Cricket | Indian Youth

Why are Indians so fanatical about cricket?

Every few months, the advertising on TV channels seems to go into an insane spiral of jingoistic patriotism. This has nothing to do with the nation, however, but rather...

Team India, ready for Twenty20 World Cup

For a country where cricket is a religion, Twenty20 cricket is like the newest, shiniest God, a modern Baal before whom we lay our attention span and money. India’s...

India vs South Africa – why the fans are not ecstatic

Virat Kohli, the captain of India’s Test side, has expressed displeasure at how critics (including former cricketers) have reacted to India’s series win over South Africa in the recently-concluded...

India – South Africa Tests: Fair or foul?

I think there would hardly have been a cricket-lover in India who would not have salivated at the prospect of an India-South Africa four-test series. After all, these two...

Sports and youth in India

The notion about our nation when it comes to sports is a complete contrast with the idea of being a cricketing nation. We as a nation are identified for...