Kabaddi
India 46, England 26 — The Real Question Is the 26, Not the 46
In Ahmedabad, the India-England Fixture Is a Caps Audit, Not a Scoreline
Commonwealth Kabaddi: Pakistan's Name Went From Fourteen to Thirteen, and Nobody Wrote Down Why
India vs Uganda: The 46-26 Scoreline Is Smaller Than It Looks
Commonwealth Kabaddi Day 1: Four Teams Climbed the Table Without Playing, and Scotland's 23 Points Deserve a Discount
The Third Raid: Where Kabaddi's Real Contest Is Fought, Beyond the Scoreboard
India 46, England 26 — The Real Question Is the 26, Not the 4646–26. The scoreboard puts India's name first; I stop the tape at 26. Let's...
India vs Uganda: The 46-26 Scoreline Is Smaller Than It LooksI was three seats from the press box door at Pune's Balewadi indoor stadium t...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Day 1: Four Teams Climbed the Table Without Playing, and Scotland's 23 Points Deserve a Discount1:40 a.m., One Screenshot, and a Team That Had Not Raided Once At 1:40 a.m. i...
The Third Raid: Where Kabaddi's Real Contest Is Fought, Beyond the ScoreboardThe press room in Jakarta was empty and unnervingly tidy that night. Nearly a...
The Evidence of the Empty Column: What Kabaddi's Record Room Never FilesIn the summer of 2026, from the second row of the press box at Chennai's...
In Ahmedabad, the India-England Fixture Is a Caps Audit, Not a ScorelineOn the fixture sheet pasted to the wall of the Ahmedabad sports complex, I...
The PKL Transfer Window Sells Reputation, Not Efficiency — and the League's Own Data TestifiesIn the June 2026 PKL auction, Tamil Thalaivas raised the paddle to ₹2.26 cror...
Match 4, India's First Fixture: In Ahmedabad, the Squad's Depth Gets Logged, Not the ScoreThe scoreboard at Ahmedabad's multi-sports complex will read "Match 4." For...
Nine Days, Eight Matches, One Ankle: The Real Arithmetic of the Commonwealth Kabaddi ChampionshipAt 8:30 PM on October 23, 2026, Surjeet Singh's India men's team plays its...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad: The Real Question Isn't Whether India Wins, But Where the Match AirsI hosted the kabaddi World Cup final in this same city in 2026. I had a...
Commonwealth Kabaddi: Pakistan's Name Went From Fourteen to Thirteen, and Nobody Wrote Down WhyThe entry list for October 2026 reached my desk twice. The first time it...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations, Nine Days and One Blank ColumnMy beat book keeps a grid for every tournament — date, venue, format, broadca...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Thirteen Nations, Nine Days in Ahmedabad, and the Question Nobody AnswersMonday afternoon, in the back of an auto from Sainikpuri to Gachibowli, my...
Ahmedabad's First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: India's Real Opponent Is Not England, It Is Five Straight EveningsAt 1:40 on Wednesday afternoon, an A4 sheet was taped to the outer corridor...
Kabaddi's Unlogged Frame: A Ledger of Referee Decisions from the Bonus Line to JakartaThe Patna Pirates raider ran in, planted his right foot past the bonus line a...
Captain Named, Squad Not: Ahmedabad's Real Story Is Iran's AbsenceThe announcement came with a captain, a vice-captain and not a single full...
India vs Uganda: The 46-26 Scoreline Is Smaller Than It LooksI was three seats from the press box door at Pune's Balewadi indoor stadium t...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Day 1: Four Teams Climbed the Table Without Playing, and Scotland's 23 Points Deserve a Discount1:40 a.m., One Screenshot, and a Team That Had Not Raided Once At 1:40 a.m. i...
The Third Raid: Where Kabaddi's Real Contest Is Fought, Beyond the ScoreboardThe press room in Jakarta was empty and unnervingly tidy that night. Nearly a...
The Evidence of the Empty Column: What Kabaddi's Record Room Never FilesIn the summer of 2026, from the second row of the press box at Chennai's...
In Ahmedabad, the India-England Fixture Is a Caps Audit, Not a ScorelineOn the fixture sheet pasted to the wall of the Ahmedabad sports complex, I...
The PKL Transfer Window Sells Reputation, Not Efficiency — and the League's Own Data TestifiesIn the June 2026 PKL auction, Tamil Thalaivas raised the paddle to ₹2.26 cror...
Match 4, India's First Fixture: In Ahmedabad, the Squad's Depth Gets Logged, Not the ScoreThe scoreboard at Ahmedabad's multi-sports complex will read "Match 4." For...
Nine Days, Eight Matches, One Ankle: The Real Arithmetic of the Commonwealth Kabaddi ChampionshipAt 8:30 PM on October 23, 2026, Surjeet Singh's India men's team plays its...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad: The Real Question Isn't Whether India Wins, But Where the Match AirsI hosted the kabaddi World Cup final in this same city in 2026. I had a...
Commonwealth Kabaddi: Pakistan's Name Went From Fourteen to Thirteen, and Nobody Wrote Down WhyThe entry list for October 2026 reached my desk twice. The first time it...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations, Nine Days and One Blank ColumnMy beat book keeps a grid for every tournament — date, venue, format, broadca...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Thirteen Nations, Nine Days in Ahmedabad, and the Question Nobody AnswersMonday afternoon, in the back of an auto from Sainikpuri to Gachibowli, my...
Ahmedabad's First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: India's Real Opponent Is Not England, It Is Five Straight EveningsAt 1:40 on Wednesday afternoon, an A4 sheet was taped to the outer corridor...
Kabaddi's Unlogged Frame: A Ledger of Referee Decisions from the Bonus Line to JakartaThe Patna Pirates raider ran in, planted his right foot past the bonus line a...
Captain Named, Squad Not: Ahmedabad's Real Story Is Iran's AbsenceThe announcement came with a captain, a vice-captain and not a single full...