Palwankar Baloo was the greatest Indian cricketer of his time who deserves to be remembered and celebrated for shining through oppressive caste prejudices.
Virat Kohli is right that the England series was more hard-fought than scoreline suggests, but he’s wrong in believing it wasn’t in hands of Team India.
Kohli’s stats compare favourably to other Indian legends across any statistical category, but to surpass Dravid’s numbers in England will take a miracle.
India has an opening problem & there’s nothing bizarre about seeking solutions. But this subtlety seems lost on the team, its captain & coach.
Bizarre....
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
It would be wonderful if some of these matches could take place in India and Pakistan as well. However, given how easy it would be for the lunatic fringe to drum up faux outrage, good that the two teams can face each other on neutral locations. Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev should have attended PM Imran Khan’s swearing in ceremony. We need more ambassadors of peace.
It would be wonderful if some of these matches could take place in India and Pakistan as well. However, given how easy it would be for the lunatic fringe to drum up faux outrage, good that the two teams can face each other on neutral locations. Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev should have attended PM Imran Khan’s swearing in ceremony. We need more ambassadors of peace.