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North Zone’s Gurnoor Brar bowls during the Duleep Trophy 2026 semiFinal against South Zone, at the BCCI Centre of Excellence grounds, in Bengaluru on August 31, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR At a time when fast bowlers in India are being wrapped in cotton wool, Gurnoor Brar appears to be cut from…
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Need of the hour: Tilak curbed his attacking instincts to build a steady innings. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR South Zone weathered a blistering early morning bowling effort from India pacer Gurnoor Brar (four for 70) to finish day two of the Duleep Trophy semifinal 90 runs in the green at the BCCI Centre…
Former Sri Lanka allrounder Farveez Maharoof feels rookie pacer Gurnoor Brar could be the ‘X-Factor’ in absence of Jasprit Bumrah and says he would be tempted to hand the 26-year-old his Test debut in the two-match series against Sri Lanka, beginning in Galle on Saturday. Under pressure following home series defeat to South Africa, fifth-placed…
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India’s Nitish Kumar during a practice session ahead of the third One-Day International match against Afghanistan at the Chepauk stadium, Chennai, on June 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Afghanistan ODI series may have been framed as another step in India’s march towards the 2027 World Cup, but beneath the victories lay a…
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India’s Gurnoor Brar in action during the second One-Day International cricket match against Afghanistan at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP Well begun is half done. Cricket careers do not necessarily conform to this saying, for they are long, arduous and years-long projects. But Gurnoor…
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Gill led from the front in Dharamshala. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar In the space of two weeks, Shubman Gill has played in all three formats and seamlessly adapted to each one of them. A 732-run IPL season was followed by a Test century against Afghanistan. Facing the same opponent but in the ODI…
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For the scribes who spend any length of time covering domestic cricket in India, there may be jaded familiarity with a line trotted out by players aspiring for higher honours when probed on matters of selection. “Our job is to just score runs or take wickets, selection will take care of itself,” is the common…
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