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Ajinkya Rahane — The eternal crisis-man with a penchant for the big stage

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Ajinkya Rahane — The eternal crisis-man with a penchant for the big stage

Michael Atherton is regarded as the greatest English opening batter of his generation, almost a natural successor to that other wonderfully accomplished technician who also hailed from the north of the country and who will rank among the top openers of all time, Sir Geoffrey Boycott. Earmarked for the English captaincy from very early in…

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Ajinkya Rahane | Another warrior of the Indian batting fortress bids adieu

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Ajinkya Rahane | Another warrior of the Indian batting fortress bids adieu

Ajinkya Rahane. | Photo Credit: AFP The last cog in an erstwhile Indian Test batting juggernaut has bid farewell. Ajinkya Rahane’s retirement, along with the earlier departures of Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, besides Murali Vijay’s slow fadeout, marks the passing of a collective baton. The Mumbaikar, now charting a fresh path as…

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Bumrah named ICC Men’s Player of Month for December 2024

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Bumrah named ICC Men’s Player of Month for December 2024

Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah was named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2024 after his sensational performance during the recent tour of Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. | Photo Credit: Getty Images India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was on Tuesday (January 14, 2025) named ICC Men’s Player of the Month for December 2024…

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Jasprit Bumrah continues to remain No. 1 in ICC Test rankings

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Jasprit Bumrah continues to remain No. 1 in ICC Test rankings

India’s Jasprit Bumrah with Australia’s captain Pat Cummins following the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, on January 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah continued to reign supreme at the top of the bowlers’ chart with a career-best rating of 908…

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Konstas regrets stand-off with Bumrah; ‘If it happens again, I wouldn’t have said anything’, he says

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Konstas regrets stand-off with Bumrah; ‘If it happens again, I wouldn’t have said anything’, he says

Umpire Sharfuddoula Saikat, centre, gestures to India’s Jasprit Bumrah, right, as he exchanges words with Australia’s Sam Konstas, left, during play on the first day of the fifth cricket test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Australia’s teenage batting sensation Sam…

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Prasidh, Devdutt, Washington available for Vijay Hazare knockouts

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Prasidh, Devdutt, Washington available for Vijay Hazare knockouts

Washington Sundar. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Karnataka’s Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal and Tamil Nadu all-rounder Washington Sundar will be available for the Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout matches, starting in Vadodara from Thursday (January 9, 2025), after featuring in the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia. However, K.L. Rahul, who played all the five…

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Shastri, Ponting question Shami’s injury management, say his inclusion could have boosted India

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Shastri, Ponting question Shami’s injury management, say his inclusion could have boosted India

File photo of Mohammed Shami. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Questioning Mohammed Shami’s injury management, former greats Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting feel the veteran pacer could have tilted the series in India’s favour had he been added to the squad in the second half of the five-match Border-Gavaskar series. India’s decade-long stranglehold on the…

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Whitewash at home bigger failure than BGT loss; not fair to target Rohit, Virat: Yuvraj Singh

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Whitewash at home bigger failure than BGT loss; not fair to target Rohit, Virat: Yuvraj Singh

Former cricketer Yuvraj Singh. File | Photo Credit: PTI World Cup-winning former all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has said that being whitewashed at home by New Zealand was a bigger low for Team India than the loss of Border-Gavaskar Trophy but refused to join the chorus of criticism against embattled veterans Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. India…

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India would have lost Border-Gavaskar Trophy 5-0 if not for Bumrah: Harbhajan Singh

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India would have lost Border-Gavaskar Trophy 5-0 if not for Bumrah: Harbhajan Singh

File picture of former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who lavished praise on Jasprit Bumrah’s performance during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series | Photo Credit: ANI Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh believes that if star bowler Jasprit Bumrah had not taken part in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), India would have suffered a 5-0 series defeat instead of a…

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