There are two issues roiling world cricket currently: racism and sexism. The third part of the dark triad is corruption, which, it seems, we are happy to ignore.
It’s been one heck of a month since the last edition of this newsletter.
India crashed out in the league phase of the T20 World Cup hosted in the UAE—to the surprise of absolutely no one who was paying attention to the squad selection, and to the selection of the playing XI for key games.
Virat Kohli officially handed over the T20 captaincy; the selectors somewhat belatedly put their official imprimatur to Rohit Sharma’s elevation after the coach, captain and sundry others had declared it a fait accompli; coach Ravi Shastri finally came to the end of his tenure …
Prem Panicker has been a journalist for over 30 years. From daily newspapers to weekly magazines and digital news portals—he was one of the seven journalists who were part of the Rediff.com start-up team—he has written and edited features extensively across mediums and publications. Since quitting his job at Yahoo in 2014, he has been working as a freelance writer and editor, as well as teaching narrative journalism.
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