Indian Sports
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India’s Asian Games Story Is Bigger Than the Cricketers Sent to Decorate It
A crowded medal day in Nagoya should force us to notice the athletes who train without cricket’s money, mythology or margin for failure. I’m tired of treating India’s non-cricket champions as inspirational visitors in their own sporting culture.
Stop Managing Virat Kohli's Decline. He's Not Declining.
An unbeaten 139 in Thiruvananthapuram put him level with Tendulkar on List A hundreds and one milestone behind him on the ODI run charts. It's time to retire the retirement talk.
The Asian Games Should Not Be India’s Four-Year Audition for Our Attention
India’s non-cricket athletes do not need a fortnight of patriotic enthusiasm followed by silence. They need a sports culture that treats the years between medal ceremonies as the real event.