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Suryavanshi's batting comes from a child-like wonder

India, May 2 -- Probably the best thing to happen to Vaibhav Suryavanshi after his headbanging 35 ball century is that duck on Thursday night. Other than dishing out the starter lesson from Cricket 10... Read More


League of its own: A volleyball contest in Assam is upturning notions of sport

India, April 30 -- Don't you just want the IPL to be in the play-offs already? But there's still a month-ish to go and because everything there is high-value, high-stakes, high-volume, each day is tot... Read More


Why the IPL is like the Oscars

India, April 7 -- A four-hour twenty-eight minute podcast on the IPL[1]? On a US tech-business platform? Pass, maybe? Except this is 'Acquired' amongst the top three tech podcasts on Apple and Spotify... Read More


The illusion of a level playing field

India, March 28 -- Remember the October 2022 announcement that men and women cricketers would receive equal match fees? When BCCI secretary Jay Shah had tweeted "Pay equity was my commitment to our wo... Read More


Indian sport: Expending more energy over legal wrestling

India, March 17 -- When an Excel sheet landed in my inbox from a random galaxy far, far away, the Pavlovian response said delete. Excel sheets are not my strong suit in any case, as they threaten to s... Read More


Sahana, giving iron women a better grip

India, March 15 -- Ever wondered why those powder-puff Women's Day-Week adverts always wrapped their 'fitness'/ health programmes in a sort of gently-gently-salmon-fuschia-low impact/intensity, slow c... Read More


Champions Trophy: Timestamp in Pakistan cricket's incessant shape shifting

India, Feb. 16 -- Construction and protocol meetings at 11pm and surprise inspections at 5am. Plus on Wednesday night, their team pulled off their highest-ever ODIs chase. If you put the how's the jos... Read More