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Old powers moan again!

Instead of looking at why their (England) team faltered despite scoring 300-plus (v Aus), questions were being asked about the unfair advantage that...

03.03.2025 1

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Sunil Gavaskar

…Not a word from current TN stalwarts

…Not a word from current TN stalwarts

Last year, former cricketers as well as present players from Tamil Nadu went hammer and tongs and questioned why Tamil Nadu needed a coach from...

18.02.2025 9

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Sunil Gavaskar

Mojo regained!

If anybody wants proof that opening the batting is an altogether different examination, then Smith’s travails as an opener and his return to the...

16.02.2025 10

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Nothing like-for-like between Dube and Rana

Shivam batted till the end after being hit on the helmet, so he was clearly not concussed. With tongue firmly in cheek, one can say that they share...

02.02.2025 10

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Terrific officials right from SK Wankhede!

To see the Wankhede Stadium complete 50 years makes the chest swell with pride. Mumbai cricket was the mother that brought me into the game and gave...

19.01.2025 10

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Sunil Gavaskar

The bravest decision Taken!

Leaving out a player is hard enough, but to take a call to leave oneself out has to be… India captain Rohit Sharma at net practice ahead of the...

05.01.2025 9

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A fraction of his IQ!

Ashwin’s outspokenness in team meetings didn’t always make him Mr. Popular. Rocket Scientist, Professor were nicknames bestowed snidely on him by...

22.12.2024 7

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India’s momentum disturbed

It is not very clear why there was such a long gap of 10 days between the first Test and the second at the Adelaide Oval. It gave Australian team a...

10.12.2024 4

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Sunil Gavaskar

India’s momentum disturbed

It is not very clear why there was such a long gap of 10 days between the first Test and the second at the Adelaide Oval. It gave Australian team a...

09.12.2024 30

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Sunil Gavaskar

Driven by determination!

The Perth Test is barely two days old. Yet, the Indian team that looked uncertain and tentative v NZ appear to have put that away as a bad dream...

24.11.2024 10

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Sunil Gavaskar

Cancelled?

There is no better feeling for a batter to spend time out in the centre and feel the ball hit the middle of the bat. No amount of net practice is...

10.11.2024 3

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Pitches not impossible to play on

India’s defeat in the series was because the Indian batting was unable to cope with the bounce and seam movement in the first innings in Bengaluru...

27.10.2024 4

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Worth experimenting!

Bats have become heavier and better, but the ball has remained the same. So to counter the advantage that the batters get, can the ball be made...

13.10.2024 2

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Sunil Gavaskar

Great bunch of boys

It’s been an absolute delight to follow this team and share in the joy that their efforts bring to Indian cricket fans India players celebrate a...

30.09.2024 3

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Smart Duleep decision!

Holding five-day domestic matches just before the two-Test series against Bangladesh was a well-timed move by the BCCI India ‘B’ players celebrate...

15.09.2024 8

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Sunil Gavaskar

My prediction: India will win 3-1 down under

With their opening batting problems exacerbated after the retirement of David Warner and the middle-order also a bit dodgy, the Aussies are ripe...

01.09.2024 8

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Sunil Gavaskar

Bajrang Punia probably got carried away

If the wrestler is telling the country to go and buy a medal, he is trivialising not just the fight for Vinesh Phogat’s justice, but also those who...

18.08.2024 30

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Sunil Gavaskar

The team knew his value!

That the late Aunshuman Gaekwad had taken all the blows, hung in there and tired the bowlers so that other batters could get on the front foot was...

04.08.2024 1

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