Tag: cricket
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Cricket: Pitching a Transcending Charisma
By Rishika Mendiratta ( Co-Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar ) What do they know of cricket who only cricket know. – CLR James There is an age-old intersection between culture and cricket. Unbeknownst to us, cricket has been turning the tides of political movements for centuries in countries such as South Africa, West Indies and Afghanistan (to name a few). The article is a collection of such incidents across the world that echo the ideal that true sportsmanship is fair play and humanity at its best.
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IPL’s Media Medallion leaves us STAR-STRUCK for 5 years
By Rishika Mendiratta (Co-founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar Broadcasting is too serious a business to be left to the broadcasters-Tony Benn The above quote is an apt prelude to the events, speculations and the result that surrounded the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) media rights auction that concluded on September 4, 2017. Star secured the deal for India’s (TV and digital) as well as overseas broadcast rights for IPL for a whopping Rs. 16347.5 crores. This article is an attempt to analyse the frenzy around the pre-bid controversies and the results of the most talked about media rights bid in the Indian Sports scenario.
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The Problem of Age Fraud in Indian Sports
By Rishika Mendiratta (Founding and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) The age-old saying, “Once the game is over, the king and the pawn game go back in the same box”, highlights the importance of the ephemeral life of any sport and the players who are a part of it. Unfortunately, this ideal of Fair Play has been tarnished in the Indian sports because of the prevalent age fraud controversies. Uptil now, the legislative steps taken by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs (MYAS), such as the enactment of The National Code Against Age Fraud in Sports, is a mere paper tiger because of poor implementation measures by the respective sports bodies. In this article Rishika analyses the importance of better framework to prevent age fraud in India.