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Chetan Narula
Chetan Narula is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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World Cup: After a T20 lesson from England, can Adelaide be a line in the sand for Indian cricket?
From one powerplay to the next, from power-hitting to spin bowling, from new ball to death overs’ bowling, and fielding, it was a T20 clinic from England.
Chetan Narula
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T20 World Cup: Suryakumar Yadav’s method to the madness
Yadav, now the world’s No 1 batter in men’s T20Is, has already scored more than 1,000 runs in 2022 and he is doing it at a phenomenal strike rate.
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T20 World Cup: With Rahul Dravid backing KL Rahul, can India afford to wait for opener to click?
Head coach Rahul Dravid was bombarded with questions about Rahul’s form, and indeed his place in the side. The backing was unequivocal.
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Trending
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Seven firms that failed drug quality test gave money to political parties through electoral bonds
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Why did a Union minister say he would apply for Indian citizenship under CAA?
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Why the exodus from Bhutan of young people and qualified workers is a worry for India
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Electoral bonds: What we know so far, what we will know soon – and what we may never know
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Is shouting 'Pakistan zindabad' illegal? An SC order clarifies
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Witnessing a Melbourne masterclass: Oh, Virat Kohli. You have left us all stunned again
How could he ever top Mohali 2016? How do you even begin to reconstruct a similar situation? Kohli showed us how in Melbourne, overcoming his own struggle.
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T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma embraces the challenge as India restart quest to end a long wait
Rohit Sharma is aware of expectations on his side and that it’s been nine years since a major trophy for India. The process begins afresh in Melbourne.
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Road to 2022 T20 World Cup: Dinesh Karthik’s rise as finisher and what it means for India’s batting
Bench strength has never been India’s problem. It is about optimising the T20 playing XI for the World Cup, to see where Karthik fits in that scheme of things.
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Video
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Caught on camera: Container ship hits and knocks down gantry cranes while docking at a Turkey port
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Watch: Temple in Kochi gets a mechanical elephant to perform prayer rituals
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Watch: Srinagar hosts Formula 4 car show on the roads around Dal Lake
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Watch: Scenes of damage after four coaches of a Sabarmati-Agra train were derailed in Ajmer
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Adorable animals: Playful elephant calf keeps stopping cleaner from raking leaves
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Road to T20 World Cup: The Virat Kohli piece in Rohit Sharma & Co’s batting jigsaw
While India adopt a new aggressive batting approach in T20Is, Kohli played just two matches in England and will be absent in the next series in West Indies.
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IPL media rights: BCCI earns big. Now, will Indian cricket fans earn their importance as well?
This windfall is also a chance for BCCI to improve in-stadia experience as well as the living room experience for fans.
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IPL 2022: Kuldeep Yadav’s redemption arc
With his fear of failure now a thing of the past, Kuldeep Yadav is back where he belongs.
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The Reel
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‘Adrishyam’ trailer: Eijaz Khan and Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya play undercover agents
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Prithviraj Sukumaran on what makes ‘The Goat Life’ special: ‘A deeply meditative character study’
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Start the week with a film: A riveting game of mind control in ‘The Manchurian Candidate’
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‘Crew’ trailer: Tabu, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kriti Sanon play stewardesses involved in smuggling
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‘I wanted to land this film correctly’: Why actor Kunal Kemmu chose to direct ‘Madgaon Express’
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Yuzvendra Chahal is turning it on in IPL 2022
Letting the leg-spinner go was a bad idea, and RCB may regret it for a long time.
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IPL 2022: In the 10-team league, overstretched squads are searching for alternative strategies
The sample size to draw the cricketers from remains the same, more or less, and they are now divided up across ten teams and not eight.
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IPL 2022: For India's T20 World Cup plans, things to keep an eye on this season
While franchises will eye the IPL trophy, there are at least three pointers that Team India would want to understand better before heading to the T20 World Cup.
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The Field
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Wrestling: IOA dissolves ad-hoc committee; elected body to take charge of national federation
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Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh to lead 27-member Indian squad for Australia tour
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IWL 2023-24: Odisha FC inch closer to title with win over East Bengal
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WPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bangalore deliver lesson on making comebacks to win first title
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Watch, WPL 2024: Champions Royal Challengers Bangalore celebrate as they clinch first title