England's batters have been hiding their failures under the pretext of Bazball. This classic case of escapism has now been exposed by India's 4-1 victory in the Test series.
Bazball destroyed England’s greatest batter in this series. Joe Root scored a brilliant hundred in fourth Test match only when he shunned the illogical Bazball approach. This should be lesson enough.
English men’s cricket could argue it has championed diversity with players such as Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, and Jofra Archer in its setup, but the hierarchical reality tells a different story.
In the capitals that will now be the unhappiest, a Kamala Harris victory was presumed, and a lot of actions and calculations were predicated upon that.
India-US trade in first 3 yrs under Biden was $122 bn, while it was $83 bn in Trump’s first term. Average trade surplus in India’s favour grew from $18 bn under Trump to $31 bn under Biden.
The Chinese aircraft has uncanny similarities to the American F-35 jet. There are claims that China copied the design. Cyber theft of F-35 design data was reported in 2009.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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