For ESPNcricinfo, an essay on what turned out to be Virat Kohli’s final first-class outing.
‘Virat Kohli is as Delhi as a fight. To tell a Delhiite that Kohli is not one of them is to say a reflection lies.’
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Kohli at the Kotla
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A girl called Courage
For Mint Lounge, a cover story on Vinesh Phogat, her journey from a street agitation against a powerful sexual predator, to within a whisker of an Olympic gold, and home to Balali.
‘This was a heartbreak so large, on a margin so paltry, it was beyond measurement on any sporting Richter. Its particular cruelty was that it happened to the most courageous sportsperson her country has ever produced, which was also its feeble consolation.’
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On Rahul Gandhi
For the Economist’s 1843 magazine, a long profile ahead of the 2024 general elections.
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Edgbaston is the sensation that never goes away
For The Cricket Monthly’s series on the greatest one-dayers ever played: a long essay on the haunting semi-final at the 1999 World Cup, plus a shorter one on the heartwarming epic in Karachi, 2004.
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Writing the World Cup
A heap of columns for the Hindustan Times, one every third day or so.
A few reports for Al Jazeera.
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Miracle at short leg
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Two Balls
Balls of the century for ESPNcricinfo’s The Cricket Monthly. At No. 8, Irfan Pathan in Karachi, 2006. At No. 4, Shane Warne at Edgbaston, 2005.
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A nation on pause
Delhi in the time of coronavirus. A dispatch for the Economist’s 1843 magazine.
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The story of a riot
How Assam 2012 came into being.
A four-year investigation.
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