I write this not to praise Tendulkar, but to denounce the hundred. 1. It has come in a game India lost. 2. It ...
Four years ago, the WACA Ground in Perth was the scene of one of India’s finest test match victories. The loss in the ...
It was only in September, when Critical Twenties turned a year old, that I wrote a piece on the year in sport, and in th ...
The Critical Digest Week 1: (28.11.11- 4.12.11)
As much as a Tendulkar century – what would have been his hundredth in international cricket – in a victorious final ...
A similar moment was the India-Sri Lanka semi-final at the 1996 World Cup. I watched as Tendulkar fell for 65, followed ...
In this fine piece on perceptions of the great Ayrton Senna, Emma John says that it is often difficult for us, especiall ...
On Sunday 45000 people crammed into Chepauk to witness what they perceived would be a divine experience. When Sachin Ten ...
‘Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see’. These are the famous words of ...
As narratives go, the tie at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore between India and England was as compelling as any. Th ...