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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Topic: Team India

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.

‘Wouldn’t have missed it for anything’ — sea of fans takes over Marine Drive to welcome Team India

Thousands welcomed the boys in blue after their victory over South Africa in the finals of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Victory parade culminated in ceremony at Wankhede Stadium.

Team India aren’t the new chokers. It’s stage fright that gets the better of them in finals

The consistency of the Indian cricket team has led to huge expectations. Our cricket-crazy population puts enormous pressure on its players. It leads to performance anxiety.

Takeaways from India’s World Cup 2023 campaign. Flying starts, spit-fire bowling & reimagined game

Barring disappointment in final, Rohit & his men dominated opposition in all aspects in marquee tournament. But loss to Aussies reopened old wounds of 20 yrs from Johannesburg.

Team India are world beaters for sure but not what you were made to believe

The here-and-there glories and the dominance of BCCI built a perception—that we are the new leaders of international cricket. But believing is not enough.

‘Unconscious bias from people who look on India as former colony’ — Mark Ramprakash slams World Cup negativity

‘If any team can challenge home side at this point it is probably Australians, because of their ultra-competitive nature,’ former English batsman writes in an op-ed in The Guardian.

‘Jaana to blue mein hi hai’ — everyone’s in an India jersey this World Cup. It’s the new black

India play Australia in finals Sunday. Team jerseys, originals or duplicates, fly off shelves as fans wear them everywhere to show support for team that hasn't lost in this World Cup.

India win test series 2-1 after Australia force draw in Ahmedabad

India took a 91-run first innings lead Sunday to put themselves in an unbeatable position heading into the final day of the only test in the series that lasted the full five days.

India wins big against Australia in 1st Test, Venkatesh Prasad questions KL Rahul’s place in team

Ashwin, Jadeja & Axar Patel bamboozle Australia to ensure win by an innings & 132 runs in opening Test of four-match series, but top order selection is an issue according to Prasad.

SubscriberWrites: India needs a new approach to T20 matches. The team needs a mix of fresh and seasoned players

India cannot play to never lose. We need to take defeats in our stride and also enjoy the game, writes Rishi Desai.

On Camera

India has 30 days to pull off fast reform. Hold crash meeting of Centre & state

In India, we are accustomed to glacial change. We love appointing Committees to ‘look into’ reform. Unfortunately for us, the rest of the world moves fast.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.