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T20 WORLD CUP | What secrets does the under-cover Wankhede pitch hold?

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T20 WORLD CUP | What secrets does the under-cover Wankhede pitch hold?

India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav, head coach Gautam Gambhir and Ramesh Mhamunkar, chief curator of Wankhede Stadium, near the playing surface on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Twenty-four days after launching its Men’s T20 World Cup title defence with a scratchy win over the United States, Suryakumar Yadav’s men returned to the…

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Bindra was the persuader Indian cricket misses today

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Bindra was the persuader Indian cricket misses today

With the passing of Inderjit Singh Bindra, a link with a revolution in cricket that shifted the power base from England to India has been severed. For so long has India’s influence lasted and so profound has its impact been that it’s easy to forget their ascendancy is less than four decades old. In the mid-1980s, N.K.P. Salve, Bindra and Jagmohan Dalmiya proposed that…

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World T20: Common sense and decency can still win the day

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World T20: Common sense and decency can still win the day

While India and Bangladesh wait to see who will blink first, the International Cricket Council has made it clear that there is no security threat in India. This is Bangladesh’s reason for not wishing to come to India for their World T20 matches commencing next month. It has weakened the former’s case while strengthening the…

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Cricket is collateral damage in a game of political expediency

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Cricket is collateral damage in a game of political expediency

For so long has the Board of Control for Cricket in India been the bully of international cricket, it shouldn’t be a surprise that it is equally the bully of domestic cricket too. By asking the Kolkata Knight Riders to sack Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman after he had been picked for the IPL, the BCCI showed it was more concerned with…

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BCCI vs BCB: Cricket is collateral damage in a game of political expediency

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BCCI vs BCB: Cricket is collateral damage in a game of political expediency

File picture of Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman celebrating a wicket during a T20I against India | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini For so long has the Board of Control for Cricket in India been the bully of international cricket, it shouldn’t be a surprise that it is equally the bully of domestic cricket too. By asking the…

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Two-day Tests are nearly as ridiculous as two-Test series

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Two-day Tests are nearly as ridiculous as two-Test series

How many agencies does it take to destroy Test cricket? If the current Ashes series is indication, it would involve the local administrators, the International Cricket Council, and the players themselves. Not since the 19th century have two Tests in a series ended within two days. The track for the first Test in Perth was adjudged…

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It’s ugly, but mock battles on field preferable to real ones off it

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It’s ugly, but mock battles on field preferable to real ones off it

In his much-quoted essay The Sporting Spirit, George Orwell wrote, “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard for rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence: in other words, it is war minus the shooting.” Over the years, an India-Pakistan cricket match has been characterised…

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Will a two-tiered World Test Championship do more harm than good?

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Will a two-tiered World Test Championship do more harm than good?

A proposal to restructure the World Test Championship (WTC) into a two-tiered system, potentially dividing the 12 Test-playing nations into two groups of six teams, or into two groups of seven and five teams, is gaining traction. While some argue that this system could improve the quality of matches and increase competitiveness by having top…

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India have the best team, but for many one match is all that matters

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India have the best team, but for many one match is all that matters

The weirdest international cricket tournament is set to commence this week. Relevance? Well, television wants it. More importantly, it provides an opportunity for an India-Pakistan match which can only be played either at the two World Cups (T20 and 50-over) or at the Champions Trophy. Other teams can be forgiven for thinking they merely make…

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Champions Trophy: Pakistan’s Mess Is Shocking, But Not Surprising

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Champions Trophy: Pakistan’s Mess Is Shocking, But Not Surprising

The last thing a country wants after bagging the hosting rights for a global sports tournament is to not be ready on time. As things stand right now, Pakistan find themselves staring at that worst-case scenario as it races against time to complete work on venues scheduled to host the non-India Champions Trophy matches. It…

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