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Topic2023 cricket world cup

Topic: 2023 cricket world cup

India captain Rohit Sharma wins toss, opts to bat against New Zealand in World Cup semifinal

2011 champions India are on an unbeaten run, having won 9 matches on the trot while two-time finalists NZ were the last team to qualify by finishing at 4th place in league stages.

Mumbai police receive message threatening ‘disruption’ during India-NZ World Cup semi-final

The threat was posted on X Tuesday, tagging the Mumbai police’s official handle. It also contained the image of a gun, hand grenades, and bullets, an official said.

‘India will have to wait for another three World Cups if they don’t win this time,’ says Ravi Shastri

Speaking to Club Prairie Fire podcast, Shastri said a majority of the squad members are at their peak, providing India the best chance to end their ICC title drought.

India funding world cricket. And it’s riding on paan masala, tractor, rebar, deo market

Kapil Dev’s ‘Palmolive da jawab nahi’ ad was early sign of advertisers taping into the middle-class. Today, Indian cricket has a new base—small towns playing, funding, watching.

‘Greatest ODI innings’: Glen Maxwell is toast of cricket after stunning World Cup double ton

The Australian cricketer’s record innings under pressure in match against Afghanistan guides Aussies to the semifinals of the ongoing ICC World Cup.

Angelo Mathews timed out — the rule behind Sri Lanka ex-captain’s controversial World Cup dismissal

Angelo Mathews’ dismissal in match against Bangladesh creates a controversy. Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn criticises Bangladesh captain. 

Spinners or pacers—Who are winning the 2023 World Cup?

Whether it’s the Afghan trio of Mujeeb, Nabi, and Rashid Khan walking all over the English batters, or Australia’s Zampa and New Zealand’s Santner, spinners have turned up this World Cup, defying low expectations.

‘Mad Max’ fury to Afghanistan’s triumph, newspapers to TV—India in grip of World Cup

The audience and media jubilation on TV and in the newspapers of Afghanistan’s victory over Pakistan was such you thought India had beaten Pakistan.

Are New Zealand the new sticky wicket for Indian cricket? Here’s what ICC tournament data tells us

The last time the Men in Blue faced the Kiwis in ODI WC, it was a heartbreak for Virat Kohli's team. New Zealand also have a 3-0 record against India in T20 World Cup fixtures.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.