Kesavan on Dhoni

Mukul Kesavan, in fine form as always, writes on MS Dhoni and a Lord's test he needs to put behind him, and quickly. More to the point, Dhoni can.

Later, in private conversation, on matters related to the subject of my post yesterday, Kesavan, speaking on the triumphalism on display after the first test, said:

I think Boycott, Brenkley and the happily hyperventilating tribe of English cricket writers are enjoying a moment of virility. Given that the English team has been a troop of earnest submissives for the longest time, who can blame them?

Who indeed?

Full disclosure please

Conflicts of interest seem to be quite common in the IPL. Today, Harsha Bhogle has an article in Cricinfo, talking up the IPL. But Harsha works for the Mumbai Indians. That makes his article on CI a press release. The least Harsha (or Cricinfo) could so, in the interest of full disclosure, is make a note of the fact that he is employed by the Mumbai Indians.

I'm used to the merger of the media and the establishment here in the US. Seems like it's catching.

Hat-tip to Mukul Kesavan for pointing this out to me.

Kesavan on the BCCI/WADA furore

A great piece by Mukul Kesavan on the ICC/WADA/BCCI standoff. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Edit: I realize this little pointer was just a bit of glib flattery but I did want to say that Kesavan's piece manages to capture the fact that there is a level of complexity to the drug testing standoff that doesn't seem to have been captured by the debate thus far.