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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Topic: Indian Cricket

MS Dhoni to serve his regiment for next 2 months instead of going on West Indies tour

A BCCI official said that Dhoni is not retiring at the moment. The wicket-keeper is an honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

Hansie Cronje’s ties with Indian bookies and a Mercedes that ‘Dawood Ibrahim’ gifted Azhar

In June 2000, Hansie Cronje released a shocker: Mohammad Azharuddin had introduced him to a bookie who offered him money to throw a 1996 Test match.

India picks sturdy over spectacular, covers all bases in World Cup squad

The selectors’ choices for India’s World Cup squad give Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri enough options to take on all comers in all conditions.

SC appoints mediator to resolve BCCI’s pending disputes, says ‘game must go on’

The Supreme Court restricted other courts in India from entertaining any pleas pertaining to the BCCI until the mediator P.S. Narasimha submits his report on the disputes.

Supreme Court pulls up CoA chief Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji for ‘public sparring’

The two-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) has been divided on several matters pertaining to the BCCI.

It’s time Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji stepped away for the good of Indian cricket

By dragging on the Hardik Pandya-K.L. Rahul suspension saga, the squabbling CoA members showed they could cause permanent damage to Indian cricket.

5 unknowns who flashed bright in the IPL, but rushed back into obscurity

Before uncapped Indian players earned millions at IPL auctions, a few were picked out of the dark, shone for a little while, but disappeared quickly.

Cheteshwar Pujara: The portrait of a Test cricketer as a team man

Cheteshwar Pujara has all the time in the world, all the heart that is needed, all the humility that is required, and all the will to just bat, bat and bat.

Is Sourav Ganguly right in saying that Indian cricket is in danger or is he being alarmist?

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has written to BCCI expressing a ‘deep sense of fear and worry’ over the future of Indian cricket. Ganguly...

On Camera

3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

India deploys 11 submarines, a first in nearly three decades 

This deployment by the Indian Navy Friday is a stark contrast to the submarine history of the last two decades that has seen the arm hit by dwindling strength, accidents and write-offs.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.