Rahul Bhattacharya

Watching the IPL is like encountering one of those post-modern narratives that seeks to satirise consumerism

The more you legislate the game, the more anal it will become

Ranji opened up the region behind square on the leg side as a legitimate area for making runs

You could judge him by stacks of runs and wickets, elegance, or exerting considerable influence on how the game is played

The last decade in Indian cricket was defined by three kinds of madness

Why cricket, it can be argued, is even more of an individual sport than tennis

Tendulkar the cricketer seemingly emerged fully formed when he first picked up a bat. So too perhaps did Tendulkar the luminary

First came a six, then a four, then divine magic

In 2004 Pakistan unrolled the red carpet for India. A look at the team's arrival in Lahore

I used to enjoy sledging because it mirrored life. Not anymore. There is only so much trouble everybody can stomach

After being written off as cricketer and man both, Ganguly has made it to the 100-Test landmark at the tail-end of a fulfilling, fabulous year

The thing about Australia is that you don't know what hits you and nothing can prepare you for it

Australia and Sri Lanka have the chance to end the tournament on a high at Barbados

To watch the chuntering maestro Glenn McGrath at work was to see an entire era of wicket-to-wicket back-of-length menace flash before the eyes

The cool and absolute demolition of South Africa was judged by Ricky Ponting as Australia's best win of the tournament

Matthew Hayden was on the treadmill when the semi-final of '99 happened

Is there a weakness in this Australian side? Who knows it?

The drama of the World Cup, its very weight and its scope, its highest joys and deepest sadnesses, have been found in the semi-finals

Nobody made the game look better and few ever played it better than Brian Lara

Rahul Bhattacharya looks back at the first phase of games at the Super Eights, the hits and misses