Aditya Iyer was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Aditya Iyer
Newsmaker:The Indian cricket fan
The sport is an obsession and matches are holy days for this roving devotee. As the growing tribe follows the team around, they make sure everywhere feels like home.
Published on Jun 08, 2019 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer
ICC World Cup 2019: Yuzvendra Chahal - Thinks like a chess player, spins it like a wizard
On the day of India’s opening game of the World Cup, Chahal’s brain coached Chahal’s wrist to bend, fold, flip and turn the ball in mesmeric ways.
Updated on May 21, 2020 08:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Southampton | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Rohit Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal guide India to victory over South Africa
Rohit Sharma curbed his natural flair for greater good as his gritty hundred complemented a superb bowling effort in India’s resounding six-wicket victory over a hapless South Africa in their World Cup opener here Wednesday.
Updated on May 20, 2020 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Southampton | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Zen and the art of Rohit’s batting
For a genuine six-hitter (fact: he has already hit 23 more sixes than Sachin Tendulkar ever did in ODIs, and 102 more than Virat Kohli), Rohit’s strokes are shorn of violence. Delicate yet dangerous, like a jellyfish.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 09:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Southampton | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Kuldeep Yadav bids to discover lost mystery in England
In the IPL season that finished last month, Kuldeep took just four wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders, 13 less than the previous season, where he was the team’s highest wicket-taker.
Updated on Jun 03, 2019 10:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Southampton | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: A walk through Brixton - Cricket lies buried here
Cricket was once that common link between the many nationalities in the West Indies. I ask him if he is a fan of the other Jamaican, Chris Gayle, who, as we speak, is fielding for the West Indies against Pakistan in Nottingham.
Updated on Jun 01, 2019 03:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: First Day, First Over: Blockbuster start to the tournament
On Thursday, that surprise was Imran Tahir. When du Plessis tossed the ball in his leg spinner’s direction, a few audible oohs and aahs went off in the stadium’s terraces. Never before, in eleven previous editions of the quadrennial, had a spinner bowled the opening over of the first World Cup match.
Published on May 31, 2019 02:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: KL Rahul aces audition for number 4
That assuredness, in mind and hands, solved India’s No.4 problem at the eleventh hour. It also produced 108 runs of the highest quality.
Updated on May 29, 2019 09:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Cardiff | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Jasprit Bumrah casts a spell over Oval
Bumrah, the 25-year-old boy with this peculiar, disjointed action and one who is yet to play in a 50-over World Cup, is already counted among the best fast bowlers India has ever produced.
Updated on May 28, 2019 10:12 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
India vs New Zealand warm-up World Cup 2019: Ravindra Jadeja stands tall amid ruins
India would have been cleaned up for a whole lot less and a whole lot earlier than the 40th over had a carefree Ravindra Jadeja not swung his bat this way and that, alone hauling India out of the trenches (81 for 6 when he walked in, and soon 115 for 8) with 54 sparkling runs.
Updated on May 16, 2020 08:52 PM IST
London | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
A World Cup of favourites and dark horses
Team India will get their first feel of the conditions in a warm up game against New Zealand, in a tournament where any team can beat any other.
Updated on May 28, 2019 10:13 PM IST
London | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Game changer in bits and pieces
ICC World Cup 2019: The last time India played a World Cup, albeit in the twenty-over format in 2016, Pandya made us suspend our sense of belief.
Updated on May 28, 2019 10:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
ICC World Cup 2019: Virat Kohli - The man behind the mask
Under that helmet and behind the grille veiling over his beard, Virat Kohli truly reveals himself, and his meaning
Updated on May 28, 2019 10:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aditya Iyer (Chief Cricket Writer)
Sasikala camp terms RK Nagar bypoll cancellation ‘murder of democracy’
The AIADMK leader said even the Election Commission did not want him to win, but they would not be able to deny him victory.
Updated on Apr 11, 2017 06:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
EC cancels RK Nagar bypoll in Chennai after I-T raids uncover bribery evidence
A series of high profile raids in the past week allegedly uncovered cash-for-vote schemes meant to help swing favour during the RK Nagar bypolls scheduled for April 12. The constituency seat was held by the late former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa, and is key to the splintered factions of the ruling AIADMK party.
