League (IPL) was…

Mohit Finds a Second Wind

There is a memory of Mohit Sharma from May 2014 that still lights up like a…

High-Impact du Plessis and Big-Hitting Maxwell Down Rajasthan

On a Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch that was a tad slower than expected, Royal Challengers Bangalore pipped…