Writer, man describing Indian cricket tournament (7)

I believe the answer is:

kipling

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'writer' is the definition.
(Kipling is an example)

'man describing indian cricket tournament' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'King' (man can mean a chess piece).
'describing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (describe can mean to form the outline of).
'indian cricket tournament' becomes 'ipl' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'king' placed around 'ipl' is 'KIPLING'.

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(Other definitions for kipling that I've seen before include "If man" , "See 22" , "English author, born in India, d. 1936" , "Gunga Din poet" , "Rudyard . . . . . . ., author of ''The Jungle Book'' (7)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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