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With focus on T20 World Cup, selectors likely to pick full-strength Indian squad for Asia Cup
With the T20 World Cup just six months away, the selectors are expected to pick a full-strength squad for the Asia Cup.
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Who are the new recruits at Manchester City and can they revive Pep Guardiola's fortunes after a barren season?
What Manchester City did to Wolves, even with Rodri and Phil Foden just watching from the stands, should be an ominous warning to the rest of the league.
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Manchester United vs Arsenal: Five talking points ahead of the marquee Premier League clash
Manchester United open their 2025-26 Premier League campaign against Arsenal as underdogs.
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The two sides of Mohamed Salah: Tears for Diogo Jota, his former comrade, and a call to action for UEFA
For Liverpool fans, Mohamed Salah is the Egyptian King. But as he approaches the final phase of a record-breaking career, it seems clear that his perspective takes in more than just the football pitch.
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India's fast bowling reserves: Arshdeep Singh could be all-format weapon; Umran Malik a T20 wild card
Who are the players India need to be looking at in future? Here, we look at four of them, two potentially for the Test side, and the others capable of taking a place in the white-ball units.
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Was England-India as great an epic as the 2005 Ashes? Not quite
In terms of drama, 2025 matched its predecessor step for step. In terms of quality? Not even close.
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BCCI needs to set a guideline for Jasprit Bumrah — either full series or none
A player being allowed to pick and choose is disrespectful to his teammates, and this is a team sport.
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The Kuldeep Yadav question hangs over Gautam Gambhir despite promising series result
We can only wonder what the scoreline would have been had Kuldeep Yadav played.
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Kevin Pietersen criticism of modern bowlers misses the mark; Sunil Gavaskar on point
Test batting is as much of a challenge as it ever was, and there’s absolutely no reason to tarnish the feats of the likes of Joe Root and Shubman Gill – who scored 754 runs in the ongoing series.
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IND vs ENG 5th Test: Win-or-bust Test for India, now-or-never game for Karun Nair and Prasidh Krishna
India vs England: Karun Nair and Prasidh Krishna need to make it count at the Oval.
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Ben Stokes vs Ravindra Jadeja: Who is a better all-rounder - In Numbers
Ravindra Jadeja has made nearly 4000 runs in 84 Tests while averaging 37.86. His 330 wickets, exactly 100 more than Ben Stokes, have come at a miserly average of 25.
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IND best XI vs ENG, Oval Test: 3 spinners-3 pacers - How Gautam Gambhir's India can escape three series defeats in a row
Anshul Kamboj looked like a fish out of water in Test cricket, and he is unlikely to play in the fifth and final Test at The Oval, starting on July 31. Who should be his replacement?
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Ben Stokes gets salty, refuses to shake hands with Jadeja-Washington as India leave Old Trafford with fighting draw
Having done all the hard work to save the game, India seemed to delight in England’s fatigue, discomfort and unhappiness. How the mood had changed compared to Saturday afternoon.
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Shubman Gill draws alongside Sir Donald Bradman with fourth century of IND vs ENG series
Shubman Gill had never previously batted more than 243 minutes in the second innings of a Test, and his Old Trafford vigil has now already gone past five hours.
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India vs England: 3 major tactical blunders under Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill
The Manchester Test laid bare the tattered fabric of the Indian team management's negative mindset.
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India’s quicks run out of steam again
India running out of steam in a five-Test series in nothing new. In 2014, they led 1-0 in England before losing the last three Tests, the final two by an innings.
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Is Abhimanyu Easwaran a victim of perception? 15 players earn Test debut as domestic stalwart waits for his turn
Over four years, and across three different captain-coach combinations, the Bengal batsman seems to have failed to convince the team management about his ability as a Test batsman.
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Anil Kumble's broken jaw to Rishabh Pant's injured toe: Five instances of Indian cricketers defying pain
Five instances where Indian cricketers defied the odds, and considerable pain, to continue playing in Test matches.
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Fourth Test and fourth different bowling combinations for India - Where does it leave Kuldeep Yadav?
Shubman Gill and his troops have already lost two unlosable Tests in this series. They can't afford to go down in Manchester. Playing a match-winner like Kuldeep Yadav could be their recipe for success.
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IND vs ENG: Will Karun Nair’s squandered starts open doors for Sai Sudharsan's return at Manchester?
For a top-order bat, squandering a start is a deadly sin. And in Karun’s case, it seems a habit he can’t kick.
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India vs England: Gautam Gambhir’s decision to fast-track T20 template into Test set-up falls flat at Lord's
The moral of the story: Blusters don't win you matches. Nor will Test cricket allow bit-and-pieces players trump the specialists. It's not a three-hour evening show.
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Sergiy Stakhovsky: From beating Roger Federer at Wimbledon to Ukrainian soldier
Stakhovsky has grown immensely popular in his country. Some even think he should be Ukraine's next ambassador to the United States.
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Wimbledon: Novak Djokovic happy to lift the Roger Federer ‘curse’
Federer watched the match from his smart seats and during the post-match interview on court, Djokovic mentioned that and resorted to a bit of light-hearted banter.
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Don Bradman's record in threat: Can Shubman Gill do the unthinkable in England?
It’s not just Indian records in England that are under threat, even Don Bradman’s numbers may not be safe.
