Kabaddi
Counting Super 10s Is Easy, Counting Empty Raids Is Not: The Unwritten Ledger of Kabaddi Coverage2026-10-24The winter of 2026. The NSCI Dome in Worli, Pro Kabaddi Season 5, a U Mumba...
India vs England, Match 4, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: A Rotation Fixture and the Scoresheet That Will Overstate Everything2026-10-24At that indoor hall in Ahmedabad the board says 'Match 4', and India's campai...
Before England on Ahmedabad's Mat: India's Rotation, the All Out Illusion and the Real Price of a Commonwealth Title2026-10-24I rewound the tape until the crowd disappeared from the frame. At Ahmedabad's...
India vs England, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Scoreboard Will Record a Win; the Body Will Record a Load2026-10-24The most dishonest number in kabaddi is the half-time score. When India and...
Not Volume but Efficiency: Why Kabaddi's Auctions and Its Coverage Keep Making the Same Mistake2026-10-23Mumbai, July 2026. Twelve franchises, 416 names, and a room where the air got...
Fourteen to Thirteen: Pakistan's Pullout Is the Alibi, Circle Style Is the Story2026-10-23Thirteen. That is the one number in this whole story that is solid. October 2...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, Day 1: The Points Table's Arithmetic Is Right, Its Meaning Is MisleadingThe men's points table published after Day 1 of the Commonwealth Kabaddi...
Counting Super 10s Is Easy, Counting Empty Raids Is Not: The Unwritten Ledger of Kabaddi CoverageThe winter of 2026. The NSCI Dome in Worli, Pro Kabaddi Season 5, a U Mumba...
India vs England, Match 4, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: A Rotation Fixture and the Scoresheet That Will Overstate EverythingAt that indoor hall in Ahmedabad the board says 'Match 4', and India's campai...
Before England on Ahmedabad's Mat: India's Rotation, the All Out Illusion and the Real Price of a Commonwealth TitleI rewound the tape until the crowd disappeared from the frame. At Ahmedabad's...
India vs England, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Scoreboard Will Record a Win; the Body Will Record a LoadThe most dishonest number in kabaddi is the half-time score. When India and...
23 Women's Matches, 39 Men's: What Ahmedabad's First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Is Hiding in Its Own NumbersThe curtain-raiser for the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship was he...
14 to 13: Pakistan's Withdrawal Lays Bare the Real Question Facing the Commonwealth Kabaddi ChampionshipThe habit of photographing draw sheets came to me in 2026. Sitting on the...
The Kabaddi Ledger: What the 369 Raid Points Left OutThe number I counted most during those eleven weeks with Patna Pirates was no...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations, 9 Days in Ahmedabad — and One Question Nobody Is AnsweringFriday, 23 October 2026, midday. Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad. A b...
India vs England, Match 4: Who Is Favourite in a Tournament Whose Rulebook Nobody Has Filed?Last week I opened the press note for the Ahmedabad fixture being billed as...
Commonwealth Kabaddi in Ahmedabad: India's Real Opponent Is the Calendar, Not the ScoreboardAt the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the first match on Friday...
Not Volume but Efficiency: Why Kabaddi's Auctions and Its Coverage Keep Making the Same MistakeMumbai, July 2026. Twelve franchises, 416 names, and a room where the air got...
Match 4, But India's First: In Ahmedabad, the Real Kabaddi Question Isn't the Score — It's the StageThe schedule calls it Match 4. It is India's first match. Both statements are...
Fourteen to Thirteen: Pakistan's Pullout Is the Alibi, Circle Style Is the StoryThirteen. That is the one number in this whole story that is solid. October 2...
The Thirteen-Team List for Ahmedabad: Pakistan's Name Is Off, and the Questions Begin After ThatThe entry list for the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad carried...
Ahmedabad's Mat, 13 Nations and an Empty Heading: The Real Story of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026I redrew the mat on graph paper before I trusted a single number. Thirteen...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Nine Days in Ahmedabad, Thirteen Teams and One Unresolved Broadcast QuestionOn 23 October the first raid will be attempted at the Veer Savarkar Sports...
The Third Raider in the Auction Queue: Who Kabaddi's Transfer Window Buys, and Who It ForgetsAt 2:40 in the morning, in the lobby of a team hotel in Hyderabad, an agent...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: The Three Links Missing From Ahmedabad's Announcement23 to 31 October 2026. Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad. Nine days. Tw...
The Dubki Count: The Decision on Kabaddi's Mat That No Spreadsheet Ever Made a Column ForI rewound the tape until the crowd disappeared from the frame. It was June...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 62 Matches in Nine Days, and a Women's Draw With No Rest DayOn the schedule sheet for the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, my...
