Everyone is born an off spin bowler
(Left-arm Jadejas are off spinners too)
That flailing baby, trapped in its stroller,
Has flighted one that’s spun and beaten you.|
Leg breaks come later, a learnt perversion,
Seam bowlers trade in their birthright for speed,
Selectors reward this coarse conversion:
Slow maestros starve as brisk journeymen feed.
Why, in England, do we Mankad Ashwin?
Can’t cricket allow a spinner to scheme?
Must a genius with more tunes than Gershwin,
Be subbed out in favour of one-note seam?
By Sunny G, why play a bloody Test,
If you’re too spooked to even field your best?
Reading
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‘Illegal’ mazar demolished in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar
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2
How Adityanath’s police raj is backfiring on the BJP in Uttar Pradesh
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3
What does a healthy night’s sleep really look like?
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How Sally Rooney became the ‘voice of a generation’
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What does it mean to sing Hindustani music while Hindutva attempts to co-opt the tradition?
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A new book shows how the Covid-19 pandemic worsened structural inequalities in Indian cities
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20 Indian flights receive bomb threats in a day
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Isometric exercises can help reduce blood pressure, improve body strength
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In rare instance of compensation after demolition, Assam families still struggling
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Sunday book pick: ‘A Little Lumpen Novelita’ is the perfect introduction to Roberto Bolaño’s oeuvre