I Hate Football and I Am Not A Terrorist
Apparently, the football premier league (purposely spelled without capital initials to register my disgust) kicked off last Saturday. I know it happened when the number of RT if you cried…
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The Pressure of Being A Football Fan
Football is the new game for hipsters. We all love it, it has fancy and expensive jerseys, hot handsome players, and a lot of beer around it – we are…
Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar. We Still Miss You On The Field
Dear Sachin, It has been three years since you left the ground for good. You left the space you owned, the teams you pwned. You left and created a vacuum.…
The Death and Birth of Ashish Nehra
There is nothing romantic about Ashish Nehra’s bowling. Not anymore. He does not have the guile of Ravichandran Ashwin. He does not have the vicious toe-breaking Lasith Malinga yorkers. His…
Leander Paes: The Man, The Times
In a country where only one sport rules the mind of its population. You really have to do something extraordinary to get noticed, to be able to share the same…
The Great Indian Cricket Fever
“If hockey is our national sport, then cricket is our national religion”. Very true. Now, I may get criticized for saying this but I think cricket is the Great Indian…
India vs Australia 2nd Test – The Great Indian Comeback
Mark Waugh had been criticizing India’s skipper by branding his recent form on his lack of concentration or “brain-fade”. The former player might have spoken too soon that Virat Kohli’s…
Erik Lamela and Potential Lost
Legend has it that whenever a child is born in France who can pass a football, Arsene Wenger gets a phone call. When Yoann Gourcuff was born, Wenger must’ve smiled…
If ‘Dravid’ Was Still At The Other End
I am a typical 90s born Indian kid. I grew up watching cricket. I grew up playing cricket. I grew up loving cricket. I have some fuzzy memories and one…
AB de Villiers – Superman of Cricket!
Q. Name an animal that can turn its head 360 degrees for vision? A. Owl Q. Name a cricketer who cannot do that but still hit runs all over the…