Mukul Kesavan

Virat Kohli's trolling of a fan for preferring foreign batsmen to Indian ones comes from a place of thin-skinned privilege that's out of touch with reality

Like against Pakistan last week, when he walks out onto the biggest stage, his eyes shine with a certain insanity

He averages better than Rohit Sharma but still has to fight for a place in the Test side, mostly because he doesn't play ODIs

There is nothing stimulating in watching a television broadcast in which the players and commentators allow themselves to be remote-controlled by the BCCI

What sort of cricketing culture sees conflict of interest as normal? The answer lies in the history of cricket administration in India

As captain, MS Dhoni was wholly himself, unflappable, and a desi to boot

To consider banning it in the wake of Phillip Hughes' death may be knee-jerk, but to refuse to consider the pros and cons of a ban is unwise

After a long time we have seen an Indian team and captain enjoy the challenge of trying to overcome stronger opposition in an overseas Test

The amendment that exempted the IPL from the conflict-of-interest clause is the root of the current crisis, leading to Srinivasan's fall, and damaging cricket's credibility

There's an implacable soundness about Cheteshwar Pujara, the best young batsman in the Test-playing world

A bit of verse for Tendulkar's farewell match

Tendulkar's legacy has been diminished by his long twilight, and the team he served for so long with such distinction has been damaged too

I can't see that there's going to be a tour to top the one in Australia any time soon, so this looks like a good place to stop

Listening to Tendulkar declare that the CB series win counted as the greatest moment of his cricketing career, I felt dismayed, then scornful, and then just old

Counties don't compensate national boards for the services of players they have nurtured and trained

The leeway traditionally granted to certain kinds of cricketing deception is threatened by the camera's unblinking gaze

In the second Test at Sydney, the two grand narratives of 21st century cricket, India's growing economic clout and Australia's cricketing hegemony, met like unsheathed live wires

The way Tendulkar is batting in Australia, that part will be his to play for years yet, at the end of which he might well stand on the pedestal that Bradman chose for him and which Cricket reserves for her most durable geniuses

A link to an analysis of the tumultuous events of the Sydney Test

The ICC should take a page out of tennis’ book and allow each team a fixed number of challenges so that they can appeal decisions that they think are plainly wrong