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Thursday, July 31, 2025
TopicIndian Cricket

Topic: Indian Cricket

India plays Pakistan in Asia Cup match in Dubai today. Need more be said?

Teams come and go, but the pressure of playing in the match never eases. And, of course, it’s a must-win for both India and Pakistan.

Ravi Shastri’s free to believe this Indian team is best. But he can’t change the facts

His comment on past Indian teams is utter fiction — the hard facts are Virat Kohli’s Team India wins handsomely at home and loses aggressively away.

Waiting for Kohli & Co. to go beyond participating and actually start winning

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.

A cricket bat and Virat Kohli feature in Imran Khan’s first conversation with Indian envoy

Cross-border terrorism and Kashmir find their way in the talking points, but the positive note is upheld.

Wriddhiman Saha’s injury doesn’t change the fact that NCA has been good for Indian cricket

Since the NCA’s revamp, W.V. Raman and Narendra Hirwani have not just developed junior players but also helped seniors rediscover their mojo.

BCCI re-stakes claim over Indian cricket, says only its committees can take decisions

Through its special general meeting, BCCI reiterates that the structures in place will be adhered to. The CoA’s response remains to be seen. New Delhi:...

Not players’ body clocks, nostalgia is holding back day-night Test cricket in India

Vinod Rai had concerns about players' body clocks while talking about fans' interest. But won't it be better for fans to be able to watch Tests every day?

Virat Kohli plays the Ugly Indian. But a victorious one, so who are we to complain

Hail a dazzling genius-brat who hates losing and thinks manners are for sissies. He’d rather be crude and competitive than courteous and an also-ran, the old Indian good-loser.

Off The Cuff with Rahul Dravid

The fourth edition of Off The Cuff saw former Indian Cricket Captain Rahul Dravid in conversation with ThePrint Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Shekhar Gupta. The former...

The giant fix

BCCI cannot blame a mere individual nor rely on the old cynical and lazy notion that cash will solve all problems. It has to clean up not just the IPL, but itself.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.