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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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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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Gangster Sukhdool Gill shot dead in Canada, say reports
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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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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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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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.
Chetan Narula
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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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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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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.
Chetan Narula
The Field
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet