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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: West Indies

Rohit returns as BCCI announces ODI squad for Windies series, Ravi Bishnoi gets maiden call-up

While Ashwin has been dropped from white-ball team, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd Shami have also been rested from the series, BCCI secretary Jay Shah was quoted as saying in a press release.

Hours before the start of the historic 1971 West Indies tour, Indian team had no kit to play

In ‘1971: The Beginning of India’s Cricketing Greatness’, Boria Majumdar and Gautam Bhattacharya write about the twin tours that made the Indian team a force to reckon with.

How Sunil Gavaskar took on West Indies 50 yrs ago & became India’s 1st sports superstar

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.

Michael Holding gives ‘powerful message’ on racism in cricket, Harsha Bhogle praises Sky Sports

During a broadcast on England vs West Indies Test match Wednesday, Michael Holding and Ebony Rainford-Brent discussed racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Priyanka Gandhi can be to Congress what Sunil Gavaskar was for India in West Indies

Ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and not Priyanka, faces a bigger challenge.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.