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Topic2019 cricket world cup

Topic: 2019 cricket world cup

What England & Wales Cricket Board could do to prevent washouts at ICC Cricket World Cup

Four games of the ICC Cricket World Cup have been washed out so far, and focus is now shifting to the way grounds are being covered during a downpour.

Why Team India need to win the toss against Pakistan and bat first

India play Pakistan in ICC Cricket World Cup at Old Trafford Sunday. India has never lost a World Cup game to Pakistan, maintaining a clean record of 6-0.

Dhoni should know cricket is just a sport, not war

Dhoni shouldn’t take his regiment to the pitch. Sportsmen bring glory for their nations by playing to win, not as ambassadors for their militaries.

This is why Team India played its first World Cup match 6 days after tournament began

The hand behind India’s schedule was BCCI, which used a Lodha panel recommendation to get a 15-day break for Team India after IPL ended.

ICC flags Dhoni’s gloves featuring Army insignia, asks BCCI to have badge removed

Dhoni's green wicket-keeping gloves had the regimental dagger insignia of the Indian para forces embossed on them.

Indians who no longer care about ‘khooni jung’ on news channels can say Salaam to Cricket

News channels continue to bowl bouncers at the opposition, ignoring the latest data showing a further fall in GDP and higher unemployment rates.

Tharoor wants the Kohinoor & the World Cup, and this is what happened to BJP website

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Before you cheer for Indian cricket team this World Cup, thank Jawaharlal Nehru first

Despite Sardar Patel’s opposition, Nehru agreed with Churchill to keep India in the Commonwealth, a decision that would later impact Indian cricket.

KL Rahul returns — from Karan Johar show fiasco to solving India’s World Cup No. 4 crisis

With a good IPL and a century in the warm-up against Bangladesh, K.L. Rahul seems to be the last piece of India’s World Cup jigsaw.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.