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Vaibhav Raghunandan
IPL 2021 Scrapped After Covid -19 Breaches the Bubble. But What is a Bio Bubble, Anyway?
04 May 2021
This primer is based on the author’s personal experience inside the I-League bubble in Kolkata earlier this year. We acknowledge that football isn’t cricket and a lot has changed since then. We also…
Raghu Kesavan
IPL 2021: We Have Replaced Steel in Our Moral Compass With Gold; How Can it Point North?
01 May 2021
It is a profound lack of moral sense and responsibility that brought us here. The simple maxim, “Do unto others…,” was sacrificed at the altar of this government’s relentless ambition. People can see…
Leslie Xavier
IPL 2021: Of Bubbles & Men Whose Heads are Stuffed in Them
26 Apr 2021
What is it about the current season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that provokes anger? It isn’t the game itself. It is the lack of empathy, as well as the blinkered approach most cricketers and…
Newsclick Sports
Coronavirus Break Could Extend Cricket Career by Two Years: James Anderson
02 Jun 2020
England cricket team fast bowler James Anderson, who has not played since a rib injury in January, is part of a 55-strong group who has asked for training to resume.
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Indian Cricketers Won’t Rush Back to Practice Despite Sports Stadiums and Complexes Opening
18 May 2020
In a statement released by the BCCI, treasurer Arun Dhumal said the Board won’t rush into training despite the government’s relaxation of lockdown norms on sport facilities. Last week, the BCCI had…
Newsclick Sports
BCCI Makes The Call: IPL 2020 Postponed Indefinitely
15 Apr 2020
While not official yet, reports suggest the BCCI has finally succumbed, and, in consultation with IPL franchises, agreed to postpone the 2020 season indefinitely. Their future plans and ability to…
Leslie Xavier
An Irrelevant, Sad Stade of Existence Beckons Cricket | Outside Edge
12 Apr 2020
With no games scheduled anytime soon, amidst an indeterminate future, the BCCI’s best creative minds have been found lacking. Their efforts to get the game back into the country’s subconscious…
Leslie Xavier
Ode to the Nameless, Faceless Sports Empowerer Set to Lose From a No-Show IPL | Outside Edge
22 Mar 2020
Indian cricket’s big spectacle is on cold storage. The big bosses of the game deliberate on the future of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and the economic losses they may incur on its cancellation.…