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Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians and Everything that is Wrong With Sports Documentaries

Barring a few moments of colour, the new Mumbai Indians documentary on Netflix is irredeemably dull. Featuring a team enduring a tough season, Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians could have been more intriguing. But it comes off more like an exercise in image management.

Priyansh May 14, 2016

Sports

50 Days of I.P.Hell

The 11th edition of the IPL is here and my sanity is ready to give up on me. I have the misfortune of living opposite Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 13, 2016

Sports

How Virat Kohli’s Aggression and Emotions Turned Him into a Better Sport

By interceding with booing fans on Steve Smith’s behalf, Virat Kohli proved he’s not just a no-nonsense Dilli boy with a never-ending reserve of expletives, but also a benevolent sportsman.

Jackie Thakkar May 13, 2016

Sports

How History Will Remember Ramesh Powar, the Coach Who Dropped Mithali Raj and Once Played for India

The fallout from Mithali Raj’s exclusion from the Women’s World T20 games has cast a spotlight on a cricketer most fans of the game had all but forgotten: Ramesh Powar. Remember him? The bit-part all-rounder most notable for being India’s answer to Inzamam ul-Haq, when it came to running between the wickets?

Dushyant Shekhawat May 11, 2016

Pop Culture

83 Review: Compelling retelling of India’s finest moment

83 obviously tells nothing new, but to generations who weren’t there, and unable to partake in the unexpected glory of the most underdog of victories, the film is monumental, no short of the epic it hopes to retell.

Samarth Mahajan May 9, 2016

Sports

Rashid Khan and the Irresistible Lure of the Underdog

It is a joy to watch innate talent weave its magic, and when that talent is paired with an underdog story like Afghanistan’s and Rashid’s, the tug of fan support cannot be denied.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 7, 2016

Sports

Our Slow Separation with MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni always seemed to have another trick up his sleeve, another run to steal, a lightning-fast stumping that took everyone by surprise. But not all endings are heroic. The last one year seemed like a slow separation, his way of letting his fans get used to the Indian cricket team without him.

Pawan May 5, 2016

Sports

Is This the Most Predictable Cricket World Cup Ever?

Halfway through cricket’s showpiece event, the grim reality is becoming clearer: the tournament, despite its magnitude, is as damp and predictable as the rains that are constantly lashing it. There are no last-over finishes, no upsets, just the top four teams cruising ahead.

Pawan May 4, 2016

Sports

India U-19: Stars in the Making or Flashes in the Pan?

Winning the U-19 Cricket World Cup is doubtless a milestone we all will cherish, but we must not let that become the criteria for judging players like Prithvi Shaw, Shubman Gill, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti in the future.

Anahad Madhav May 1, 2016

Sports

Will the 2019 World Cup Be All About Dhoni?

Though 2011 will forever be MS Dhoni’s crowning glory as captain, that edition of the World Cup was all about Sachin Tendulkar. Eight years on, as India begin their 2019 World Cup campaign against South Africa, it seems as if MSD has been shedding all the baggage and getting ready for his final act in cricket.

Pawan May 1, 2016