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"You can't fight it": Steve Waugh on the rise of T20s and the future of Test cricket

New Delhi, April 24 -- Steve Waugh, the most successful Test captain in the history of cricket, who once led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1... Read More


Victory formations: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on FC Barcelona's killer trios

India, April 19 -- On April 10, Barcelona put on an attacking masterclass in the Champions League quarter-final that left a hapless Borussia Dortmund decimated. If there was a match to showcase the i... Read More


Lockie Ferguson of Punjab Kings on fast bowling in the IPL: Speed and skill in T20 cricket

New Delhi, April 12 -- With the white ball, he is pure white heat. Fiercely committed to scorching pace and bounce, Lockie Ferguson was, most famously, New Zealand's bowling hero at the 2019 ODI World... Read More


The pace maker: Indian runner Gulveer Singh is breaking new ground

India, April 5 -- Gulveer Singh is so close. Just 220 milliseconds away. (With 1,000 milliseconds in a second, we're talking blink-and-you-miss-it close.) It will be hard to bet against him becoming ... Read More


IPL 2025: Is the world's biggest cricket league ready for its first 300+ score?

New Delhi, March 27 -- To begin, a simple prediction-the first 300-plus score in the IPL will be scored this season. Who will bet against this? On 22 March, in Sunrisers Hyderabad's (SRH's) game in H... Read More


Cricket has a new superhero

India, March 23 -- Virat Kohli looked like he'd seen a ghost. Eyebrows knitted, his mouth a grim line, he stared for a moment towards point, before shaking his head very slightly, and walking back to ... Read More


Cricket has a new superhero: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on Glenn Phillips

India, March 22 -- Virat Kohli looked like he'd seen a ghost. Eyebrows knitted, his mouth a grim line, he stared for a moment towards point, before shaking his head very slightly, and walking back to... Read More


Faster and higher: The reason why athletics record are tumbling around the world

New Delhi, March 9 -- On 28 February, in the small city of Clermont-Ferrand at the foothills of the French Alps, Armand "Mondo" Duplantis stood for a moment, looking askance at the crossbar that rose ... Read More


Captain hook: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on fiery pro boxer Nishant Dev

India, March 1 -- In the end, it was all over in under two minutes. On 25 January, Nishant Dev, a 24-year-old boxer from Karnal in Haryana, did something only a handful of Indians have done before hi... Read More


Women's Premier League: Breaking barriers one season at a time

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- The stadium is packed every day, the matches are edge-of-the-seat affairs featuring muscular six hitting, wily spin bowling, pacers knocking down stumps, great catches and eye-ca... Read More