Articles by Rahul Bhattacharya
Head and heart, Australia had both
Two and a quarter matches into the campaign, it felt like it might already be hurtling towards a finish. But who really believes such things about Australia?
Updated on Nov 20, 2023 01:22 PM IST
Flowing into the Blue zone: Rahul Bhattacharya on the World Cup final
If anyone can recognise the level India's operating at, it's Australia. There are metaphors for the place our team is in. It is ‘flow state’. It is ‘Summertime’
Updated on Nov 20, 2023 11:28 AM IST
It wasn’t Kohli at his peak, yet it was peak Kohli
He is the grounded square above which the magical shapes of the Indian batting float about, writes Rahul Bhattacharya
Published on Nov 16, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Mr Dependable makes the perfect engine oil for India
This team exudes fun and joy. It is a function of nine wins on the bounce, no doubt. But here too, one senses a touch of Dravid.
Updated on Nov 13, 2023 11:11 PM IST
Maxwellitis, a cricketing hallucination
Tuesday night at the Wankhede was ludicrous and ridiculous and scarcely believable
Updated on Nov 09, 2023 06:48 PM IST
They turn up to watch India bowl
India's bowlers are like trapeze artists pulling off the most audacious moves with a knowing smile, while you gasp, roar, laugh, cover your mouths in disbelief
Published on Nov 03, 2023 10:04 PM IST
CWC 2023: Many shades of the Indian cricket fan
There are within it those that are a wonderful part of sport, and they keep a crowd from becoming a mob, writes Rahul Bhattacharya
Published on Oct 30, 2023 12:06 AM IST
Bishan Bedi, slow left arm and the World Cup
Bedi regarded one-day cricket as “anti-spin-bowling”, but this World Cup has served his craft very well, writes Rahul Bhattacharya.
Published on Oct 25, 2023 09:57 PM IST
Rahul Bhattacharya, New Delhi
Let's not seek thrills of T20 in one-dayers
In T20, big score takes on big score on the way to an exciting climax but what ends as a crack over 40 overs grows into a chasm over (a possible) 100.
Updated on Oct 23, 2023 08:33 PM IST
Afghans, Dutch and the making of a winning tale
With their cool dismantling of champions England and hot South Africa, Afghanistan and Netherlands sparked joy of a very World Cup kind.
Published on Oct 19, 2023 09:35 PM IST
With a skip and a stutter, Bumrah conjures up another miracle
If you were watching him for the first time in your life, you might think it a miracle that he delivers the ball at all.
Published on Oct 14, 2023 10:51 PM IST
The joy of six-watching: Nothing like a video game
For a fleeting moment the spectator fielding the ball becomes, literally, a part of the action. Nothing else like it exists in cricket.
Published on Oct 10, 2023 10:07 PM IST
Rahul Bhattacharya, New Delhi
What the World Cup means
Kids become players because of it, players configure their careers for it, fans situate their well-being in it. It's deliverance, it's heartbreak, it is mirage
Updated on Oct 13, 2023 05:30 PM IST
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Brothers in arms
The story of today's epic India-Pakistan cricket encounter, unfashionably, is the cricket, writes Rahul Bhattacharya.
Updated on Sep 14, 2011 02:36 PM IST
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Normal is extremely boring
The beauty of Pakistan cricket is also in its unpredictability. But this team has nothing to mark it, reports Rahul Bhattacharya.
Updated on Nov 23, 2007 12:47 AM IST
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Shades of Glory
Rahul Dravid is as human as any other sportsperson, or any person and perhaps, this period of his life will liberate him, writes Rahul Bhattacharya.
Updated on Oct 31, 2007 02:35 PM IST
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Lack of partnerships motif of Chappell tenure
The seam bowlers were sharp upfront but they were unlucky, the fielding was mediocre and the batting hopeless, writes Rahul Bhattacharya.
Updated on Mar 26, 2007 02:52 AM IST
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The Indian connection in the Windies
Though marginalised and insignificant, it is the rural Indian communities of WI from where much of the future is coming, writes Rahul Bhattacharya.
Updated on Mar 06, 2007 05:09 PM IST
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