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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicCricket commentary

Topic: Cricket commentary

IPL in 12 languages—bland English, spicy Punjabi, juicy Haryanvi. Which one’s your favourite?

Shailaja Bajpai -
What has made the outrageous exploits of IPL players on the field so much fun are the verbal antics of the commentary team in the box.

A part of Tiger Pataudi’s legacy is glossed over—cricket commentary

Antara Baruah -
Indian Cricket: Then and Now captures the evolution of cricket in India. The book discussion was a gathering of old colleagues, each a bottomless pit of cricket content.

Sanjay Manjrekar to Gautam Gambhir, commentators failed too. But nobody’s talking about it

Shailaja Bajpai -
What the audience watching the 2023 World Cup at home often got from Indian commentators was patriotism in superlatives.

WPL historic but not without these commentators, umpires—’Sachin on microphone’, fun umpiring

Nidhima Taneja -
In England, BBC TMS Radio made a point that all the top male commentators watched women's matches as well.

Sanjay Manjrekar wrong to bully Harsha Bhogle. Time to bring sanity back to commentary box

Rajesh Tiwary -
Sanjay Manjrekar tried to shut down Harsha Bhogle by saying he hadn’t played any first-class cricket, but sports punditry has never been about that.

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Opinion

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

AI is officially ruining social media. It made brainrot boring

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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