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Topic: Cricket world cup

Other victories of Indian women cricketers this world cup—fans, viewership & ‘sold out’ stadia

TV & digital viewership for 2025 Women’s ODI World Cup was all-time high for women ICC events. Stadiums also witnessed record turnouts, with the India vs SA final being ‘sold out’.

Shafali Verma is Rohtak’s favourite daughter. Inspiring girls like Sachin Tendulkar did

At Shafali Varma’s home in Rohtak, guests keep pouring in to congratulate the family. The common refrain is ‘Beti ne naam roshan kar diya’— a daughter has done us all proud.

Written off at first, she wrote history: Shafali Verma’s road to World Cup glory

Shafali Verma wasn’t part of the squad, but after Pratika Rawal injured herself in the match against Bangladesh, the women’s selection committee named her as Rawal’s replacement.

In Asia Cup, India hope Shubhman-Suryakumar duo clicks before T20 World Cup

Before the 2026 T20 World Cup, the tournament in UAE gives India a chance to fine tune team balance & explore some combinations. Men in Blue start as firm favourites once again.

Veteran legspinner Piyush Chawla retires from all formats of cricket

Chawla was part of the winning squad of 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup. He played for several IPL teams, including winning the title with Kolkata Knight Riders.

Mohinder Amarnath plays bold in his ‘Fearless’ memoir. Picks Imran Khan over Gavaskar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, the chief guest at the event, mentioned how both cricket and diplomacy are a lot about psychology—trying to outthink the other team, getting into their heads.

From 200 cricket supporters in Manchester to 5K-plus fans in T20 World Cup: Journey of Bharat Army

During 2023 World Cup, group claims to have orchestrated travel for 18,000 fans. It has over 2,00,000 signed members with head office in Ahmedabad, apart from an office in London.

‘When ruling party’s hurt, EC’s bold as a lion’ — Urdu press criticises show-cause notice to Rahul

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

On Camera

Why won’t Modi fix Delhi’s airpocalypse?

The Prime Minister has never been shy about centralising authority. Surely, he should treat this problem the way that the leadership in Beijing treated China’s smog crisis over a decade ago?

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.