Surjeet Singh as Captain, Naveen Kumar as Deputy — The Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Announcement That Cannot Say Its Own Biggest FactSurjeet Singh. Naveen Kumar. Two names, one press release, and the thing the...
Surjeet Singh as captain, Naveen Kumar as deputy: the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship announcement that omits the squad, the format and IranIndia's captain for the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 will be Surjee...
13 Nations, 62 Matches, 400+ Players: Three Places Where Ahmedabad's Paperwork Doesn't Add UpTwo numbers sit in the same sentence of the press note — 62 matches, and more...
Counting Super 10s Is Easy, Counting Empty Raids Is Not: The Unwritten Ledger of Kabaddi CoverageThe winter of 2026. The NSCI Dome in Worli, Pro Kabaddi Season 5, a U Mumba...
India vs England, Match 4, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: A Rotation Fixture and the Scoresheet That Will Overstate EverythingAt that indoor hall in Ahmedabad the board says 'Match 4', and India's campai...
Before England on Ahmedabad's Mat: India's Rotation, the All Out Illusion and the Real Price of a Commonwealth TitleI rewound the tape until the crowd disappeared from the frame. At Ahmedabad's...
India vs England, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Scoreboard Will Record a Win; the Body Will Record a LoadThe most dishonest number in kabaddi is the half-time score. When India and...
23 Women's Matches, 39 Men's: What Ahmedabad's First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Is Hiding in Its Own NumbersThe curtain-raiser for the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship was he...
14 to 13: Pakistan's Withdrawal Lays Bare the Real Question Facing the Commonwealth Kabaddi ChampionshipThe habit of photographing draw sheets came to me in 2026. Sitting on the...
The Kabaddi Ledger: What the 369 Raid Points Left OutThe number I counted most during those eleven weeks with Patna Pirates was no...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations, 9 Days in Ahmedabad — and One Question Nobody Is AnsweringFriday, 23 October 2026, midday. Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad. A b...
India vs England, Match 4: Who Is Favourite in a Tournament Whose Rulebook Nobody Has Filed?Last week I opened the press note for the Ahmedabad fixture being billed as...
Commonwealth Kabaddi in Ahmedabad: India's Real Opponent Is the Calendar, Not the ScoreboardAt the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, the first match on Friday...
Not Volume but Efficiency: Why Kabaddi's Auctions and Its Coverage Keep Making the Same MistakeMumbai, July 2026. Twelve franchises, 416 names, and a room where the air got...
Match 4, But India's First: In Ahmedabad, the Real Kabaddi Question Isn't the Score — It's the StageThe schedule calls it Match 4. It is India's first match. Both statements are...
Fourteen to Thirteen: Pakistan's Pullout Is the Alibi, Circle Style Is the StoryThirteen. That is the one number in this whole story that is solid. October 2...
The Thirteen-Team List for Ahmedabad: Pakistan's Name Is Off, and the Questions Begin After ThatThe entry list for the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad carried...
Ahmedabad's Mat, 13 Nations and an Empty Heading: The Real Story of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026I redrew the mat on graph paper before I trusted a single number. Thirteen...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: Nine Days in Ahmedabad, Thirteen Teams and One Unresolved Broadcast QuestionOn 23 October the first raid will be attempted at the Veer Savarkar Sports...
The Third Raider in the Auction Queue: Who Kabaddi's Transfer Window Buys, and Who It ForgetsAt 2:40 in the morning, in the lobby of a team hotel in Hyderabad, an agent...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: The Three Links Missing From Ahmedabad's Announcement23 to 31 October 2026. Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad. Nine days. Tw...
The Dubki Count: The Decision on Kabaddi's Mat That No Spreadsheet Ever Made a Column ForI rewound the tape until the crowd disappeared from the frame. It was June...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 62 Matches in Nine Days, and a Women's Draw With No Rest DayOn the schedule sheet for the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, my...
Surjeet Singh as Captain, Naveen Kumar as Deputy — The Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Announcement That Cannot Say Its Own Biggest FactSurjeet Singh. Naveen Kumar. Two names, one press release, and the thing the...
Surjeet Singh as captain, Naveen Kumar as deputy: the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship announcement that omits the squad, the format and IranIndia's captain for the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 will be Surjee...
13 Nations, 62 Matches, 400+ Players: Three Places Where Ahmedabad's Paperwork Doesn't Add UpTwo numbers sit in the same sentence of the press note — 62 matches, and more...