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Leslie Xavier
The Warne Supremacy: A Life With Some Spin on It | Obituary
06 Mar 2022
There will never be another Shane Warne, that much is clear. But in a time when cricket was evolving into the behemoth it is today, He stood out for his outrageous talent, contempt for the mundane…
Pratik
IPL Auction: Where Talent Meets Opportunism, and Privilege Holds Court
16 Feb 2022
Arguments about the privilege of birth at an IPL (Indian Premier League) auction are truly out of place and out of context today. The modern day slave market, which places values on individuals with…
Qaiser Mohammad Ali
Exclusive | BCCI Allocates Rs.3,494 crore For Legal, Arbitration and IT Contingencies
18 Jan 2022
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) balance sheet of financial year 2020-21 – which has not been officially disclosed so far – has revealed this and many other eyebrow-raising…
Qaiser Mohammad Ali
Exclusive | BCCI’s Net Worth Grows to Rs.18,011 Crore: Balance Sheet 2020-21
09 Dec 2021
NewsClick has gained exclusive access to the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s balance sheet for the financial year 2020-21. While revenue fell as compared to previous years, the board has…
Gaurav Saxena
How BCCI Avoided Paying Tax on Profits it Earned by Hosting IPL Tournaments
23 Nov 2021
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal’s conclusion in BCCI vs. Principal Commissioner, Income Tax, is not only naive but enables tax avoidance by the BCCI, despite clear evidence of commercialisation of…
Qaiser Mohammad Ali
Exclusive | Lalit Modi Questions BCCI’s Due Diligence, Plots the IPL’s Future Graph
09 Nov 2021
Former Indian Premier League governing council chairman Lalit Modi spoke exclusively to Newsclick on a range of issues related to T20 cricket. He weighed in on the team auction which took place on…
Newsclick Sports Production
Playthings | Smriti Mandhana's Ton Against Odds; Retirement Spree in Indian Hockey and More
03 Oct 2021
Playthings Episode 1 - From Smriti Mandhana's ton against Australia and the apathy women cricketers face in the country to the retirement of Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra and SV Sunil from the…
Leslie Xavier
‘There’s Still Time To Fix This’ But Does the BCCI Care to Identify the Faults?
15 May 2021
Lisa Sthalekar’s tweet about the lack of support provided to Veda Krishnamurthy by the BCCI has struck the right chord, and her demand that players rally and form a union is highly commendable. But…
Leslie Xavier
IPL 2021: The Privilege of Spin When Playing a Virus That Doesn’t Discriminate
06 May 2021
Much before the positive cases and the fallout, the BCCI turned a blind eye to all shouting themselves hoarse asking it to shut down the IPL in this unprecedented time. When the cases did arrive, the…
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…