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World champs South Africa seek home coronation

India, Oct. 8 -- The hardest part is already behind them. South Africa know what it takes to become world champions. They know what it feels like to win a Test series in India too-and not merely survi... Read More


In Sourav Ganguly's metaverse, no job is beyond him: From TV host and BCCI chief to franchise strategist and now Delhi Capitals coach

India, Oct. 7 -- In Sourav Ganguly's metaverse, apparently, there is no job description that can't be made to fit. Cricket commentator? Obviously. Television host? Repeatedly. Cricket administrator? A... Read More


Football: Time together can make India better

India, Oct. 5 -- For a national football team, time is usually the enemy. Players arrive from different clubs, different systems and different philosophies, train for a handful of days and are then ex... Read More


Ancelotti does a namaste as Brazil warm up for India match in Kolkata

India, Oct. 2 -- By the time Brazil arrived in Kolkata, the city had already seen this spectacle before. When Lionel Messi came to India in 2011, the hysteria was impossible to miss. In 2008, when Die... Read More


Wanted: A one-day game that at least gives bowlers a chance

India, Oct. 1 -- There was a moment during the Guwahati ODI on Wednesday night when the question was no longer whether India would chase 406. It was whether anyone was still watching the bowlers. Wes... Read More


In Guwahati run fest, Gill hits fastest ODI double ton

Kolkata, Oct. 1 -- It was a one-day game but you wouldn't know it from the scoreboard. A run rate of 9.33, hundreds from Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma, Gill converting his century into the highest eve... Read More


In East's Duleep win, Kishan and Shami make a statement

India, Sept. 10 -- The fifth day of the Duleep Trophy final had long since ceased to resemble a contest by the time Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami found themselves at different crossroads of their ca... Read More


A special Shami century adds glow to Duleep Trophy final

Kolkata, Sept. 6 -- There is something quietly defiant about Mohammed Shami still turning up. At 36, with 99 first-class games behind him and a 100th waiting in the Duleep Trophy final versus South Zo... Read More


A special Shami century adds glow to Duleep Trophy final

Kolkata, Sept. 6 -- There is something quietly defiant about Mohammed Shami still turning up. At 36, with 99 first-class games behind him and a 100th waiting in the Duleep Trophy final versus South Zo... Read More


A Shami century adds glow to Duleep Trophy final

India, Sept. 5 -- There is something quietly defiant about Mohammed Shami still turning up. At 36, with 99 first-class matches behind him and a 100th waiting in the Duleep Trophy final against South Z... Read More