When the Karnataka cricket team failed to make it to the last stages of the Ranji tournament this year, it lost a unique chance of celebrating a milestone with a flourish. It’s now 50 years.
The Finisher. He’s the new super hero, the knight brandishing the Sword of Light, his face gleaming in the afterglow of a victory, as analysts and admirers extol his extraordinary powers. Johnny-come-lately? Not really, because.
“Rachin… Rachin…” the crowd chants at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy stadium, the ring and rhyme echoing the cries for India’s batting legend Sachin. They are cheering for New Zealand’s rising star who is a “local boy”..
As we approach the half-way mark of a World Cup marked by imposing victories and humbling upsets, professionals on and off the field still talk of coping with the challenges of one-day cricket. Why? Has.
One of the paradigmatic figures of the 21st century is the Global Soul, the jet-lagged globe-trotter, who “lives in the metaphorical equivalent of international airspace”. Over two decades after he traced this phenomenon, essayist and.