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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
Fall From Grace: Who Failed Sushil Kumar, the System, His Coterie or the Wrestler Himself?
09 May 2021
Wrestler Sagar Dhankad’s death at the Chhatrasal stadium on Tuesday is the latest in a long list of misdemeanours that have shadowed the last few years of Sushil Kumar’s life. Sagar was beaten to…
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…
Leslie Xavier
To Host And How To Host: A BCCI Primer On Negotiating Profit
30 Apr 2021
BCCI General Manager for Game Development Dhiraj Malhotra’s comments regarding the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup scheduled for later this year have left many baffled. Malhotra has insisted that India will…
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…
Leslie Xavier
IPL-Style Super League Lies Ahead for European Football
20 Apr 2021
European Super League: A similar scenario -- in a smaller scale as far as game quality and money is concerned -- had disrupted Indian football. With that experience fresh in our minds, we can only…
Leslie Xavier
Vijender Singh Loses Unbeaten Record, Gets Knocked Out By Artysh Lopsan
20 Mar 2021
Vijender Singh, visibly unfit, went on his knees and waved, giving up the fight, in the fifth round. It was evident that the India No. 2 super middleweight boxer was unable to handle the jabs and…
Leslie Xavier
Khela Hobe or How to Trivialise an Election TMC/BJP Style
18 Mar 2021
This is happening under the premise that there is competitiveness which is similar to that in the field of sports. Therefore, maybe, the phrase reflects that kinda competitiveness in the electoral…
Leslie Xavier
Power Shift, What Power Shift? This is Just a Casual Venue Shift
09 Mar 2021
At first look the shifting of venue of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final from Lord’s to the Rose Bowl may seem innocuous, provoked perhaps by a perceived advantage it may have given…
Leslie Xavier
Virat Kohli's Binary World View a Real Test for Cricket
03 Mar 2021
By snapping at reporters questioning the efficacy of pitches that produce results but shorten the game, Virat Kohli has revealed, yet again, his myopic view of cricket and the world at large. If…