Opinion - Rahul Bhattacharya - Cricinfo magazine 2 Opinion - Rahul Bhattacharya - Cricinfo magazine https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb It all began in South Africa Indian cricket's most successful era was ushered in at the 2003 World Cup, with some effigy-burning, banana-barfing, and sleepless nights for Tendulkar http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/499645.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/499645.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Here comes the flood It's set to be a big year for India with Tests in five continents. If only the BCCI and the broadcasters rolled back on the hyper-commercialisation http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495040.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/495040.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The decline and fall of Test cricket Like children do with video games, as spectators we are going numb watching dull, futile matches and are revelling in the tiny bits of quality on display http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/491570.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/491570.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When cricketers age Do we have the right to call for their retirements or should we let their dramas play themselves out? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/487102.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/487102.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Why cricket can't pardon its sinners The real world may accept the corrupt, even welcome them, but sport cannot because they break the principle sport hinges on http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/480758.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/480758.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Video thrills the history fan The best of cricket's past can now be watched and marvelled at over and over again, thanks to YouTube http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/474927.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/474927.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Foxes, lizards and other bowlers Amir is a bee, Asif a snake. What are Malinga and Ishant? http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/470014.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/470014.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket, tennis and the loss of immersion If you're looking for sport to convey gripping narrative and drama involving human beings under pressure, cricket is probably not the place to look these days http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464807.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/464807.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Equality isn't excellence Despite India's early exit from the World Twenty20 for a second time in a row, the BCCI hasn't grasped the harm the IPL's bloated schedule is doing http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/461282.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/461282.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A blueprint for the IPL Corporate partnership rather than ownership might have delivered a much healthier IPL http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/457305.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/457305.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Aggravated by advertising Watching the IPL is like encountering one of those post-modern narratives that seeks to satirise consumerism http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/453685.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/453685.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Keep it simple The more you legislate the game, the more anal it will become http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/450884.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/450884.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT What makes a cricketer great? You could judge him by stacks of runs and wickets, elegance, or exerting considerable influence on how the game is played http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446339.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/446339.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Alone in the middle Why cricket, it can be argued, is even more of an individual sport than tennis http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/437485.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/437485.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Bond the thoroughbred Damaged, repaired, remade, Bond is influential as ever http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/289702.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/289702.html Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT