Indian Premier League
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The joy of watching Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
Bombay Badshah celebrates the batting of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi: his record-breaking Under-19 World Cup final 175, the IPL century for Rajasthan Royals at 14 and his call-up to India’s tours as…
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India Won the World Cup. Now the Hard Part.
X.T.M accepts that India’s T20 World Cup win reflects cricket’s new money, but pushes back on a purely linear “wealth means dominance” story. He argues sport, like war, stays unpredictable,…
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Why is the Pakistani consumer so poor?
Bombay Badshah notes that India’s GDP is about 11 times Pakistan’s, yet its cricket revenue, league rights and forex reserves are many times larger. He suggests Pakistan’s oversized military distorts…
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An IPL for field hockey ?
The author argues a sport’s popularity reflects identity and class more than its qualities, and that India could lift field hockey into a global sport with an IPL-style league built…
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Re-finding lost love of Cricket
A personal essay on how the author’s relationship with cricket changed after India’s 2011 World Cup win: from childhood memories of the 1996 tournament and following the game in Marathi…
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10 Questions on South Asia
A list of ten light questions for readers on South Asia, from whether East Pakistan would have survived without India in 1971 to the Indian Premier League, Bollywood and who…
