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Bedbyas Datta
Bedbyas datta is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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Praise Bangladesh but the truth is that they never really had a chance against India
All the praise they are receiving seems to be bordering on condescension.
Bedbyas Datta
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It may be the English Premier League but top clubs are increasingly reaching out to Indian fans
From Manchester City to Tottenham Hotspur, English football’s clubs are going all out to keep their fans in India involved.
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Test cricket is changing. It’s no longer enough to just put up a big first-innings score to win
Recent results indicate that no longer can a team just aim to get a big total after winning the toss and relax.
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Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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Football is a global game and in that respect, the World Cup expansion makes perfect sense
The expanded Euro 2016 gave the world the Iceland story. And we need more such cases for a truly global World Cup.
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Taking nothing away from Karun Nair and those before him, are triple hundreds becoming too frequent?
Since Virender Sehwag's 319 in 2008, eight other batsmen have achieved the feat.
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What India can learn from Pakistan's away performance in Tests against Australia and England
The need of the current Indian team to do well abroad becomes more prominent in light of fairly sedate home series victories.
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Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Are Australia on the verge of becoming the new West Indies of Test cricket?
It is frustrating to see Australian batsmen not know when to grit it out.
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Squabbles, sledging and some greatness: Why Australia-South Africa is always an exciting clash
The two nations have been involved in some thrilling and hard-fought encounters in the last few years.
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BCCI is not alone. Around the world, courts are telling sports administrators how to do their job
The BCCI-Lodha tussle is only one in a long list of run-ins between sports and the courts in the US, England, China and Pakistan.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Germany have an easy football World Cup qualifying group. Maybe too easy
Die Mannschaft have a habit of breezing through the qualifiers before getting caught out at the main event.
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The Euro 2016 semi-final score was 2-0 but Germany shooting themselves in the foot describes it best
By the end, 'Die Mannschaft' were running on empty, after looking unconquerable for the majority of the match.
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Only three goals in three matches, but Germany’s title aspirations remain as strong as ever
Joachim Loew's world champions may still be a work in progress, but defensive stability could carry them far.
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The Field
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate