Between hope and hubris: Innocence, glumness, despair, gratitude

The World Cup has gone from being an event in the future with its administrative confusions,…

In sport, you often learn more from a defeat than from a victory 

England’s Jos Buttler walks off the field as Indian players celebrate his wicket during the ICC…

Selfish vs altruistic in sport: No ‘I’ in team, but there’s a ‘me’

After he got to his 100th international century, Sachin Tendulkar said that it would be selfish…

Kohli and Root — two contemporary greats and their different approaches

File picture of Joe Root and Virat Kohli ahead of an India-England Test match. Watching the…

India deserve the money, but the ICC needs to work out a better system 

FILE PHOTO: The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai, October 31,…

Generally, a bad ball is just a bad ball; no one plays to lose 

It is now a fact of life that when a player has a bad day on…

In defence of defence – played right, it can be a sexy shot too

One of the finest shots I saw on a cricket field came off the bat of…

Choosing all-time teams: why Bradman may always not make it

Does cricket above all sports lend itself most often to such mental exercises as “the greatest…

World Test Championship final — no room for experimentation 

There is little room for experimentation in a one-off WTC final, with a combination of talent,…

Cricket selection: Putting the human back in the machine

Selectors have been in the news of late, which may not be ideal. Actually, they should…