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TopicICC Cricket world cup

Topic: ICC Cricket world cup

Highs & lows of USA cricket: ICC suspensions, ‘green card’ tag & fighting spirit on & off field

As USA faces Netherlands in T20 WC today, more than just a cricket match is at stake. USA stunned Pakistan in 2024 T20 WC, but since then the team & board have suffered setbacks.

Unexpected call-up to World Cup glory: Harini Muralidharan’s journey as women’s cricket team doctor

Dr. Harini Muralidharan, team doctor during the tournament, recalls the night of victory as ‘exhilarating’ & ‘unforgettable’. ‘I think it was all part of God's plan’.

Rahul Dravid to remain India head coach, BCCI extends contract of support staff too

Dravid’s previous two-year contract ended after the ICC World Cup 2023, in which India lost title clash to Australia.

‘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.

Pakistani World Cup presenter was ‘happy to be in India’ until tweets ‘mocking’ Indians resurfaced

Zainab Abbas had come to India as one of the ICC presenters for the Men’s Cricket World Cup. Since screenshots of her nearly ten-year-old posts resurfaced, her Instagram and X accounts have been flooded with hate comments.

Cricket World Cup set to boost India’s economy as fans splurge on tickets, hotels

World Cup related spending could add an estimated additional output of 180-200 billion Indian rupees, estimated Madan Sabnavis, chief economist at Bank of Baroda.

Let the games begin: NZ look to settle scores with Eng, hosts India set sights on Cricket World Cup

The 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup kicks off Thursday in Ahmedabad with a rematch of the 2019 final, as defending champions England take on runners-up New Zealand.

How the once world-beating West Indies is now an ODI team that can’t even qualify for the World Cup

Two-time champions fail to qualify 2023 Cricket World Cup after consecutive losses to Zimbabwe, the Netherlands & Scotland. But their fall from grace has been in making over the years.

Cricket in 2021 was more than just a game — racism, ICC indifference to BCCI influence

New Zealand clinched the World Test Championship while Australia won their first Men’s T20 World Cup, but 2021 was defined by questionable governance and a widespread reckoning with racism.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.