Over the past two years, Covid rendered spectator sports—that symbol of civilisational normality—into a...
Ved plunged headlong into life, determined to experience all it had to offer
The almighty might be invoked for that final push, but sportsmen have implicit faith in training, coaches and...
In Outlook this week, a diary on cricket XIs, 'dream team' and Wisden India, by Suresh Menon.
Bose’s wide canvas of limited depth is at its best when he roams Indian cricket’s delicious suburbs, not...
There is no one reason that defined Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s life as a cricketer. He defied the grammar book...
Privileging competence, even stolidity, over flash and dazzle and multiple stabs over awesome blows, India...
Warne wastes words rambling on his growing up, affairs and escapades. On spin bowling, cricketing personages...
The mad rush of change in Indian cricket is scrutinised by the journalist, with look-ins by the historian, as...
Guha liberated Indian cricket writing from its pedantic rut. He visits the game with empathy, amid its...
Sanjay Manjrekar's insightful and utterly frank autobiography sets a high standard to aim for, while...
Sardesai’s playing XI is unrealistic, the subject’s stories familiar. Only when he dons the garb of a...
A patchwork run through India’s Test history has great anecdotal charm, but is repetitive
Can cricket be a leveller in India? Adiga’s eleven find it out the tough way.
Each wrong turn leads to a new treasure, an unexpected trove of beauty, an unseen lot of sculptures.
This superb history tells the story of Pakistan through its popular sport.
Luck, pluck, hard work made Dhoni. Everything else he stonewalls.
All cylinders at full blast, Team India now needs to do it for Dhoni
De Villiers is transforming batsmanship in true post-modern style