Rahul Bhattacharya

It all began in South Africa

It all began in South Africa

Indian cricket's most successful era was ushered in at the 2003 World Cup, with some effigy-burning, banana-barfing, and sleepless nights for Tendulkar

08-Feb-2011•Rahul Bhattacharya

Here comes the flood

Here comes the flood

It's set to be a big year for India with Tests in five continents. If only the BCCI and the broadcasters rolled back on the hyper-commercialisation

03-Jan-2011•Rahul Bhattacharya

The decline and fall of Test cricket

The decline and fall of Test cricket

Like children do with video games, as spectators we are going numb watching dull, futile matches and are revelling in the tiny bits of quality on display

13-Dec-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

When cricketers age

When cricketers age

Do we have the right to call for their retirements or should we let their dramas play themselves out?

15-Nov-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Why cricket can't pardon its sinners

Why cricket can't pardon its sinners

The real world may accept the corrupt, even welcome them, but sport cannot because they break the principle sport hinges on

11-Oct-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Video thrills the history fan

Video thrills the history fan

The best of cricket's past can now be watched and marvelled at over and over again, thanks to YouTube

30-Aug-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Foxes, lizards and other bowlers

Foxes, lizards and other bowlers

Amir is a bee, Asif a snake. What are Malinga and Ishant?

02-Aug-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Cricket, tennis and the loss of immersion

Cricket, tennis and the loss of immersion

If you're looking for sport to convey gripping narrative and drama involving human beings under pressure, cricket is probably not the place to look these days

28-Jun-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Equality isn't excellence

Equality isn't excellence

Despite India's early exit from the World Twenty20 for a second time in a row, the BCCI hasn't grasped the harm the IPL's bloated schedule is doing

31-May-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

A blueprint for the IPL

A blueprint for the IPL

Corporate partnership rather than ownership might have delivered a much healthier IPL

26-Apr-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Aggravated by advertising

Aggravated by advertising

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

29-Mar-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Keep it simple

Keep it simple

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

08-Mar-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

What makes a cricketer great?

What makes a cricketer great?

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

01-Feb-2010•Rahul Bhattacharya

Alone in the middle

Alone in the middle

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

01-Dec-2009•Rahul Bhattacharya

Shane Bond the thoroughbred

Shane Bond the thoroughbred

Damaged, repaired, remade, Bond is influential as ever

09-Apr-2007•Rahul Bhattacharya in Guyana

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