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Shane Warne: Cricket shall always be very proud of its prodigal son
Warne can be accused of many things but never a pretender. He was indeed an Australian original or rather a cricket original.
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Kohli's 100th Test: Time to take a fresh guard
Only 11 cricketers have played 100 or more Tests for India, of which, only 3 batsmen average over 50.
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India’s pace attack is its best ever says Harbhajan Singh
While his international career ended prematurely than expected, Harbhajan says he doesn't rue it too much at the end of the day.
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For Rahul Dravid the coach, the honeymoon period is over
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India vs West Indies: A conservative and defensive selection for the series by Team India
Despite facing a weak West Indies team and that too at home, India are still fielding the strongest side possible rather than experiment with a new format.
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BCCI should consider Ashwin to captain India’s Test cricket team
Can BCCI’s chief selector Chetan Sharma and his colleagues take inspiration from Dilip Vengsarkar’s decision in 2007?
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Kohli's decision to call it quits has been coming for a while now
The charismatic captain has made too many errors in the past few years and his own form has been on the decline.
BUSINESS
Allocate, and spend more to make India a sporting superpower
Strategic investment by governments and sports federations on track and field, swimming and other similar sports is the best way to win more medals at international competitions
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Should Ishant, Pujara and Rahane make way for the youngsters?
The old guards have been prolific for India for many years, but are now showing evident signs of wear and tear.
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Cricket | Rahul Dravid’s innings as India coach could be his toughest so far
What will work in Rahul Dravid’s favour is that he is respected by all the players (the superstars included), and none can blame him of having a hidden agenda in the decisions he takes
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Has Ravi Shastri over-achieved as a coach?
While Shastri has been instrumental to much of India's success in these past few years, he has also fallen short on the big occasions.
POLITICS
Why Virat Kohli backing Mohammed Shami is historic
Virat Kohli may have been lacking the eloquence, elegance, and erudition of CLR James, but his avowal is as much in sync with James’ profound work, which is often held as a glorious quest to rid the world of racism, religious bigotry, and class oppression
BUSINESS
Cricket has a new synonym — IPL
There are already plans of having two IPL seasons in a year: one during the traditional Indian summer (April-May) window, and the other during the winter (September-October) window in the UAE
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Kohli the batsman is daunting, but what about his legacy as captain?
If India fail to win the ongoing T20 World Cup, Kohli will have gone down in history as the 'almost winner'
IPL-2021
Being able to adapt to the conditions have helped me immensely: Nortje
Nortje has been really impressive for the Delhi Capitals this season. While he hasn't picked up many wickets, he has been instrumental in keeping the run rate down.
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Dot ball pressure can help bowler at other end pick up wickets: Bishnoi
Bishnoi has been exceptional this IPL. While he may not lead the chart of wicket-takers, his economic bowling has helped the team tremendously.
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The outlier known as Ravichandran Ashwin
You can like him or hate him, but you can't ignore him. Ashwin is known for finding himself in the middle of controversies.
TRENDS
Captaincy conundrum: Testing times ahead for Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli may have relinquished India and IPL captaincy in the shortest format of the game but he is going to face many challenges inside and outside the dressing room to retain his ODI and Test captaincy.
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2007 T20 world cup win anniversary | Bowl-out win over Pakistan was special: Lalchand Rajput
The triumph was all the more creditable because the team had literally no experience playing T20 internationals and had not been through a preparatory camp or played practice matches, says Lalchand Rajput, the coach of that historic team.
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Does Dhoni as mentor signal the beginning of the end to Kohli's captaincy?
Dhoni will be part of the India T20 World Cup side as mentor. The move has been seen by many as a prelude to the change of guard in Team India's captaincy.
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India's bowling is the best ever and they proved it at The Oval
India posted an emphatic win over England at The Oval thanks to its best bowling attack ever.
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Ashwin’s omission is just stubbornness from Kohli
Ashwin's exclusion from the team continues to draw flak for Kohli
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Opinion | Why is Ashwin always the first to be axed from the Indian cricket team?
Despite his record, Ashwin did not feature in the playing eleven in India's first test against England at Nottingham.
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Expect greater things from India's hockey teams: Former coach Harendra Singh
India's hockey teams put up a phenomenal show at the Tokyo Olympics with the men's team winning bronze and the women's team finishing fourth.
