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Virat Kohli's 50 ODI centuries: The art of making hundreds
ODI World Cup 2023 IND vs NZ semifinal: At the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, there were three centurions. Virat Kohli glided through the 90s, Shreyas Iyer took the Sehwag route and Daryl Mitchell was somewhere in between. They all showed a different way to get to the elusive century.
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ODI World Cup 2023: India has dominated the league phase. A look back
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023: India have bowled out seven of their nine opponents. Their five specialist bowlers have taken 75 wickets between them and three of their top four have more than 400 runs for the competition. The respect in opposition ranks when they speak of India is unmistakable.
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Kohli hundred No. 49: A Virat moment for a Sachin Tendulkar fanboy
World Cup 2023 will also be remembered for another record by an Indian. Virat Kohli has equalled the number of centuries Sachin Tendulkar made in the 50-over format, the most by any batsman in the history of the ODI game.
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ODI World Cup 2023: Why Shubman Gill is the present and future of Indian batting
If Thursday's match against Sri Lanka is any indication, we'll see more of Shubman Gill as a batsman willing to do the hard yards and go through the grind, with an eye on tomorrow rather than today.
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England not stoked about Ben Stokes after India-England World Cup clash
England's Test captain, their talisman, shaper of miracles, a larger-than-life superhuman figure with his incredible heroics on the cricket field, couldn't save them on Sunday night's ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 India vs England group clash in Lucknow.
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ODI World Cup 2023 | Wickets, wickets, wickets: What Shami brings to the table
ICC ODI World Cup Ind vs NZ: In Dharamsala on Sunday, Mohammed Shami's first ball, an in-cutter, hit Kiwi opener Will Young’s bat hard near the splice and went on to rattle the stumps. Shami's five-wicket haul in the end was the third of his ODI career so far.
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Tribute: Bishan Singh Bedi was an extraordinary spinner, and intrepid upholder of the truth
Bishan Singh Bedi's extraordinary numbers will always accompany him – 266 wickets in 67 Tests, 1,560 wickets in 370 first-class matches – but Bedi was always much more than these statistics.
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ODI World Cup 2023 | India's middle-overs stranglehold is strong, and holding
India at ODI World Cup 2023: In their four matches thus far, India have shot out Australia for 199, kept Afghanistan down to 272 for eight on a terrific batting surface, dismissed Pakistan for 191 and prevented Bangladesh from scoring more than 256 for eight.
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ICC World Cup 2023: The party in Motera after India thrash Pakistan by 7 wickets in epic battle
India secured its eighth world cup win against Pakistan on Saturday. India vs Pakistan in Ahmedabad seemed to contain more than just cricketing overtones, but this day was mainly about the sport.
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ODI World Cup 2023: Jasprit Bumrah is unconventional, unorthodox, unusual, and mighty effective
Laconic when you put him behind the mic, Jasprit Bumrah is anything but boring when he has the ball in his right hand.
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ODI World Cup 2023 | Why Team India is more dangerous with Shubman Gill in it
Shubman Gill has only six centuries in 35 matches, but five of them have come this year alone in 20 innings, and his last four knocks read 104, 74, 27 not out and 121.
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Virat Kohli and the dropped catch that could change this ODI World Cup yet
Virat Kohli, somewhat nervy, launched into a pull against Josh Hazlewood. The ball lobbed towards short square-leg, wicket No. 4 written all over it...
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ODI World Cup 2023 | Why Team India is the favourite to win
At this point, India’s headache is not so much who to play as who to leave out, such is the wealth of riches at the Rohit-Dravid combo’s command.
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2023 ODI World Cup | Right-arm off-spinner R. Ashwin brings experience, variety to team India
There could be a fairytale return to World Cup cricket for R. Ashwin on October 8 at the ground where he evolved as a cricketer, the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
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Asia Cup 2023: The consistency of Shubman Gill, who scored his fifth ODI hundred this year
On Friday, though India lost to Bangladesh, Shubman Gill scored a century in the Asia Cup match in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This marks his fifth ODI 100 this year, including a blazing 208 against New Zealand in January.
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2023 Asia Cup: Travel guide to Sri Lanka, through the eyes of a cricket fan
Take the Expressway from Colombo to Galle or the two-lane road along the coast that takes 4 hours - Sri Lanka abounds in natural beauty and is steeped in cricket history.
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2023 ODI World Cup India team: Pumping fists, talking about player strengths & depth of batting
Asked whether KL Rahul or Ishan Kishan would be the first-choice wicketkeeper, Ajit Agarkar, the chairman of selectors, lapsed into a long period of silence. ‘Good problem to have’, he finally said.
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Asia Cup 2023: Key players and factors in 1st India-Pakistan ODI face-off in 4 years
5 things to know ahead of the 50-over India vs Pakistan match, starting at 3pm on September 2, 2023.
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Asia Cup and its significance
The Asia Cup is the only continental cricket tournament, brainchild of the Asian Cricket Council formed in 1983 to foster relationships between three Test-playing nations: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. For India, Asia Cup 2023 holds greater significance than the others.
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ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023: What to make of the scheduling, rescheduling blunders as tickets go on sale this week
Tickets go on sale on August 25, less than 6 weeks before the 50-over World Cup begins on October 5.
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T20I Ireland Tour: Jasprit Bumrah to return as captain of Indian squad
Bumrah is an accomplished wicket-taker — 319 scalps in 162 international appearances — who quickly established himself as the all-format go-to man for his three long-time skippers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
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India vs West Indies: Why the Calypso Kings don't excite the same anticipation, and fear, any more
Two-time former champions, West Indies will not even be a part of the ODI World Cup to be staged in India this October-November.
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Book review | 'Faf Through Fire': The fascinating autobiography of former South African captain
Faf Du Plessis' autobiography isn’t just a chronicling of his journey as a cricketer, but is a brutally honest and revealing tale of his insecurities.
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India vs West Indies: Let the World Test Championship Final 2025 campaign begin
Plus, one of Yashasvi Jaiswal or Ruturaj Gaikwad will earn a maiden Test cap. These two, along with the effervescent Shubman Gill, represent the future of Indian Test batting.
