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IPL 2020 could be held in empty stadiums, says BCCI president Sourav Ganguly

In a letter to all the affiliated units, Ganguly seemed confident of an IPL this year despite its current status of being suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Amit Shah’s ‘high tech’ campaign, and a cheat sheet for accountability

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Resuming cricket in a bio-secure environment is unrealistic, says Rahul Dravid

The former India captain was responding to the England and Wales Cricket Board's plans to set up bio-secure venues to host Pakistan and the West Indies later this summer.

No spectators, no saliva, no high-fives — new reality in sport is not sports at all

Kapil Dev says no saliva will make life for bowlers more difficult but that doesn't mean some form of 'ball-tampering' should be allowed. Cricket will then become a new ball game.

Match-fixing back to haunt cricket after ex-teammates accuse Pakistan’s Wasim Akram again

Former Pakistan players Aaqib Javed & Aamer Sohail and ex-PCB chairman Khalid Mehmood have alleged that Wasim Akram was involved in match-fixing in the 1990s.

Let Ravindra Jadeja flaunt Rajput identity, athletes don’t need to be politically correct

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s sword-wielding and #RajputBoy assertion has drawn flak, but it’s a harmless indulgence that helps fuel his self-belief.

Ravindra Jadeja must stop being a ‘Rajput boy’ and grow up to be a cricketer

The fact that Jadeja’s clip was going viral on the eve of Ambedkar Jayanti shows how far India stands from realising Ambedkar’s dream of a casteless society.

Vinoo Mankad, spirited cricketer who gave the world ‘Mankading’ in 1947, right upto 2019

The man from Jamnagar was Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 1947 and never left the limelight.

Covid-19 forces BCCI and cricketers to brace for loss of income, pay cuts

With the IPL looking ever likely to be scrapped, the BCCI is staring at massive losses. Will it cut retainerships of players and salaries of staff?

Don’t worry, cricket in India will survive the coronavirus disruption

Modern sport, like India itself, is too big to be knocked permanently off its stride by a virus, even one as dangerous as Covid-19.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.