WCL wanted 'happy moments' but India vs Pakistan being called off becomes a cautionary tale of ignoring public sentiment

India, July 20 -- In theory, keeping sports and politics separate is a common and popular refrain, but in reality, it is impossible to do so. The overlap is tangible, the ramifications of pursuing the... Read More

Ravindra Jadeja did everything but conjure a Lord's miracle - Could he have attacked more? If yes.

India, July 15 -- Like the warrior that he is, Ravindra Jadeja waged a spectacular fight. It wasn't violent and counterpunching, it wasn't visceral and aggressive. After all, this wasn't the time for ... Read More

Karun Nair on thin ice after Lord's flop show; Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill to think long and hard as axe threat looms

India, July 14 -- For Karun Nair, England was supposed to be the stage where he would sing the redemption song. Where he would revive a Test career that began with so much promise, but ran into a road... Read More

Jasprit Bumrah avoids travesty, India's greatest pacer deservingly gets on Lord's Honours Board: 'When my son grows.'

India, July 12 -- Ajit Agarkar has it, but Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar don't. Chetan Sharma has it, but Anil Kumble doesn't. Their names on the celebrated Lord's Honours Board, that is. In ma... Read More

Owner of Dukes ball-making firm arrives at Lord's after heavy criticism, controversy: 'Players will have broken back.'

India, July 11 -- Dilip Jajodia is in the eye of a storm right now, a storm not necessarily of his making but that has inexorably sucked him in. After all, he is the owner of British Cricket Balls Ltd... Read More

'Dekhna kal, rocket chhodunga': Jasprit Bumrah's missiles to make landfall at Lord's; England ready with Archer

India, July 10 -- 'Dekhna kal, rocket chodunga'. Ravi Shastri is the badshah of bombast, but these four words were uttered in private, without ceremony, to a friend in Cape Town. It was the night of ... Read More

Dukes no longer the lord it used to be; balls in ongoing Test series a disappointment: How is it different to Kookaburra

India, July 10 -- There was a time when Virat Kohli and Umesh Yadav, among others, advocated the use of Duke's balls for Test cricket in India. When Jasprit Bumrah insisted that he enjoyed bowling the... Read More

Ben Stokes won't take Edgbaston defeat kindly; Jofra Archer, spicy Lord's will present India, Gill its first real test

India, July 9 -- Pitch-making isn't an exact science, no matter what the experts might say. There are so many variables, not least the weather, which can thwart the best of designs. It's possible to p... Read More

'Take us lightly at your own peril': Shubman Gill's young India serve thumping notice, Bazball England into submission

India, July 7 -- An unprecedented five centuries. A five-wicket haul for the best bowler in the world. A target of 371 to defend in the final innings. And yet, a five-wicket loss which was every bit a... Read More

Well played Shubman Gill, but did you declare too late out of the fear of Bazball? India captain's tactics 'boring'

India, July 6 -- "Boring, Boring Indians." Loud chants rang out from the packed Hollies Stand, its occupants clearly in high spirits after generously having courted Bacchus. You could see where they w... Read More

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