IPL 2016: Of stardom and redemption

Sarfaraz Khan

Carlos Brathwaite

Kevin Pietersen

Ravindra Jadeja

Shreyas Iyer

Mustafizur Rahman

Jos Buttler

The 2016 Indian Premier League season brings with it an opportunity for both the old and new. The author lists the best the new season has to offer

Business Standard

Virender Sehwag

Statistics can only partly justify Sehwag's contribution to cricket, his impact on the game truly set him apart

The smiling assasin hangs up his boots

Saina Nehwal's performance also showed how India could make its presence felt in a sport that was for so long dominated by the Chinese

Shuttling for glory

Grame Smith

Michael Clarke

Jonathan Trott

Are top batsmen taking early retirement because bowling is of a much higher standard

Why are top batsmen like Michael Clarke bowing out early?

Is it that foreign coaches don't succeed in India or is it that Fletcher is past his prime?

Duncan Fletcher is India's worst coach ever

Yuvraj Singh's international career may look bleak, but with an IPL price tag of Rs 14 crore he has proved he still carries a punch when it comes to domestic cricket

Yuvraj Singh: Runless superstar

The English Premier League, or EPL, the world's most popular football league, has made a fairly deep penetration in Asia over the years

Asian toehold in English football

The first Ashes Test match at Brisbane is Pietersen's 100th Test Match for England

Kevin Pietersen at 100

A few months short of 26, 2013 will be a decisive year for Rohit Sharma. He can either take crucial steps towards cementing himself in the Indian team or fall away from international reckoning completely. For a player with a middling India record, Sharma has done extremely well in the Indian Premier League, or IPL, since it first started. Yet, years of performing brilliantly in the league has been negated by his frequent failures in national colours.This set tongues wagging - that money motivated Sharma more than national pride. Was Rohit satisfied with his career? Did he have the dedication and hunger to make it to the top? Or was he satisfied with what was coming quite generously from IPL? Indeed, did he really have the fire in his belly?Like he always does, Sharma batted superbly in the first few games of the recently concluded IPL6. Then came the decision which quite possibly could lead to his turnaround as a cricketer - regular Mumbai Indians captain Ricky Ponting decided to step

Shakya Mitra