Tag Archives: sports

A new tradition

Posted on March 26, 2024 by

This screenshot is from ESPN Cricinfo’s live commentary for the Chennai Super Kings versus Gujarat Titans IPL match on March 26, 2024. Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad got out caught behind off the bowling of Spencer Johnson. I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Chennai Super Kings, cricket, ESPN Cricinfo, Fair Play Award, Gujarat Titans, Indian Premier League, ipl, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, sports | Comments Off

ICC pitch-rating system is regulatory subversion

Posted on January 8, 2024 by

In today’s edition of The Hindu, Rebecca Rose Varghese and Vignesh Radhakrishnan have a particularly noteworthy edition of their ‘Data Point’ column – ‘noteworthy’ because they’ve used data to make concrete something we’ve all been feeling for a while, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis | Tagged A Cricketing View, Board of Control for Cricket in India, cricket, Cricket Australia, Cricket South Africa, Data Point, entertainment sports, ICC, ICC pitch-rating system, International Cricket Council, ODI matches, pace bowling, pitch-rating, profitability, R Ashwin, Rebecca Rose Varghese, Rohit Sharma, spin bowling, sports, T20 matches, Test matches, The Hindu, Vignesh Radhakrishnan, virat-kohli | Comments Off

Breaking the bargain

Posted on August 29, 2017 by

A nasty review of P.V. Sindhu’s performance at the World Badminton Championships by Sandip Sarkar for the Hindustan Times: In the last one year, Sindhu has played 17 matches that stretched to the third game. She won 10 and lost seven. Six of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged journalism, PV Sindhu, sports | Comments Off