Soumya Bhattacharya - Cricinfo magazine

The book that keeps on giving

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Wisden India Almanack, like its English counterpart, is evidence that print retains its charm in our digital age

Gordon Greenidge loses his off stump to Balwinder Sandhu in the 1983 World Cup final

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 08:19:00 GMT

Sandhu lands the punch that makes the knockout possible

Dreadheads

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket fans live with the feeling because they know fandom is diluted without it

Farewells and remembered pleasures

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Goodbyes to Tendulkar and others, delightful essays and detailed recaps - the 2014 edition of the Indian Wisden has plenty to treasure

The many Pataudis

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Twenty-two essays delve into the legacy of one of Indian cricket's most significant figures

The World-Cup-shaped void at the heart of my days

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The evenings will seem empty because of there is no match; the days will because there is no match to look forward to in the evening.

Mahela, intelligence and ingenuity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Why Mahela's hundred in the semi-final is one of the cleverest in the history of the World Cup

The clash of opposites

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Of heroes and hero worship

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

So Brian Lara will be gone from the one-day stage

A feast of excellence

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Curious Case of Greg Chappell

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As I write this, the news of Greg Chappell quitting is all over TV

Whose side are you on now?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Now that India is out of the World Cup, watching the games has become a pleasurable, anxiety-free, almost aesthetic exercise

Chasing a dream... for 24 years

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

“Cool first, write afterwards

The all-night watching game

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Staying up all night watching and then dragging oneself to work the next day, bleary, bedraggled, hungover with lack of sleep: I really thought I wouldn’t have to do this before the Super 8 stage

It’s either this or nothing

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Oh, the agony of that game against Bangladesh

From One World Cup to Another

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The World Cup, coming as it does every four years, offers an occasion for stock taking

Days in Eden

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In Kolkata everyone's a cricket watcher, and what better place to watch it than at the stadium that has come to be an emblem of the city?

Hooked on torment

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

What are you if you switch the TV on at three in the morning knowing full well your team will probably get a pasting?

Eden on an impulse

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India v Pakistan in Kolkata, Laxman and Ganguly at the crease. Fly into town for the day?

Greenidge loses his off stump

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The third World Cup final: Sandhu lands the punch that makes the knockout possible