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IPL 2026: Why Rishabh Pant should stand firm on opening and shape Lucknow Super Giants' campaign?
Lucknow Super Giants have a decent unit and Rishabh Pant is tasked to make the most of the opportunity.
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Memories last forever — 15th anniversary of the 2011 World Cup win
Each one who was there will not forget what all happened and Indian cricket had turned a new leaf. The wait of 28 years was over and Sachin finally had his hand on a world title.
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IPL 2026: While we celebrate Vaibhav Sooryavanshi spare a thought for Kartik Sharma — he is as much the story
There is always a second chance and for Kartik Sharma he needs to wait for his time and keep trying hard.
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Carolina Marin - one of the greats of the game and a sore point for me as an Indian fan
As Marin announces her retirement, it is essential I write this tribute. She was one of the most frustrating athletes to watch. She’d scream at multiple points and it was infuriating for her opponents.
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Brand IPL continues to thrive despite controversies and challenges
The IPL caters to a larger constituency of the Indian populous than any other sporting event and that’s what explains its success despite the many scandals.
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How the IPL changed world cricket
Once cricket administrators decided to marry cricket with television, the scenario changed. The cricket market became an Indian monopoly thanks to the IPL.
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Many IPL games can rival commercial value of India-Pakistan encounter and make it cricket’s biggest global brand
In the IPL there are many games that are as big as India-Pakistan. And that’s where the tournament is more lucrative and more valuable than the T20 World Cup.
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Rishabh Pant, LSG and a high stakes IPL
With Rishabh one thing is for certain. There will be no dearth of effort and he will push himself every way to stand up and make things count.
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The approach is what 'New India' is about - Sanju Samson is the perfect example
Not just with Sanju Samson. We have seen this approach with almost every player in the T20 World Cup.
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Ravichandran Ashwin speaking out against toxic fan armies is a welcome development
If you praise someone doesn’t mean you need to demean someone else. These toxic fan armies have damaged Indian cricket and cricketers themselves are to blame for it.
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Why is Ravichandran Ashwin special?
It is the ability to detach and think things through that makes Ravichandran Ashwin different.
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Dinshaw Pardiwala and medical miracles
The best thing about Dr. Pardiwala is his range. From Rishabh Pant to Mirabai Chanu to Vinesh Phogat and Shreyas Iyer, he has helped them all.
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Exclusive | VVS Laxman looks back at the Eden Gardens Miracle of 2001 on the occasion of its 25th anniversary
Australia never expected such a determined rearguard. Their world-class bowling attack struggled to break through, and their so-called “mental disintegration” tactics had no effect.
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Gautam Gambhir’s real Test is the 2027 world cup in South Africa
With Sourav Ganguly one thing is certain. He will not hold back if he is in the mood for a good conversation.
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Does the successful organisation of the T20 World Cup help India’s Olympic ambitions?
The world cup is evidence that there is appetite for T-20 cricket. Every stadium was full and had there been more tickets on offer for the general public, they would be lapped up in no time.
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Ajit Agarkar and a job well done
When you have a billion people who consider themselves selectors, you will inevitably get fan passion of a different sort. To navigate this is also the challenge for the chairman and Agarkar has done it well.
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T20 World Cup triumph: Gautam Gambhir and the Jasprit Bumrah impact
Jasprit Bumrah, who has now won two T20 World Cups, will want to lay his hands on the 50 over silverware as well.
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India vs New Zealand, Lakshya Sen in spotlight - 2 finals that will shape Indian sport
Indian sport tonight will also want that little element of luck that often makes a difference.
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Viewership numbers speak out loud - ICC doesn’t need India-Pakistan anymore to market cricket
The ICC has been empowered to look beyond India-Pakistan and it can only augur well for cricket going forward.
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T20 World Cup: Jacob Bethell was solo effort while India's was collective — Teams win cricket matches, individuals don't
If India are to win the final against a very good New Zealand team, they need to play as a collective and step up on the big day.
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T20 World Cup: ICC events and a New Zealand fairytale
It is inevitable that New Zealand will punch above their weight and surprise us all. They are just used to peaking at the right time and that’s what happened at the Eden Gardens as well.
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Sanju Samson and Lakshya Sen — time to become true greats of their respective sports
Both seriously talented athletes and yet both haven’t really transformed themselves into greats of their sport.
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T20 World Cup 2026: Don’t forget Shivam Dube's contributions - he is as much part of the big picture
Shivam Dube's batting inspires confidence and while he has conceded runs with the ball, there is no reason to doubt his ability.
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Sanju Samson’s magic shouldn’t stop us from celebrating Shivam Dube or Tilak Varma
Samson’s magic wouldn’t get its due had there been no Shivam or Tilak. I am glad that head coach Gautam Gambhir highlighted this in the post match press conference.
