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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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Topic: Indian Cricket

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...

Fresh allegation of sexual harassment against Indian cricket board CEO Rahul Johri

While CoA member Diana Edulji is strongly in favour of terminating Johri’s contract, chairman Vinod Rai wants an independent probe against him.

Karun Nair & Murali Vijay aren’t lying. Indian cricket’s communication gap must be bridged

To dismiss players whose careers are on the line as being liars for speaking out is disrespectful. Vinod Rai-led CoA needs to first admit there exists a gap.

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.