Kabaddi
46-26 and 45-29: The Score Sheet That Stays Silent About India's 26 Conceded146 points. Four teams. Two matches. And not one raid-by-raid number on the...
India vs England, Match 4 of the 2026 Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship: What the Scoreboard Will Never Tell YouThe team sheet pasted on the wall at the Ahmedabad sports complex carried fou...
The Empty Cell Report: The Kabaddi Number the Scoresheet Never PrintsA nine-section analytical document was open on my screen. Every heading sat i...
India's Opener in Ahmedabad: Why the Margin Against England Will Not Measure India's Real StrengthAhmedabad, evening session, a screen showing match number four and beneath it...
Match 4 in Ahmedabad: Don't Read the Scoreboard, Read the First Touch — India vs England, Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026The team sheet came through and the loudest name on it was a blank space....
First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in Ahmedabad: 62 Matches, Nine Days and an Empty Medical ColumnBefore a match I read the fixture list, not the scorecard. From 23 October...
From 14 to 13 in Ahmedabad: Pakistan's Absence and the Arithmetic of Kabaddi's Hollow CalendarThe inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship is scheduled at the Veer...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026, India vs England: In Ahmedabad, the Real Question Is Rotation, Not the ScorelineI was three seats from the press box door when the story walked past me....
India vs England, Match 4: In Ahmedabad, the Squad-Depth Question Matters More Than the ScoreboardThe sheet that reaches the scoreboard operator at Ahmedabad's indoor complex...
23 Women's Matches, 13 Nations: Ahmedabad's First Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship Is a Test of One Sum62 matches. Nine days. 13 countries. The organisers' press note stops at thos...
Surjeet Singh captain, Naveen Kumar deputy: India's leadership structure for the 2026 Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship and the ledger nobody publishedThe Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in Ahmedabad, 23 to 31 October 2026. Inside...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: In Ahmedabad, India’s Real Test Is Tournament Format, Not CaptaincyIn Ahmedabad, the captaincy came before the squad list. The Khel Now report...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Mat Is Down in Ahmedabad, the Broadcast Ink Is Not DryIn October 2026 I sat in the highlights truck at Salt Lake and timecoded six...
Surjeet Singh Captain, Naveen Kumar Deputy: The Real Story of Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 Is the Empty Iranian CornerJakarta, 2026. The men's kabaddi semi-final at the Asian Games. I was in the...
Thirteen Teams in Ahmedabad: Iran's Absence Is the Bigger Story Than Pakistan's WithdrawalThe fixture list for October 2026 was open on my laptop and I did what I alwa...
Commonwealth Kabaddi in Ahmedabad: 62 Matches, 13 Nations and One Number That Doesn't ReconcileThe first raid at the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship lands in...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: The Broadcast Silence, the 13-Team Arithmetic and Ahmedabad's Real AgendaThe first raid of the Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 will be at the...
38% vs 19%: Kabaddi's real scoreboard starts the moment a corner drifts early2026, Ahmedabad, TransStadia Arena. Gujarat Fortunegiants' debut Pro Kabaddi...
Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026: 13 Nations Will Take the Mat in Ahmedabad, but the 'Where to Watch' Answer Is Still Off the TableLast week a reader messaged me on WhatsApp: "Where can I watch the Commonweal...
What the Ahmedabad Release Left Out: Surjeet Singh's Armband, Naveen Kumar's Deputy Role and an Empty Squad ListThe press release that came out of Ahmedabad last week carried two names and...
Before the First Whistle in Ahmedabad: 13 Nations, 62 Matches, and the One Column a Medal Table Won't FillAt a quarter past six on Thursday evening, the hall at the Veer Savarkar Spor...