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India Ride On Ishan Kishan’s Whirlwind 53 To Trump South Africa By 30 Runs In Warm-Up

February 4, 2026 admin

In-form Ishan Kishan’s minute-a-mile half-century helped him lock his place in the top order as India completed a 30-run victory over South Africa in their only warm-up match ahead of the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday. Ishan went hammer and tongs to smash seven sixes and two fours as his 20-ball 53 underlined another…

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Ishan Kishan’s Ton, Arshdeep Singh’s Fifer Help India Demolish New Zealand In 5th T20I

January 31, 2026 admin

Ishan Kishan’s thrill-a-second maiden T20I hundred compensated for Sanju Samson’s familiar failure, and the knock in conjunction with Arshdeep Singh’s fifer scripted India’s 46-run romp over New Zealand in the fifth and final match here on Saturday. India thus sealed the series 4-1, and wrapped up their preparations to defend the T20 World Cup title…

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Shivam Dube’s Heroics In Vain As New Zealand Thwart India By 50 Runs In 4th T20I

January 28, 2026 admin

Shivam Dube flickered brightly with a fifty of exceptional quality but it was insufficient to prevent India’s 50-run defeat against New Zealand in the fourth T20I here on Wednesday. The clean-hitting Dube 65 (23 balls, 3×4, 7×6) batted all but his own in India’s steep chase of 216, but the hosts eventually finished at 165…

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Ravindra Jadeja: The ultimate all-rounder for all pitches

November 7, 2025 admin

“If it’s a batting-friendly pitch, I become a batter. If it’s a bowler-friendly pitch, I become a bowler. It is simple.” When Ravindra Jadeja was asked to shed light on his sustained all-round excellence during India’s second Test against West Indies in New Delhi last month, a throwaway response that evoked chuckles from the press…

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Ravichandran Ashwin interview: On his book, an ode to Chennai gully cricket, and why 3 Idiots was a turning point

June 25, 2024 admin

Watch: Ravichandran Ashwin interview: On his book, an ode to Chennai gully cricket, and why 3 Idiots was a turning point Ravichandran Ashwin has just hit a pull shot and the ball has landed in a temple next door. On the streets of Ramakrishnapuram in Chennai’s West Mambalam, street cricket came alive between four and…

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Bishan Singh Bedi’s words always had the depth of a life well lived and the world acutely observed

October 24, 2023 admin

Keeping an eye on a young Kapil Dev, later Sachin Tendulkar or Kumble, Bedi was always invested in cricket. October 25, 2023 12:08 am | Updated 11:58 am IST Spinning a chat: Bedi with Chandrasekhar, Venkatraghavan and Prasanna. | Photo Credit: THE HINDU ARCHIVES To be in the presence of Bishan Singh Bedi is to…

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Jasprit Bumrah — one of a kind among the pantheon of Indian speed merchants

October 16, 2023 admin

An old cricketing stereotype about India entirely revolved around wristy batters and wily spinners. The willow-wielders with their wide bouquet of aesthetic shots were expected to defy geometry on the turf. The practitioners of the slow-art were supposed to spin a web, luring perplexed batters to their doom. This was essentially about poetry at one…

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All about ‘800’: Muthiah Muralidharan and actor Madhurr Mittal on the cricketing biopic

September 12, 2023 admin

If Muthiah Muralidharan didn’t take to the cricket ground, he may have been running a biscuit factory today. But he did; playing the sport from an early age, with dreams of becoming a fast bowler for Sri Lanka. “When I was young, I just wanted to bowl really fast,” Murali tells us, recalling growing up…

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