Why doesn’t India respect Ravindra Jadeja – the GOAT all-rounder?
Why is Ravindra Jadeja, despite his incredible body of work, India’s most underrated cricketer ever?...
Tag: The Sports Column By Sandeep Dwivedi
Future loading… but please wait: Can Jaiswal, Gill & co. help India move past Rohit-Virat era?
In March this year, India’s very young Test team out-Bazballed England. In the fifth and final Test ...
Why Italy doesn’t go nuts over Jannik Sinner
When compared to his country’s underwhelming tennis legacy, Jannik Sinner is a clear over-achiever. ...
Jay Shah’s era of calm consensus and cricket’s missing nay-sayers
Cricket’s era of unanimity is well and truly upon us. Jay Shah’s unchallenged elevation as ICC chief...
Why did Olympian Archana Kamath choose academics over TT? Because she could
Late last year The Indian Express sports team undertook the back-breaking exercise of compiling back...
Affable Neeraj, Angry Neeraj, Pragmatic Neeraj, Avenger Neeraj make a Champion Neeraj
Not finding the rhythm to defend his Tokyo Games javelin gold at the storied Stade de France colosse...
Why China-Sweden TT rivalry isn’t bitter? Thank Jan-Ove Waldner
The other night in Paris, a 22-year-old rookie knocked out the World No.1. Just another upset in the...
Paris 2024: Why those who called Biles a ‘whiny quitter,’ Vinesh a ‘khota sikka’ are nervous
Simone Biles and Vinesh Phogat don’t play the same sport; nor are they Olympians of equal stature. T...
Hardik’s demotion: Vice-captaincy a fancy designation with no perks, power or immunity
Perceptions in Indian cricket change in a matter of weeks. And at times it can have nothing to do wi...
Wimbledon have a heart, love Novak Djokovic and cheer Carlos Alcaraz too
It’s Carlos Alcaraz vs Novak Djokovic on the final Sunday of the Wimbledon once again. Last time Djo...
Big Boys Do Cry: Rohit, Kohli, Dravid and a World Cup of dream
Before the hurricane hit Barbados on Sunday, a flood of tears had swept its famous cricket ground. I...
India vs South Africa: Champion or choker? World will judge them tonight – but that’s not fair
TEAM INDIA hasn’t won an ICC World Cup since 2011. South Africa’s record is worse – they are yet to ...
David Johnson’s death and cricket’s depressingly inglorious uncertainties
A few years back, unable to bear the sudden silence of his post-retirement life at his home at Meeru...
Pakistan cricket’s nafrat ki dukaan and the economics of Outrage industry
He was once the unverified Virat Kohli of Pakistan cricket. Now Ahmed Shehzad, 32, is an angsty, bit...
World T20: How the fearless Rishabh Pant nosed ahead of Sanju Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal
Last year in October during the 50-overs World Cup in India, former England captain and cricket corr...
World T20: India no favourites, don’t believe the hype; trust Rohit, he has a plan
That all-too-familiar chant has started ringing – the World T20 Cup is once again coming home, back ...
Why the star-obsessed Indian cricket needs commoner coach Gautam Gambhir?
Back in 2012, Kolkata Knight Riders, like this season, was in Chennai for their first IPL final. On ...
On IPL’s big day, two-minute silence for an English amateur, salute to cricket’s unpaid loyalists
Last week The Times, London, carried a heartrending obit of Jonathan Mills, a 55-year-old club crick...
Why Pat Cummins’s SRH reminds of Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals? Maybe it’s the Patitude
Pat Cummins isn’t the kind of Aussie that India has grown up watching and grudgingly appreciated. He...
Virat Kohli vs Commentators: Bring out the popcorn, tune in to yet another player-pundit battle at World T20
In this week’s less-talked about IPL news, Virat Kohli questioned the credentials of those calling t...