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Patralekha Chatterjee focuses on development issues in India and emerging economies. She can be reached at patralekha.chatterjee@gmail.com
    Former home secretary G.K. Pillai. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)Sports
    Two to tango in turf ball

    Rarely do trainers state their opinions as frankly as Padmanabhan does. Going by his confidence, the Invitation Cup...

    6 March 2016 12:42 AM IST

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    Hard grind at Guindy

    The grand stand at the Madras Race Club is spruced in preparation for the Invitation Cup races to be held over the...

    5 March 2016 5:22 AM IST

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    Quasar appears to Be Safe in Chennai straight

    The Indian Turf Invitation Cup changed tack four years ago in following the international practice of the biggest races...

    4 March 2016 7:20 AM IST

    Batting depth makes India formidable in T20 formatSports
    Batting depth makes India formidable in T20 format

    The electric contest would have made everyone sit up and take notice.

    2 March 2016 2:05 AM IST

    Adam eclipsed the Don, for a whileSports
    Adam eclipsed the Don, for a while

    “99.94 — I want to bat like Bradman” reads the message on my mousepad from the Bradman Museum of...

    17 Feb 2016 2:12 AM IST

    Pawan NegiSports
    ‘Santa Claus’ IPL bears gifts for young Indians

    In the momentous first week of February, the ups and downs of fortune were stressed in a game rather famous for being...

    11 Feb 2016 7:34 AM IST

    Good wickets make for great battingSports
    Good wickets make for great batting

    The transformation was stunning. In the old days, Team India would usually be a better performing tour after a tour of...

    4 Feb 2016 12:06 AM IST

    Indias Manish Pandey (Photo: AP)Sports
    Team India prosper on Pandey’s touch

    There was a remarkably cool performance by the relative newcomer to Team India.

    28 Jan 2016 5:50 AM IST

    India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni speaks during a press conference. (Photo: AP)Sports
    Captain Cool, it is time to step aside

    Mahendra Singh Dhoni is beginning to sound like a stuck 78 rpm record.

    21 Jan 2016 6:00 AM IST

    ‘Luddite’ Indians can’t whine about DRSSports
    ‘Luddite’ Indians can’t whine about DRS

    It was a fine day’s cricket on a good pitch and Team India came off second best. Given India’s ODI form this...

    14 Jan 2016 6:27 AM IST

    Justice R.M. LodhaSports
    Arrogant BCCI has been put in its place

    The BCCI had it coming. This was comeuppance for all the disdain shown towards niceties like ethics in governance and a...

    6 Jan 2016 11:47 PM IST

    Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran AshwinSports
    A curate’s egg of a year for India

    Indian cricket would have been somewhat pleased with the year that went by because its young Test skipper and his...

    30 Dec 2015 6:49 AM IST

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