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IPL 2026 PBKS vs GT | PBKS coach Ponting confident of the batting options available

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IPL 2026 PBKS vs GT | PBKS coach Ponting confident of the batting options available

Punjab Kings’ coach Ricky Ponting. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Punjab Kings enters the IPL season without one of its unsung heroes from last campaign, Josh Inglis. The Australia wicketkeeper-batter played the role of an enforcer at No. 3 when called upon, providing lightning-quick starts even after an early dismissal. While efficiently replacing…

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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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Developing trust and building rapport with players is crucial:  Badani

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Developing trust and building rapport with players is crucial:  Badani

Hemang Badani, posing with the ILT 20 trophy, bats for an environment where the players can play their own game | Photo Credit: Instagram/hemangbadani76 Former India cricketer Hemang Badani added another feather to his cap as a coach after masterminding Dubai Capitals to the ILT20 league title last week. Badani’s other titles as a coach include…

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Lalit Modi, Dawood Ibrahim: “Left India Because Of Death Threats From Dawood Ibrahim”: Lalit Modi

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Lalit Modi, Dawood Ibrahim: “Left India Because Of Death Threats From Dawood Ibrahim”: Lalit Modi

Lalit Modi added in the interview that he can return to India “any day”. Lalit Modi, founder of the Indian Premier League (IPL), revealed that he left India in 2010, not because of legal troubles, but because of life-threatening pressure from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Mr Modi made the claim in a recent episode of…

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Anderson could be the most significant IPL signing since Shane Warne

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Anderson could be the most significant IPL signing since Shane Warne

Like everybody else, cricket writers are allowed to have heroes too. Over the years there has been something both heroic and minimalist about Jimmy Anderson that I have found fascinating. Skill in a person who finished with 704 Test wickets, more than any other fast bowler, is a given. The aggression often appeared put on,…

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BCCI to discuss IPL retentions with team owners on July 31

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BCCI to discuss IPL retentions with team owners on July 31

Brainstorming: It remains to be seen how the mega auction planned for later this year is formatted.  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The annual meeting between the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchisee owners and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials to discuss the modus operandi for the IPL’s mega auction, ahead…

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‘The Test’ Season 3 docu-series review: Short, engaging peek into cricketing drama

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‘The Test’ Season 3 docu-series review: Short, engaging peek into cricketing drama

A still from ‘The Test’ Around halfway of the second episode of the latest season of The Test, drama erupts. English batter Jonny Bairstow ducks a bouncer, the ball goes to the keeper and the batter walks out of the crease. Pretty much a normal thing that happens during a Test match, you’d think. But…

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