Consider the quality of bowling that Gavaskar faced in his career — Dennis Lillee, Ian Botham, Bob Willis, Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan. Then there was the West Indies.
Making his test debut on 6 March 1971, Gavaskar amassed 774 runs against a mighty West Indies side, heralding a mindset change in Indian cricket & earning him unbridled adulation.
Gavaskar was effusive in his praise for the entire team for their effort, especially after it missed seniors like Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja due to injuries.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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