under Akshay Sawai

Father Yograj Singh pushed Yuvraj hard as a child. Do Yuvraj’s star turns for India make a case for pushy parenting?

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31 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

Just hold forth on Powerplay

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24 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

Mahendra Singh Dhoni might well think his duties off the field are more demanding. He does well, considering

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16 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

Here’s the fabled Indian cricket fan. He has his own following, and is now the subject of a film

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10 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

There are more knots and loops in the rules of cricket today than the game itself

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10 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

The unlikely partnership between the Netherlands cricket team and Amul butter

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10 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

When a match is dull, it is not just the spectators who get bored. You also see it in the body language of the fielders. They drag themselves around.

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10 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

India’s win over Ireland was like an easy paper in an examination that you fail to fully capitalise on. This was a scoring subject, as they say. India could have blazed their way to 90 marks on 100. They would have to be happy with about 75. The strongest batting line-up in the competition had to chase 208 against Ireland. They made it close. Only the start and the end was comfortable, giving India the somewhat deceptively commanding victory margin of five wickets and four spare overs.

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7 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

Watching, er, hearing Yuvraj in full flow, and a chance encounter with an autorickshaw driver who starred in Johnny Mera Naam

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4 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai

The average sports fan with no ‘connections’ has it rough in India. But he is also a lout, tempting trouble

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4 Mar 2011 | BY Akshay Sawai
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