India, March 9 -- One look at the painting that depicts the India vs New Zealand match from 2023 and any Indian is sure to feel compelled to pray - hope India wins the ICC Champions Trophy today! Meanwhile, its creator, Delhi-based artist Paresh Maity shares how he couldn't stop smiling when the cricket lover in him got to know that International Cricket Council (ICC) wants him to be their "first-ever in-stadia artist".

"My love for cricket began in 1983, when I was in class XII and India won the World Cup under the captainship of Kapil Dev... I watched that finale on a big purda (cloth screen) as television sets were still uncommon in those days," he recalls, making us privy to the fact that today Dev is in the longlist of collectors of...