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India's Batsmen Lost The Adelaide Match - by Mukul Kesavan
This team needs remaking. "Recklessness over respectability" should be its founding mantra.
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Surya Kumar Yadav's Sixes And The Stamp Of Genius - by Mukul Kesavan
Our expectation of cricketers in differing formats will diverge and so, in time, will our vocabularies. Careless Test batters will continue to sky the ball; T20's virtuosos will SKY it.
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Wordle, A Gentle Obsession - By Mukul Kesavan
Is Wordle is the purest pastime in the English-speaking world? It is. Let me count the ways. One, this 5 by 6 grid of thirty squares is free. Two, you don't need an app to play it, Safari or Chrome will do. In a cluttered online world, where the sinu
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Opinion: The Reason Why Djokovic Is Both Unequalled And Unloved
It's hard for a sporting public to sustain a faith in an athlete's innocence when he is caught out breaking rules and then lying about these violations.
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Opinion: Kohli Exposes Sourav Ganguly With Captain-Like Skills
Too often in Indian cricket has discretion been embraced as the better part of valour. Kohli spoke up for Shami when the BCCI wouldn't. Now he has spoken up for himself. We are in his debt.
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Opinion: Ashwin & Eoin - Haunted By The Spirit Of Cricket
A spectre is haunting cricket, the spectre of its holy spirit. Its most recent victims are Eoin Morgan, England's white ball captain, and his supporters, chief amongst them Tim Southee, Shane Warne and Jimmy Neesham.
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Opinion: When Kohli Resigned From The Captaincy...
Virat Kohli has resigned as captain from the wrong cricket code. On no account should he give up the captaincy of India's T20 team.
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Opinion: The Ascension Of Jasprit Bumrah - by Mukul Kesavan
The chorus of admiration Bumrah received was not the praise that greets a fine cricketing performance; this was more than that.
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Opinion: Kohli's Fast-Bowling Fantasy - Over And Over, The Same Mistake
During the match, Kohli should be given a designated area with a giant monitor where a KohliCam livestreams him reacting to the match in exactly the same way as he would in the middle.
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Opinion: Why Ashwin Must Be Played In The Third Test
It's a cricketing tragedy that Kohli, who hasn't earned his keep as a Test batsman for two years now, should keep Ashwin, the Dagar of the long game, from bowling for India.
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Opinion: Bumrah, Bumrah, Bumrah And That Lord's Masterpiece
Pity poor Aamir Khan - no one will watch Lagaan again. I have the last day of the Test on video. I'll never record over it.
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The Racism Of The Euro Final - Bo Jo Is Guilty
One question about English football has been comprehensively answered. Why does the English team take the knee to insist Black Lives Matter? Because racist English fans and dog-whistling English politicians pick on black football players.
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Opinion: Team India And Captain Kohli - The Road Ahead
Kohli's competitiveness registers as a constant state of combative excitement. This works best when India is in the game or winning.
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Opinion: The Absolutely Justifiable Renaming Of Stadium After PM Modi
To make room for Narendra Modi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was taken off the marquee and given the important supporting role of naming the sports enclave in which the stadium is set. There is a nice metaphor in that: Sardar Patel as the setting for the solitaire that is Modi, the Loh Purush as warm-up act for Non-Stick Narendra.
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Opinion: Captains Courageous, like Tendulkar, vs Rihanna
The one downside to all this heroism is that the Test series starting tomorrow will be an anti-climax. After routing Rihanna in single combat, what price Joe Root?
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India's Batsmen Lost The Adelaide Match - by Mukul Kesavan
This team needs remaking. "Recklessness over respectability" should be its founding mantra.
-
Surya Kumar Yadav's Sixes And The Stamp Of Genius - by Mukul Kesavan
Our expectation of cricketers in differing formats will diverge and so, in time, will our vocabularies. Careless Test batters will continue to sky the ball; T20's virtuosos will SKY it.
-
Wordle, A Gentle Obsession - By Mukul Kesavan
Is Wordle is the purest pastime in the English-speaking world? It is. Let me count the ways. One, this 5 by 6 grid of thirty squares is free. Two, you don't need an app to play it, Safari or Chrome will do. In a cluttered online world, where the sinu
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Opinion: The Reason Why Djokovic Is Both Unequalled And Unloved
It's hard for a sporting public to sustain a faith in an athlete's innocence when he is caught out breaking rules and then lying about these violations.
-
Opinion: Kohli Exposes Sourav Ganguly With Captain-Like Skills
Too often in Indian cricket has discretion been embraced as the better part of valour. Kohli spoke up for Shami when the BCCI wouldn't. Now he has spoken up for himself. We are in his debt.
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Opinion: Ashwin & Eoin - Haunted By The Spirit Of Cricket
A spectre is haunting cricket, the spectre of its holy spirit. Its most recent victims are Eoin Morgan, England's white ball captain, and his supporters, chief amongst them Tim Southee, Shane Warne and Jimmy Neesham.
-
Opinion: When Kohli Resigned From The Captaincy...
Virat Kohli has resigned as captain from the wrong cricket code. On no account should he give up the captaincy of India's T20 team.
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Opinion: The Ascension Of Jasprit Bumrah - by Mukul Kesavan
The chorus of admiration Bumrah received was not the praise that greets a fine cricketing performance; this was more than that.
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Opinion: Kohli's Fast-Bowling Fantasy - Over And Over, The Same Mistake
During the match, Kohli should be given a designated area with a giant monitor where a KohliCam livestreams him reacting to the match in exactly the same way as he would in the middle.
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Opinion: Why Ashwin Must Be Played In The Third Test
It's a cricketing tragedy that Kohli, who hasn't earned his keep as a Test batsman for two years now, should keep Ashwin, the Dagar of the long game, from bowling for India.
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Opinion: Bumrah, Bumrah, Bumrah And That Lord's Masterpiece
Pity poor Aamir Khan - no one will watch Lagaan again. I have the last day of the Test on video. I'll never record over it.
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The Racism Of The Euro Final - Bo Jo Is Guilty
One question about English football has been comprehensively answered. Why does the English team take the knee to insist Black Lives Matter? Because racist English fans and dog-whistling English politicians pick on black football players.
-
Opinion: Team India And Captain Kohli - The Road Ahead
Kohli's competitiveness registers as a constant state of combative excitement. This works best when India is in the game or winning.
-
Opinion: The Absolutely Justifiable Renaming Of Stadium After PM Modi
To make room for Narendra Modi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was taken off the marquee and given the important supporting role of naming the sports enclave in which the stadium is set. There is a nice metaphor in that: Sardar Patel as the setting for the solitaire that is Modi, the Loh Purush as warm-up act for Non-Stick Narendra.
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Opinion: Captains Courageous, like Tendulkar, vs Rihanna
The one downside to all this heroism is that the Test series starting tomorrow will be an anti-climax. After routing Rihanna in single combat, what price Joe Root?
