Stories by Anik Basu
Anik Basu is a Kolkata-based journalist covering the corporate sector and the business of sports.
Del Piero’s fees were more than the combined salary permitted for an entire team in the Pakistan Super League – $1.2m.
Updated 19 Sep, 2016 11:57am
Modi's visit comes after Indian cabinet meeting ratifies $75m fund for 'catalysing economic presence' in SE Asia.
Updated 03 Sep, 2016 10:54am
IHS Markit forecasts 7.5pc increase in India's real GDP during FY16-17.
Published 01 Sep, 2016 05:44pm
India’s first official match on US soil will provide the leg-up the game needs to stoke fan interest in the country.
Published 27 Aug, 2016 04:04pm
If your cricket talks, that’s all the language you need.
Updated 10 Aug, 2016 12:40pm
West Indian teen pacer Alzarri Joseph made a dream debut when he scalped Indian captain Virat Kohli.
Published 09 Aug, 2016 09:47pm
Pakistan have a theoretical chance of emerging as the top-ranked Test side during the ongoing summer tour of England.
Updated 28 Jul, 2016 09:52pm
Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian skipper to score a double hundred overseas in Tests.
Updated 24 Jul, 2016 05:54am
Indian cricket investors are not altogether averse to having Pakistani players on board.
Updated 29 Jun, 2016 11:05am
The world’s richest cricket league could see an offspring being launched in the US to tap the Indian expat community.
Published 24 Jun, 2016 03:35pm
Afghanistan and Pakistan remained stable at their pre-tournament slots of six and seven.
Published 29 Mar, 2016 05:34pm
Never before a seemingly routine group match in Women’s World T20 meant so much to cricket fans back home in Pakistan.
Published 27 Mar, 2016 08:14am
The Pakistani reply with the bat was as clueless as their attack.
Updated 26 Mar, 2016 12:08pm
Australia beat Pakistan by 21 runs in Mohali to stay on course for the semi-finals.
Updated 25 Mar, 2016 06:27pm
Pakistan scored a nine wicket victory, their second successive win of the World T20 after their triumph over India.
Published 25 Mar, 2016 12:16am
If one were to go by history, it ought to be a cakewalk for Sana Mir’s girls at the Feroze Shah Kotla grounds in Delhi.
Published 24 Mar, 2016 04:33pm
THE 181-run challenge thrown by the New Zealanders in a must-win game proved insurmountable for Pakistan, who ended...
Published 23 Mar, 2016 07:12am
Pakistan were restricted to 158/5 in the chase of 181 and left on the brink of an early World T20 exit.
Published 22 Mar, 2016 10:42pm
New Zealand piled up 180 with Guptill scoring 80 off 48 balls. PAK 158/5 in 20 overs
Updated 22 Mar, 2016 10:18pm
Sana Mir says Saturday’s victory over title-contender India was not entirely unexpected.
Updated 22 Mar, 2016 03:46pm
