The dark side of cricket

With thousands of cricketers chasing fame and riches in India, it is inevitable many are left disaffected and depressed after failing to fulfill their ambitions. In this week's cover story in Outlook, the magazine's staff investigate the subject by speaking to players such as former Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Obaid Kamal, who was saved from suicide because of the Islamic injunction against it, and Sumit Kundu, a former Haryana Under-17 captain who slipped into depression after failing to make the state U-19 team.

The magazine also has a piece by the author of the masterpiece on cricketing suicides By his own hand, David Frith, which looks into why there has been an increase in the number of cricketers taking their lives in India in recent times.