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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicSteve Smith

Topic: Steve Smith

Our take on Trump-Zelenskyy fallout, Steve Smith & Mayawati—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Aussie star Steve Smith hangs up his ODI gloves: A batting genius who had ‘one hell of a ride’

Key member of Australia’s 2015 & 2023 ICC World Cup-winning teams, Smith captained ODI side in 2015. He was top scorer in semi-final clash against India in ongoing Champions Trophy.

Trump’s address to US Congress was pure India-style theatre

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Steve Smith is hands-down the best Test batsman today, better than Kohli, Root & Williamson

Former Australian captain Steve Smith has the best Test average since Don Bradman, and does better than his ‘Fab Four’ contemporaries on several other counts.

In affectionate remembrance of Australian cricket

Like English cricket in 1882, Australian cricket deserves its own obituary. Since this is 2019, we can also do a proper autopsy and explore the cause of death.

A cricketer is a crook depending on which TV camera is watching him

Since 2006, seven cricketers have been penalised for ball tampering, but none as harsh as the three Aussies —all of whom confessed. In Chennai, you...

Last Laughs: Modi’s April Fool’s, Mallya’s marriage, and India’s fraudsters

The best Indian cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Despite ball tampering, Steve Smith deserves compassion and sympathy

There is a feeling that Smith has been handled with kid gloves, and that his actions merit a harsher penalty. I do not agree with this.

Ban Steve Smith for ball tampering, and do it right now

The Australian self-image is one of manly combativeness, in which all is fair. To them, the spirit of the game is for wussy lesser men. 

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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.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

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.