In this issue

On the eve of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 1983 hero Roger Binny shares how India pioneered the all-rounder concept

Also read, Yuvraj's Singh's views on the current team

And an exclusive interview with Subhash Chandra Garg, former finance secretary, on his new book that has caused a stir

These and much more in the latest issue now on stands.

See some evil too, Trudeau

He was Michelangelo's David dressed in a Saville Row suit-handsome face, sharp and a commitment to ... democratic openness\"; one about whom Vanity Fair warned people to \"have a fainting couch on standby as you watch him in action\".

2 mins

Sunak's downward spiral

Pollsters see British governments come and go-usually into oblivion. YouGov's chief polling researcher, Anthony Wells, has analysed several governments, prime ministers and opposition leaders also known as restless prime ministers-in-waiting.

2 mins

The human race

I don't follow any 'Humans of' pages on Instagram. To me, they seem to be a mix of Reader's Digest's Drama in Real Life series and the Chicken Soup for the Soul books, and I find them too on-the-nose or treacly sweet. Besides, I keep getting the feeling that Bollywood story scouts are reading them breathlessly over my shoulder, trying to find plots for the next luridly uplifting 'based on a true story' blockbuster.

2 mins

India Pioneered The All-Rounder Concept With 1983 Win

When Roger Binny was appointed president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India last year, his friend Santosh Desai had this to say: "He will do his job quietly, without much fuss. He is no-nonsense in a way, without being confrontational. If he sees incompetency around him, he will quietly call it out." Desai should know, having opened the batting for Karnataka along with Binny in the Ranji Trophy for many years and later partnered him in running the state cricket board.

10+ mins

Shubman Gill Is A Fearless Game-Changer

Exclusive Interview - Yuvraj Singh, Player Of The Tournament, 2011 World Cup

10+ mins

IMRAN IN BRIEFS, VICIOUS BUMRAH, AND DANCING WITH RANVEER

Sunny & Sunny discuss the World Cup's thrills and possibilities. THE WEEK presents Yajurvindra Singh (Team India, 1979) in conversation with Sunil Gavaskar (Team India, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987)

9 mins

BIG FELLAS!

In a World Cup which is expected to be a tropical storm of runs and tall totals fuelled by T20-inspired sixes, you ignore the double-duty, multi-tasking disrupter at your peril. Be it the pure all-rounder or the leaders of either bowling packs or teams themselves, those who can bring their best or bring out the best in their teammates during clutch games will have impact that reverberates through the tournament. Here is the impact player from each team.

7 mins

TONS OF CLASS

The five best World Cup centuries I have seen

6 mins

A Cupful Of History

THE WEEK brings you action from the centre and the sidelines in frames from the 12 ODI World Cups

4 mins

VROOM WITH A VIEW

MotoGP makes a solid India debut

6 mins

TWISTS AND TURNS

A lot of manoeuvring went into bringing MotoGP to India

3 mins

Friends in the frame

What's behind the Sharad Pawar-Gautam Adani meeting?

4 mins

MAN WITH A LONG SHADOW

India has strong evidence about Gurpatwant Singh Pannun's network in Canada

6 mins

SEPARATISM NOT A CRIME IN CANADA

INTERVIEW - Ward Elcock, former director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

3 mins

TRUDEAU SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH KHALISTANIS

INTERVIEW - Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian minister

3 mins

SOUND OF MUSIC

The videos of the new singers mirror their lives-and, to those in Punjab, they offer a glimpse of the glamorous life that is within reach

3 mins

WE HAVE LOST THE PLOT ECONOMIC REFORMS ON

Subhash Chandra Garg has let his pen speak his mind far too often. Serving as finance secretary to three finance ministers-Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, and Nirmala Sitharaman-he churned out opposing views, much to Sitharaman's displeasure.

6 mins

The #RagNeeti weekend

A fashion guru friend was invited by a leading TV channel to be on an \"important\" panel. The burning topic of the day was not Manipur. Nor Canada. It was a celebrity wedding in Udaipur. The minutest details of the high profile nuptials involving the young, dashing MP from the Aam Aadmi Party and the accomplished Bollywood actor, were being avidly discussed across media platforms.

2 mins

A SHOT OF TRUTH

In his latest book of aphorisms, Shashi Tharoor is at his wittiest and wisest

4 mins

The artisan as heroine

I first wrote about Monica Shah and Karishma Swali-now known as \"the Chanakya girls\"-in 2019. I was completely fascinated by an embroidery school they had set up in Mumbai's Byculla, formerly part of Girangaon or the textile mill hub that once built the city. The ladies together run The Chanakya School, which invites less privileged women from nearby areas to learn embroidery to upskill them and create employment opportunities.

2 mins

Art of the sport

On the eve of a festival on Olympic films, two Olympians tell us about their favourite ones, and what the spirit of the game means to them

4 mins

Caviar caravans on wheels

There's something about Kim-the Jong-un, not the Kardashian. For one, his smiling visage. I do not recall a single picture of him where he is seen as tense, distracted, or scowling. Not even when he met the Donald. There was, I am reliably told, a photographer who once caught him at a bad moment, but then that moment proved to be worse for the photographer.

2 mins

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