Apart from this blog, we’ve written many articles for The Unreal Times, The Hindu (thREAD), Scroll (The Field), Firstpost, Mint (Mint on Sunday), Wisden (The Nightwatchman Quarterly), Sportstar (Sportstarlive), Man’s World, Network 18 (Cricketnext and Firstpost), Nation of Sport and others. Some of the articles were already published on our blog, and these pieces may have been lightly edited by the publication. Normally, our contributions are limited to text, tables and plots. In most cases, the headline and the blurb have been chosen by the respective editors. Our articles for these publications have been listed in reverse-chronological order:
- The fantasy and folly of 4-day Tests (The Hindu, thREAD)
- How should India go about picking its T20 squad for the 2020 World Cup? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Is India as good at T20 as it can be? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- India, one of the toughest venues in Test cricket today (The Hindu, thREAD)
- World Test Championship ranking system — missing the point for the points? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Amla’s retirement marks end of an era for South Africa (The Hindu, thREAD)
- World Cup Dream XI: Who Gets in, Who Misses Out? (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- How should India approach the World Cup 2019 knockouts? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Is This India’s Best ODI Team of All Time? (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- India vs Pakistan, a has-been marquee clash (The Hindu, thREAD)
- ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 | India’s All-Time World Cup XI: Who Makes it, Who Doesn’t? (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- The cream of the World Cup crop — an all-time World Cup XI (The Hindu, thREAD)
- When David Toppled Goliath at the Grandest Stage (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- T20 is a whole other ball game and numbers (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Why the Indian Premier League has been such a hit (The Hindu, thREAD)
- What will the Indian ODI squad look like for World Cup 2019? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Much ado about Mankading (The Hindu, thREAD)
- India’s muddled thinking in ODIs (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Rohit follows in footsteps of that other Mumbai legend (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- Well-oiled India must ponder perfect balance for World Cup campaign (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- England’s lower order muscle a template for India to embrace (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- India’s bowling — not all that it’s touted to be (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Why Virat Kohli is India’s most successful overseas captain (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- How slow and steady Pujara wins the race (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- India vs Australia: Down Memory Lane | Three Memorable India Series Down Under (Network 18, Cricketnext)
- Mithali Raj axing: case of poor selection or mala fide? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Kohli’s absence spotlights India’s middle-order woes (The Hindu, thREAD)
- How to ease Afghanistan’s progress in cricket (The Hindu, thREAD)
- The men who could win the game (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- A case for cricket in the Commonwealth (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Spinners will have to play supporting role in South Africa (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Meet the bowlers who could send bails flying to rescue the world (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- Virat Kohli’s Tendulkar catch-up challenge (Man’s World)
- Mumbai cricket–a conveyor belt of records, heroes, and backslapping (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Home and away (Man’s World)
- Indian wrist spinners no longer second-class ODI citizens (Sportstar, sportstarlive)
- Does MS Dhoni still have T20 fuel in him? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Mt Sachin peak in sight, but Kohli has a long climb (The Hindu, thREAD)
- ODIs: Separating the bride from the bridesmaid (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- What now for Ashwin and Jadeja? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Is there space for both Yuvraj and Dhoni in the Indian ODI team? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- The 1983 World Cup final was a miracle. And the numbers agree. (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- How will India select its bowling line-up on overseas tours? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- What’s the deal with the Indian coaching job? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- When it’s so bad, it’s good (The Nightwatchman, The Wisden Cricket Quarterly)
- Why do people still go to the cricket stadium? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- If the world’s fate rested on a cricket match, who would make the team (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- Lalit Modi is no Kerry Packer, IPL no World Series Cricket (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Cricket is getting boring. Upgrade commentators, bring in astrologers and DJs (The Hindu, thREAD)
- IPL 2017 still hasn’t sorted out India’s top order worries for the Champions Trophy (Scroll, The Field)
- 2003 World Cup final: If only India had chosen to bat first… (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- No spot at the Olympics? It’s not cricket (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Learn from county, benefit your country (The Hindu, thREAD)
- The India-Australia series provided the blueprint to win Test matches is to have a good bowling unit (Scroll, The Field)
- Striking at Pujara’s rate (The Hindu, thREAD)
- DRS, more misunderstood than a teenager (The Hindu, thREAD)
- The Bengaluru Test exposed the loopholes in a flawed DRS system that the ICC shouldn’t ignore (Scroll, The Field)
- Is R. Ashwin the all-rounder India has been dreaming of? (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- The BCCI has tremendous power. They should use it to take the game beyond Indian borders (Scroll, The Field)
- Test cricket also needs an IPL, or it may not survive in this T20 era (Scroll, The Field)
- ICC’s proposed test league: Implementation model raises more questions than answers (Network 18, Firstpost)
- Kolpak departures: Time for cricket to prioritise club-based structure over international one (Network 18, Firstpost)
- How India chased off the run-chase blues (Mint, Mint on Sunday)
- The man who would be king (The Hindu, thREAD)
- These three charts prove that India’s middle-order in ODIs does not pack the punch it once did (Scroll, The Field)
- Three charts that show why India should bat first if they win the toss in ODIs (Scroll, The Field)
- BCCI’s too-big-to-fail card (The Hindu, thREAD)
- Can Ashwin catch up to Murali? (The Hindu, thREAD)
- UnReal Exclusive with Sachin Tendulkar: The Master turns 43! (The Unreal Times)
- AB de Villiers and Amla to be given Indian citizenship following extended stay in India (The Unreal Times)
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