Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

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IND vs ENG 4th Test: Legend of R. Ashwin in Test cricket

IND v ENG 4th Test: R. Ashwin is an engineer and a researcher who studies the key opponent batters, the pitch and conditions ahead of a series, and always has a Plan B ready. Traits that also came in handy on the erratic Ranchi wicket.

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IND v ENG 4th Test: Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav & Dhruv Jurel restore parity on Day 3

IND v ENG 4th Test Day 3: Dhruv Jurel's 90 turned the tide for Rohit Sharma's men before Ravichandran Ashwin picked a five-for to throw Ben Stokes' England out of the game. Kuldeep Yadav returned 4/40.

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WPL 2024: Harmanpreet Kaur's Mumbai Indians to take on Beth Mooney-led Gujarat Giants in third match

Tata WPL 2024 Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants: Date, time, venue, teams, players to watch, history - all you need to know about match 3 of 22 in the 2024 Women's Premier League tournament.

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Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's return to T20I cricket: What it means for Team India in 2024?

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were away from the format since the semifinal loss to England in the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup in Australia.

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IPL Auction 2024: From Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins to Harshal Patel - top 15 winning bids

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc and Aussie captain Pat Cummins go for over Rs 20 crore each, setting new highs for the richest cricket league in the world.

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IPL Auction 2024: Shardul Thakur to Manish Pandey - 5 India players who can earn big bucks

Gujarat Titans (₹38.15 crore) have the fattest purse heading into the auction in Dubai on Tuesday, followed by Sunrisers Hyderabad (₹34 crore) and Kolkata Knight Riders (₹32.7 crore).

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IPL Auction 2024: Travis Head to Rachin Ravindra - 5 overseas players who can earn big bucks

Cricketers from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand will be in high demand after their impressive show in World Cup 2023 in India.

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India vs South Africa T20I: Focus on SKY as captain as Rahul Dravid prepares strategy for T20 World Cup 2024

Starting with the T20I series in South Africa today, India has only six T20Is to experiment with the squad before the ICC showpiece in June 2024, with or without Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

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Virat Kohli’s true legacy impresses me the most, says Brian Lara

At the Tiger Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Kolkata, West Indies legend Lara named his top five Indian players and how their brilliance aligned with the team's glories.

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ICC ODI World Cup 2023 Final | Will India win? What Rohit Sharma can do to keep up the streak against Australia

Rohit Sharma and senior pro Virat Kohli are staring at history with 1.4 billion people behind Team India against five-time champion Australia in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

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ODI World Cup 2023: How Mohammed Shami turned into a lethal fast bowler since 2018

At 45 World Cup wickets, Shami will be keen to catch up with Trent Boult and Chaminda Vaas' total of 49 World Cup wickets when India meets South Africa at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

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ODI World Cup 2023: Best century, wickets, impact knock and catches so far

In the 36 ODI World Cup matches so far, there have been 27 tons (the latest by Rachin Ravindran against Pakistan), five fifers, and quite a number of athletic catches taken.

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ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Why Virat Kohli is like a man possessed

There is no stopping King Kohli. He is achieving milestones and chasing the dream of winning the World Cup for the second time.

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ICC World Cup 2023: MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai and 8 more venues where India will play

Who scored the most runs where, picked up crucial wickets, capacity, ground dynamics and what to do in and around the city if you travel for the tournament.

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Asian Games 2023: The Titas Sadhu story, from keeping scores in local cricket matches to gold medal

The teenager from Chinsurah in West Bengal rattled the Sri Lankan batters in the Asian Games final with figures of 3/6 this week.

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ICC ODI World Cup 2023: No Ashwin, no Chahal, can India shine with only left-arm spin?

The experienced R Ashwin could have provided the batting depth besides bowling, and Yuzvendra Chahal's loopy googlies have worked in Indian conditions.

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Asia Cup 2023 | India vs Pakistan: Ishan Kishan's middle-order heroics a big plus for Men in Blue

The young left-hander, primarily known as an opener, batted at No. 5 for the first time in ODIs and scored 82 off 81.

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ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Why left-arm wrist spin of Kuldeep Yadav could be more lethal in 2023

Kuldeep Yadav of 2019 was still learning the tricks of the trade and had struggled for form before heading into the big event, but he is a different beast now.

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International Test cricket debut century: Yashasvi Jaiswal and the art of changing gears

The 21-year-old southpaw announced his arrival in international Test cricket with a century on debut against the West Indies in Dominica after smashing hundreds in first-class games, List A and T20.

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T20 cricket: Indian players welcome two bouncers per over rule

The BCCI Apex Council announced the modifications on Friday (July 7, 2023). It will come into effect from the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament in October.

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ODI World Cup 2023 | Why Ajit Agarkar's elevation to chief team selector is just the springboard India needs

All the chief selectors before Ajit Agarkar had only played ODIs and Tests, whereas he was part of the Indian team that lifted the inaugural World T20 in 2007. He also led Mumbai in domestic cricket and won the Ranji Trophy.

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ODI World Cup 2023 venues | How Ahmedabad became the new cricket centre of India

Mohali and Nagpur's omission from the ODI World Cup 2023 fixtures raised eyebrows. Among the newer venues with promise, Rajkot's absence comes as a surprise too.

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WTC Final 2023 | IND vs AUS: Cheteshwar Pujara, a big threat for the Aussies

India No. 3 Pujara spent the last couple of months representing Sussex in the English County, and he scored heavily.