Nikita Bastian

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

Cricket is still powerful - N Srinivasan

The BCCI's broadcast rights deal with Star demonstrates that the value of cricket will not diminish, board president N Srinivasan tells Swetha Kannan, in Business Line

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

The problem with IPL's heroes

By Soham Sarkhel, India

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Entertaining yes, but is this cricket?

The IPL has been a terrific spectacle, wonderfully entertaining, only don't call this cricket, says Soumya Bhattacharya, writing for Hindustan Times .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Tendulkar's genius captured in 19 seconds

Sachin Tendulkar's six off Albie Morkel in the opening match of IPL 2012 demonstrates that his genius lies in the fact that he’s found a way to use the basics of batting even when he’s going against the rules, says Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in his

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

How Salve brought the World Cup to the subcontinent

As the cash-rich IPL kicks off, Ayaz Memon, writing for Mint , looks back at how cricket's power shift began with the then BCCI president NKP Salve - who died on Sunday - bringing the 1987 World Cup to the subcontinent.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Will the IPL revive itself or continue to wear out?

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Is the IPL sending Indian cricket the way of English football?

By Rahul Oak, USA

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Why N Srinivasan doesn't favour big changes in cricket

BCCI president N Srinivasan may be rather adventurous in his dealings for his cement business, but when it comes to cricket, he prefers to stick to the tried and tested, find Sriram Srinivasan and Karthik Subbaraman in Economic Times .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

<i>Moneyball</i> stats at the IPL

Can cricketers' values be measured like in the movie Moneyball

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Looking back at NZ's season, there's still hope

It would be wrong to view Hobart as the most misleading of false dawns for New Zealand, says an editorial in the New Zealand Herald .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Williamson needs to play less limited-overs cricket

Logan Savory, writing for Fairfax NZ News , says Kane Williamson should concentrate more on the longer format if New Zealand are to get serious about becoming the best test-playing nation they can be.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Brand Tendulkar controls Sachin

Suresh Menon, writing for Cricket Next , says sportsmen are more valuable on the field than off it, and it is only human to try and keep them there for as long as it is commercially viable.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Cricket in an English sitcom of the 80s

The Old Batsman blog reminisces about a cricket match in Ever Decreasing Circles , an old, English sitcom

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Contractor on Griffith's blow, 50 years on

Former India captain Nari Contractor talks to Mid-Day 's Clayton Murzello half a century after a skull injury caused by a Charlie Griffith delivery ended his international career.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Mumbai batsmanship is all about hundreds

Sachin Tendulkar's achievement of 100 international centuries prompts Shishir Hattangadi to explore what a three-figure innings means to a Mumbai batsman, in Mid-Day .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Whiskey, from one Jacques to another

One good turn deserves another, and Jacques Rudolph knows it

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Asia Cup: this group needs a therapist, not a tourney

Is there any good reason the Asia Cup is still with us, asks Osman Samiuddin, writing in the National .

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Why India will miss Dravid: 21 off 140 in Nagpur

Kunal Pradhan, writing in the Mumbai Mirror , recalls a forgotten afternoon in Nagpur that sums up why the India won’t find another like Rahul Dravid.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Clarke: Australia rapidly evolving

Things are on the up for the Australians, says their captain Michael Clarke, writing for News Limited at the end of his team's home season.

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

No chance for Australia fans to recharge batteries

Australia's tour of the West Indies has been turned into a real yawn, thanks to the cricket overkill, says Stuart MacGill, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald .

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