Ayon Sengupta

2 weeks ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Lavanya Narayanan |Ayon Sengupta

There’s great comfort in being the reliable bet when success is largely on autopilot. Ask India, the hot favourite in the recent tri-series against Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo. Harmanpreet & Co. cantered to a series win, after beating Sri Lanka in a final that was headlined by a sublime century from Smriti Mandhana.

3 weeks ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Shayan Acharya |Ayon Sengupta |Anish Pathiyil |Ryan Fernando

Rashid Khan has been one of the star performers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for eight years. But the early stages of the 2025 edition were tough for the Afghan spin ace. Returning from a hamstring injury, he struggled in his first few outings for Gujarat Titans — conceding runs and lacking impact. As the tournament wore on, though, he found his rhythm. With eight wickets so far, he admits poor control over line and length cost him early on.

1 month ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Mohandas Menon |Ayon Sengupta |Paul Fein |Ryan Fernando

1 Number of players to do the all-rounder’s double of 3000 runs and 100 wickets in IPL history. Ravindra Jadeja achieved this on 28 March 2025 while playing for CSK against RCB in Chennai, becoming the only one to do so. The enormity of this achievement can be seen from the fact that of the 27 players who made 3000-plus runs in the IPL, only two have claimed fifty wickets (Shane Watson 3874+92 and Kieron Pollard 3412+69).

1 month ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Suresh Menon |Ayon Sengupta |Sunil Gavaskar |Jonathan Selvaraj

The German writer Patrick Suskind’s Perfume: The Story of a Murdereris a morality tale full of vivid olfactory imagery. He writes,“People could close their eyes to greatness, to horrors, to beauty, and their ears to melodies or deceiving words. But they couldn’t escape scent. For scent was a brother of breath. Together with breath it entered human beings, who couldn’t defend themselves against it.

1 month ago | sportstar.thehindu.com | Ryan Fernando |Ayon Sengupta |Shayan Acharya |Paul Fein

In today’s world, your diet is as much a flex as your gym stats. Scroll through social media and you’ll find everyone, from celebrities to recreational athletes, swearing by keto, intermittent fasting, or juice cleanses. But as a sports nutritionist, I have to ask a more serious question:Are these trends really improving your performance, or silently sabotaging it? Let’s break them down through an athletic lens. Intermittent Fasting — Boosting Discipline or Draining Endurance?