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Virat Kohli, right, talks to Australia’s Sam Konstas, as Australia’s Usman Khawaja, looks on during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test in Melbourne on December 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Fiery shots on the field, soft words off it, and a wisp of a moustache, constitute the style quotient of…
Retirements come in stages, that’s the modern way. Not surprisingly, it is the lucrative franchise cricket that is the last to be let go. Ravichandran Ashwin will be seen in action at the IPL, and possibly even tennis ball cricket back home. He is already speaking of taking cricket to the terraces in Chennai. He…
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India’s batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal plays a shot in the nets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne on December 24, 2024, ahead of the fourth cricket Test match between Australia and India starting December 26. | Photo Credit: AFP A city that can throw up four seasons in a single day, decided to stick…
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File photo of Mohammed Shami | Photo Credit: PTI India pacer Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of the last two Tests against Australia as he is yet to regain full fitness, the BCCI said on Monday (December 23, 2024). Shami, who last played for India in the ODI World Cup final in November, 2023,…
John Arlott said of the great English seamer Maurice Tate that he did not play cricket; he lived in it. The same might be said of Ravi Ashwin, who has retired, somewhat unexpectedly, aged thirty-eight. He was born into the game — his parents Ravichandran and Chitra were obsessed with his career. He married the…
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With skipper Rohit Sharma struggling to decipher a way to score runs in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former India coach Ravi Shastri says the stylish batter should go in with a clear mindset, change his tactics, and attack the bowlers. | Photo Credit: AP With skipper Rohit Sharma struggling to decipher a way to score runs…
Akash Deep during day five of the third cricket Test between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane, Australia, on December 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A massive 9417 km split Bihar’s Dehri from Melbourne. It is an aerial distance meant to be traversed over multiple flights. Not difficult in this modern age…
Melbourne Cricket Ground. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images A couple of false alarms rang through the Indian team nets session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday (December 22, 2024). Rohit Sharma and Akash Deep were both struck on their limbs while countering throwdowns in the outdoor practice arena. While Rohit dealt with…
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Devdutt Padikkal doubled up as the extra off-spinner and gave company to Washington and Ravindra Jadeja after R. Ashwin announced his retirement. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Past the statues of Dennis Lillee and Shane Warne frozen in their bowling actions, and fringed by lush foliage, the Melbourne Cricket Ground is a pretty sight. There…
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Rahul has been the pick of the Indian batters. | Photo Credit: AFP Over a month in Australia, India has seen it all. The high at Perth, the low at Adelaide and the stalemate at Brisbane, with the weather lending a generous hand in the last fixture. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy series is level at 1-1…
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