Hit or Miss

Why the IPL's conclusion was less than ideal

Bangalore and Deccan seem to have a certain junior-senior synergy going, which teams like Chennai lack

Adam Gilchrist and the bicycle of cricket

When bragging rights are presented to you, you've got to take them

Of all the ways of getting out, one epitomises the game best

The joys of watching a player who doesn't make cricket seem like a sacrifice

Cricketers may not be politicians, but they can be more powerful than them as forces of unity

Just when you've got to know the teams, it's time to say goodbye to them

Their rivalry is extraordinary because it helps them egg each other on to higher levels of individual greatness

Why too much noise is sometimes made about cricket's degradation

Why a Russian short-story writer has everything to do with the predicament Kolkata Knight Riders' captain finds himself in

The monstrosity that the teams are playing for and the unfortunate things it says about modern India

Tipping points in Twenty20

The Chennai captain is both boy next door and bad boy, and that can be irresistible

We seem to have got to that point in the tournament where we need something more than just the cricket to liven things up

An approving look at the best posteriors in the IPL

A lot of the fun of the IPL has been watching the spectators

Chennai seem to have got their mojo back

Can analysing cricket all the time ruin one's love for it?

It's been fascinating to watch the personalities of the teams emerge