Updated on Apr 29, 2017 07:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
EC may cancel RK Nagar bypolls over Rs 89-crore bribery scandal in Chennai
The Sasikala faction of the AIADMK gave Rs 4,000 to every voter in the north Chennai locality that was the home constituency of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
Updated on Apr 09, 2017 01:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
Rs 89 crore distributed among voters, raids ahead of RK Nagar bypolls
Another Rs 5.6 crore was seized from associates of Tamil Nadu health minister Vijaya Bhaskar, who termed the raids as politically motivated.
Updated on Apr 09, 2017 09:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
Modi govt contemptuous of Tamil Nadu, imposing Hindi: DMK’s Stalin
The BJP-led central government is attempting “Hindi hegemony” in Tamil Nadu, the DMK alleged on Friday following reports that highway milestones written in English in Krishnagiri and Vellore have been replaced.
Updated on Apr 30, 2017 03:03 PM IST
Chennai, Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer
Rajinikanth meets Malaysian PM, says he is not the new face of Malaysian tourism
Rajinikanth on Friday met the Malaysian Prime Minister Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak when the latter came over to Thalaivar’s home for breakfast on Friday. He also dismissed rumours that he will be the new face of Malaysian tourism.
Updated on Mar 31, 2017 02:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Karthik Kumar/Aditya Iyer
Rajinikanth cancels Sri Lanka trip after facing criticism from Tamil groups
The Padayappa star maintained that he wanted to visit Sri Lanka to interact with Sri Lankan Tamils and participate in a charity-related project that will benefit them.
Updated on Mar 25, 2017 06:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
Election Commission freezes AIADMK symbol, asks factions to pick new party names
The Election Commission blocked the AIADMK’s ‘two leaves’ party symbol on Wednesday after rival factions led by K Palaniswamy and O Panneerselvam staked claim to it ahead of a by-poll necessitated by J Jayalalithaa’s death.
Updated on Mar 23, 2017 01:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
RSS meet in Coimbatore fuels speculation of BJP push in Tamil Nadu
The RSS may renew efforts to boost the BJP in Tamil Nadu following the saffron party’s victory in Utttar Pradesh.
Updated on Mar 21, 2017 08:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
Coimbatore atheist’s murder: Two more surrender, total detainees now 5
H Farook was hacked to death on Thursday night. Police believe he was attacked by a gang of six people, who hacked and stabbed the DVK member near his house in Coimbatore.
Updated on Mar 20, 2017 07:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
AIADMK deputy general secretary Dinakaran denied relief in FERA case
The AIADMK leader was accused in 1996 of violating the FERA for acquiring foreign currency with a value of $1,049,333,13 from non-authorised dealers in foreign exchange.
Updated on Mar 18, 2017 01:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
JNU Dalit scholar Muthukrishnan’s body brought home, slipper hurled at Union minister
J Muthukrishnan, a Dalit research scholar in Delhi’s JNU, allegedly committed suicide on Holi
Updated on Mar 16, 2017 04:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | KV Lakshmana and Aditya Iyer
Tough fight for contenders in by-poll in Jayalalithaa’s former constituency
AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dhinakaran will be up against the late Jayalalithaa’s niece Deep Jaykumar and DMK’s N Maruthu Ganesh in the by-poll for the former CM’s constituency RK Nagar.
Updated on Mar 15, 2017 06:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
TN fisherman killed: Protests break out as Sri Lanka promises thorough probe
A group of Indian fisherman was allegedly fired upon when they were fishing between Danushkodi and Katchatheevu off the Tamil Nadu coast late Monday. One was killed, while three were injured
Updated on Mar 08, 2017 09:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
DMK leader Radha Ravi under fire for mocking differently-abled children
Tamil actor-turned-politician Radha Ravi of the DMK is under fire for a speech in which he impersonated differently-abled children and compared them to political rivals.
Updated on Mar 05, 2017 06:21 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
Jayalalithaa’s niece Deepa Jayakumar announces new political party in Tamil Nadu
Deepa Jayakumar, the niece of late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, announced her political debut on Friday and floated a new party ‘MGR Amma Deepa Peravai’.
Updated on Feb 24, 2017 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer
Maha Shivratri: Protesters urge Modi not to attend Isha Foundation event
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to unveil a 112-foot tall statue of Shiva at the Isha Foundation in Coimbatore, activists and tribal groups have raised the pitch of protests against the Foundation’s “environmental violations”.
Updated on Feb 24, 2017 03:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chennai | Aditya Iyer, Chennai