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Mustafizur Rahman pays heavy price for freeze in India-Bangladesh relations; sport and politics no longer separable

India, Jan. 3 -- A little over a quarter of a century ago, Bangladesh played their inaugural Test match at Dhaka's Bangabandhu National Stadium. To no one's surprise, the 10-14 November 2000 clash was... Read More


Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma running out of time to save ODIs: World Cup 2027 the last real crowd-puller before endgame

India, Jan. 2 -- For years now, since the 20-over format caught fire and captured the imagination and attention of cricket lovers globally, flowery obituaries have been written about its longer white-... Read More


Captain Vaibhav Suryavanshi is organic and unprecedented; at 14, the precocious left-hander has the world at his feet

India, Dec. 28 -- As a 14-year-old involved in team sports at school, what is our first goal? To represent our educational institution, right? To proudly don the school colours, to do battle with fell... Read More


'Endangered species': Why bowlers were battered by Kohli, Rohit and Suryavanshi on Day 1 of Vijay Hazare Trophy

India, Dec. 25 -- Please protect us." If this was the plaintive cry from the collective bowling fraternity across the country on Wednesday evening, it wouldn't have been without justification. The c... Read More


Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma centuries push BCCI to rethink its stance of forcing legends into domestic cricket

India, Dec. 24 -- It took Rohit Sharma just 62 deliveries to breeze to three-figures on Wednesday afternoon; Virat Kohli took a little longer, 84 balls, getting there, but then again, he was faced wit... Read More


Suryakumar Yadav escapes Shubman Gill fate for T20 World Cup: Why BCCI held faith in SKY despite slump

India, Dec. 21 -- If Shubman Gill can, why can't Suryakumar Yadav be? That's been one of the popular refrains in the last 24 hours, after India's selection panel, helmed by Ajit Agarkar, decided to d... Read More


Honeymoon with Shubman Gill over: Gambhir and Agarkar's hopes faded as India's star boy went from one failure to another

India, Dec. 20 -- The primary decision-makers in Indian cricket eventually pulled their collective heads from deep out of the sand, belatedly reading the writing on the wall and opting to move on, tem... Read More


Zero accountability, no remorse for Lucknow T20I disaster as Indian cricket concedes another own goal

India, Dec. 18 -- It's been a season of own goals so far as Indian cricket is concerned. It started with the appointment of Shubman Gill as captain of the One-Day International side and a recall with ... Read More


The predictable unpredictability of IPL auction: KKR, CSK richest; Cameron Green, Ravi Bishnoi to be multi-millionaires

India, Dec. 16 -- The only thing predictable about every IPL auction, mega or otherwise, is its sheer unpredictability, so why should Tuesday's mini auction be any different? For the third time on th... Read More


Cameron attracts mega Greenbacks; Venkatesh Iyer's stocks plummet in this tale of two all-rounders

India, Dec. 16 -- If there is anything such as favouritism going into an auction, Cameron Green comprehensively lived up to it, triggering a fierce bidding war that culminated in him becoming the most... Read More