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