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Thursday, July 17, 2025
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Topic: Team India

25-yr-old Shubhman Gill appointed India Test captain, Rishab Pant to be his deputy

Ahead of England tour, the Indian squad get new entrants—B Sai Sudharsan and Arshdeep Singh, while celebrated pacer Mohammed Shami was excluded on fitness grounds.

Dubai pitch to Mumbai airport—India’s Champions Trophy win is an endless celebration on TV

After the match, Part II of the cricket drama begins—`yeh dil maange more’—and thanks to BCCI, sports channels, news channels, and social media, more is exactly what we get.

Captain’s knock & emphatic statement against retirement. On verge of 38, Big R still at Rohit’s door

While Rohit's aggressive approach has been effective in white-ball cricket, his Test form has been a different story altogether. Recent performances have been woefully inadequate.

Champions Trophy redemption for KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel & Varun Chakaravarthy

While turnaround has been a reason for celebration with the win, it also marks redemption for these bunch of players who faced a slump in form, criticism & challenges.

From lows of 2021 T20 World Cup campaign to Champions Trophy high, a turnaround for Varun Chakaravarthy

Despite not playing the first two matches, spinner ends campaign as joint-top wicket-taker for India along with pacer Mohd Shami. Did not concede a single boundary in final match.

Spinweb, butterfingers & calm batting by lower order, as India lifts Champions Trophy for record 3rd time

Records were re-written as India notched its 23rd win in 24 matches in ICC events that started from 2023. Men in Blue were crowned T20 champions last year.

Fact Check: Team India didn’t sing ‘Vande Mataram’ after win against Pakistan. 2024 video is viral

The video viral on social media captures Team India’s celebrations with fans at Wankhede Stadium in 2024 after winning the T20 World Cup. It's not from Champions Trophy 2025.

Indian women cricketers overtake men with highest ODI score of 435, Smriti Mandhana hits fastest 100

This record-breaking effort was led by Mandhana's high-octane 135 off 80 balls, the fastest century in the format for Indian women in 70 balls.

Cometh the hour, cometh Mr Dependable. Rahul Dravid’s journey comes full circle from player to coach

After 2023 ODI World Cup loss, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma persuaded Dravid to stay on until 2024, a decision that would prove to be a masterstroke.

Gutsy to the core, jovial off the field — Gautam Gambhir has big shoes to fill as Team India coach

Those who have shared with him the dressing rooms at various points vouch that he was always committed to team’s cause. They say his aggressive image is restricted to the field.

On Camera

India’s solar ambition needs financial vision – ISA must move from commitments to execution

The ISA should champion a Global Solar Asset Registry for standardised project information, and establish a Solar Credit Guarantee mechanism to mitigate political and currency risks.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

3 top ULFA-I leaders ‘killed’ in Myanmar, Indian Army denies role as insurgent group alleges involvement

The banned group claimed their leaders & cadres were killed in ‘drone strikes’ by the Indian Army. Guwahati Defence PRO denies any such operation.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.