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Saturday, January 3, 2026
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Topic: Team India

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.

‘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.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.