CRICKET
India’s bench strength XI vs the Kiwis! A match or a mis-match
India is now showing the world that, for the first time, it's producing world-class cricketers directly proportional to its enormous population.
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Half full or half empty: Why it’s always one or the other for Ravi Shastri
Bouquets and brickbats have always flown thick and fast at the Indian coach, right from his playing days. While that continues to this day, nobody can deny that Ravi Shastri is on his way to becoming India’s greatest-ever cricket coach, mentoring a team that is the country’s most resilient, most recently winning an away series against Australia and a home series against England after losing the first Test.
INDIA
50 years of Sunil Gavaskar’s sensational arrival in Test cricket
Gavaskar’s greatness was entwined with West Indies- the most dominant team of his era or arguably the finest of all-time. He scored a staggering 13 centuries against one of the most ferocious attacks of all-time.
INDIA
Can the pitch-talk be overshadowed by a cricketing accomplishment of Virat Kohli or his team?
If India wins the fourth Test against England, Virat Kohli will equal the former West Indian captain Clive Llyod’s record of 36 wins and become the fourth most successful in the history of the game.
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Outplayed, can England turn things around in final Test to level series?
After winning the first Test in Chennai, England have struggled and the batting collapse in Ahmedabad will do little for their confidence ahead of the fourth game at the same venue.
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Axar Patel, the man with the golden arm
A quintessential team man, Test cricket was a faraway prospect for the left-arm spinner from Gujarat. Now after scalping 13 wickets in three innings, he is turning out to be India’s star bowler.
INDIA
Motera stadium: The milestone cricket ground of India
Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev achieved cricketing glory in the Ahmedabad ground. In the pink ball Test today, some Indian cricketers from the current crop too will be hoping to collect superlatives.
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Yadav, Kishan, Tewatia’s fascinating but strikingly different journey to Team India
Suryakumar Yadav had to wait for five years, if not more, to get the call, Ishan Kishan played 44 first-class games but Rahul Tewatia appeared in just seven before making the cut.
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IPL Auction 2021: 21 key highlights of the big bucks event
IPL Auction 2021: More money was spent on three players – Chris Morris, Glenn Maxwell and Jhye Richardson – than the combined purse of Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi. Here are some of the other highlights of the auction
BUSINESS
IPL Auction 2021 | Bidding for world’s most high-profile T20 cricket tournament has sponsors, players and public at the edge of their seats
IPL Auction 2021: From the richest King’s X1 Punjab to the 'poorest' Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, all will be throwing their hats into the ring today for yet another blockbuster auction.
INDIA
Meet the non-playing XI of Team India
These men are the wind beneath Team India’s wings, silently toiling to help the Indian men’s cricket team perform at the highest level. Whether it is bowling, batting, fielding or staying fit, among other things, this little army helps the team understand its strengths and weaknesses and work on them.
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India vs England | Time for Virat Kohli to pass the Test captaincy baton
By the time the Test series againt England gets over, Virat Kohli in all likelihood will also join MS Dhoni in an exceptional club of leading 60 Test matches for the country. It’s a hell lot of matches to lead a country.
INDIA
India vs England | Ashwin's century exposes hypocrisy on pitch talk
Ashwin, perhaps, just wanted to tell the world what the fuss is all about the pitch? If he can score a ton with the help of tail-enders, English batsmen can certainly do better who are 1-0 up in this series.
INDIA
India vs England Test Series | Are Ashwin’s 29 five-wicket hauls less valuable than Virat Kohli’s 27 tons?
Ever since his Test debut in 2011, Ashwin has ensured that none repeats the act of five wicket haul more than him in the Test cricket.
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India vs England Test Series | Rohit Sharma's score of 161 at Chepauk shows what he needs to do abroad, not factor in the pitch
Rohit Sharma is not the first batsman who has to pass this ‘overseas’ test, especially for the modern sub-continental batsmen whose real challenge in Test cricket is considered doing well in SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia) countries.
SPORTS-TRENDS
Why 300 Test wickets was no tall order for Ishant Sharma
Ishant started as a pace sensation and went on to play Test cricket inside just six months after making his Ranji trophy debut in November 2006. He had a dream run in his first 34 Tests, then struggled for a while before picking up the pace again from 2015 under Virat Kohli. If he can maintain his form and fitness, he should be able to hit the 400 mark.
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England’s Mission Impossible: Visitors look to upset India to book place in World Test Championship final
England, which always prioritises Test cricket above all formats, it is a dream to play the WTC final at home. And to fulfil that dream, Root’s lads will have to win at least three Tests and not lose more than one.
INDIA
India vs Australia | Beyond belief is the Brisbane win
This Indian team stunned everyone by achieving something which only three teams (England, West Indies and South Africa) in the history of Test cricket have done before on Australian soil- that is back-to-back series wins.
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The Brisbane battle which will decide the Indo-Australian war
For 31 consecutive matches, Australia has been unbeaten in Brisabne and is on a seven-match winning streak at this ground.
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The Sydney epic: When India pulled a draw from the jaws of defeat
Of course, India did defy all the odds in Melbourne by making a stunning comeback in the Test series after being humiliated in Adelaide. Yet, one will struggle to completely comprehend the enormity of an epic draw by this Indian team at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 11.
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Can Ajinkya Rahane and his men break the Sydney jinx?
India have only won once at the Sydney Cricket Ground and that too in 1978 - none of the current Indian players were even born then.
TRENDS
India's tour of Australia | Is MCG 2020 the greatest-ever win on foreign soil?
The win at the MCG in 2020 will be remembered as the best ever overseas win which came against the unlikeliest of situations by some of the unimaginable heroes.
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Facing twin challenges, can Rahane do a ‘tremendous job’ ?
Leading a side that was humiliated in the previous game after being bundled out for 36 and putting runs on the board, Rahane has his task cut out.
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India's tour of Australia | High expectations from Pujara, battle of equals in pace department
If India is a modern enemy for Australia then Australia is the modern enemy for India as well since India hardly plays bilateral cricket against arch-rival Pakistan. For every cricketer, it is a dream to be part of a winning Test series in Australia.
