As a sports fan, this issue is a bonafide feast, with features and sketches on some of the world’s most dominant, exciting sports-people.

Yet there is a special package that’s especially worth highlighting: a list of the greatest sporting antiheroes, nominated by GQ editors across the globe.A short vignette on the West Indian powerhouse Kieron Pollard, a short-format specialist whose ascent coincided with the rise of white-ball cricket.

One of the most exciting aspirants is Shubman Gill, the 22-year-old prodigy from Punjab, whose imperious 91 helped set up a historic win against Australia at the Gabba last winter. While he has recently struggled with form and injury since that imperi-ous start, it is only a matter of time before this exciting opener takes center stage.