State Of Cricket
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Does India-Pakistan cricket really have to be ‘war without the shooting’?
The political leadership of the two countries is often keen to propagate political ideology through cricket.
Rajeev Soneja
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Interview with Snehal Pradhan: ‘Next 12 months for women’s cricket really excite me’
An international cricketer turned sports writer, YouTuber and a commentator, Snehal Pradhan is now navigating the world of sports administration at ICC.
Samreen Razzaqui
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‘Let’s make cricket great again’: Shane Warne offers to help clean up Australia mess
The leg-spin icon said retired cricketers needed to play a bigger part in steering the sport.
AFP
Trending
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Former captain Mark Taylor resigns from director’s post at Cricket Australia
Taylor stated that this decision was to let Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers’ Association start on a fresh page.
AFP
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Full text: ‘Let’s make Test cricket a spectacle,’ says Kevin Pietersen during MAK Pataudi lecture
‘It will only be by pushing the marketing dial to a maximum that we will see if the Test game has true potential.’
Scroll Staff
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Cricket corruption 'goes right to the top' in Sri Lanka, says Arjuna Ranatunga
The former captain was responding to the Al Jazeera sting on match-fixing in cricket.
AFP
Video
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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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Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and the dangers of cricketers’ ever-increasing workload
Off-season has been replaced with ‘rest’ periods, mostly to recover from injuries and occasionally pre-empting a burn-out.
Vinayakk Mohanarangan
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The 2030 edition: A dummies’ guide to the MCC’s new fielding rules
Given how the 2017 decision was hailed as a stroke of genius, the MCC has now decided to bring about wholesale changes to the fielding conditions.
Ashish Magotra
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‘I didn’t want to walk out on the job’: Hollioake on playing in Afghanistan despite security threat
The Englishman, who is coaching Boost Defenders decided to stay on despite a suicide bomber detonating himself 100 meters away from the Kabul stadium.
AFP
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Joy of an underdog win: Bangladesh and West Indies showed why Test cricket is worth saving
England and Australia lost within few hours of each other to inject a new lease of life into Test cricket.
Garfield Robinson
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Sri Lankan government calls for investigation into cricket team’s woeful run
The sports minister is inviting former administrators, players, sports experts and journalists to brainstorm ideas about how to revive the game.
AFP
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Money and futility: Everyone knows Test cricket is dying but few will step forward to save it
The ICC mooted the idea of a World Test Championship in 2008. Nine years later, we’re still discussing how to save the oldest format of the game.
Prem Panicker
The Field
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IPL 2024: Will Jacks’s unbeaten ton, Virat Kohli’s 70* drive Bengaluru to clinical win over Gujarat
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India tour of Bangladesh: Renuka Thakur stars as visitors pick up comfortable win in opening T20I
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Shooting, Shotgun Olympic Qualifiers: Maheshwari Chauhan secures Paris quota in women’s skeet
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Laxita, Ekta clinch silver as India finish second in tournament
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Men’s recurve team win gold; Deepika Kumari clinches silver