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IPL 2023 | Flawed teams, time overruns and more early trends emerging in the 16th IPL
From unusual advertisers to strike-rates, from the fan experience to new laws — five early observations from IPL 2023
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IPL 2023 | What M.S. Dhoni, Virat Kohli and 3 others bring to the 16th edition of the world's richest cricket league
The biggest showpiece in cricket - the Indian Premier League - rolls into town once again, and everyone involved will be keen to make a mark. Five players may feel the glare of the spotlight a little more brightly than the rest.
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Fasten your seatbelts, the IPL is back in town
Love it or hate it, but you can’t escape the Indian Premier League — the two-month window of the year that is designed to fuel our cult of hero-worship begins on March 31
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India vs Australia ODIs: Lessons for World Cup 2023, from India's 1-2 defeat
Pitches, team composition, left-armers and the No. 4 conundrum - a few issues that India should address ahead of the one-day World Cup, scheduled to be held from October 5 - November 19.
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IND vs AUS Ahmedabad Test preview: Of politics, turf wars and ‘spin’
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy endgame, the fourth India vs Australia Test match, from March 9 to 13, has become all about the pitch and the politics. Hopefully, cricket will take over once the first ball is bowled.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rank turners don’t help India
Team India's batters currently aren’t good enough to score on them, while their spinners are capable of winning games even on normal pitches.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Rank turners don’t help India
Our batters currently aren’t good enough to score on them, while the spinners are capable of winning games even on normal pitches.
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The KL Rahul debate: Indian cricket's Rorschach test
Rahul's continued inclusion in the Indian Test side has provoked intense debate; are the selectors right to stand by the misfiring opener?
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Cheteshwar Pujara, a singularity in the 100-Test club
For 13 years, Cheteshwar Pujara has defied every possible convention to survive and thrive as a Test-only Indian batter in the 21st century.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Cricket’s Anglo-centricity, underdone pitches and unprepared grounds
Cricket has for long looked down upon what makes the game in the subcontinent special. It's time to right this wrong.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy: From Kolkata to Gabba, a look back at IND vs AUS epics
The Laxman-Dravid epics, the Pujara resistances, the Harbhajan humdingers, the miracle of Gabba — rewind to some of India’s most memorable duels with Australia ahead of this week's face-off.
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The rise and rise of Shubman Gill
2023 is shaping up to be the year of Shubman Gill. He could play defining roles in the upcoming Test series against Australia, and the ODI World Cup later in the year.
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Glass Onion’s Miles Bron is a sign of our times
From 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' to 'Succession' and 'White Lotus', there is a spate of unlikeable characters on screen these days. What does this trend mean?
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2023: A last hurrah before transition in Indian cricket?
Indian men’s cricket is in decline, and awaits a long painful period of transition. Before that, can the current class bring home the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup?
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Superstar Rajini: The Rajinikanth Phenomenon
The Superstar turned 72 on December 12, and it’s a good time to reflect on his extraordinary film career and his outsized impact.
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MC Travel Special | Restaurant hopping and sampling the many flavours of Dubai
Apart from the luxury shopping, the adventure, the fast cars, the seaside and the skyscrapers, Dubai also has some incredible food to offer its visitors
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Is it time to move on from Virat Kohli in T20s?
Virat Kohli struggles against spin, bats too slowly and puts pressure on his batting partners. Should he remain in India's plans for T20 cricket going forward?
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Why India keeps flopping at T20 World Cups
Their dated approach to T20 cricket betrays a lack of grasp of the pace at which the format is evolving. The only surprising thing about India's exit is that it came so late.
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Is this the best T20 World Cup yet?
This year, the weaker sides have punched significantly above their weight, and in the process lit up the World Cup.
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T20 World Cup 2022 | India vs Pakistan World Cups: A walk down memory lane
Today marks the 13th World Cup encounter between India and Pakistan. It's been largely unmemorable since 2011, but in every World Cup face-off between the men in green and blue, anticipation overrides retrospection.
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How India can win the T20 World Cup 2022
After a long time, India are not World Cup title favourites. While the die-hard fans still expect the best from them, the experts aren’t bullish. A look at how the team is positioned
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Why World Cup down under is the mother of all entertainment cricket
There's something about Australia that instantly evokes memories of cricket’s premium event. Fasten your seatbelts for an entertaining tournament
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Out of T20 World Cup: Why must Jasprit Bumrah play in the IPL?
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has no say in whether or not he can play in the high-intensity IPL — the world's largest cricket league — as long as he wishes to remain a contracted BCCI cricketer
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Goodbye Roger, Goodbye Jhulan
This weekend, two legends in their respective sports took the field for the final time. Two remarkable careers ended, albeit in significantly different manners.
