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Monday, January 5, 2026
TopicWorld Test Championship

Topic: World Test Championship

The post-Kohli & Rohit Test era begins. India’s young team to take on England in five-Test series

A new team under Shubman Gill begins India’s 2025-27 WTC campaign in England. With little experience in English conditions, the young side faces a tough test.

WTC final win came on a sunny day for Rainbow Nation. It’s a new chapter for South Africa cricket

The Proteas claimed an emphatic 5-wicket win over Australia in ICC World Test Championship Final at Lord's. The win couldn't have been sweeter after being written off by critics.

Ind-SA Test was shortest ever. Bad pitch, missing focus to blame? It may just have been Bazball

Indian speedsters bowled their hearts out & avoided a potential 0-2 scoreline, even as batsmen's inability to play on bouncy pitches is exposed yet again.

For every gaali Australians give us, respond with 3 gaalis—What Ravi Shastri told the boys

On the bus ride back to the hotel, MS slid into the seat next to Virat and said, ‘Look, Virat, you can chase down this total, you are that kind of a player.’

SubscriberWrites: Why can’t IPL be blamed for India’s failure at World Test Championship Finals?

The big Indian players are the backbone of this league. It gave platforms to Rinku Singh and Yashaswi Jaiswal, made them superstars and gave them lifelines in the form of big money.

‘It’s called mateship’— UK ex-politician told off for racist tweet on Australian cricket team

Former Brexit Party leader said the Aussies did not celebrate their WTC win with champagne because of Usman Khawaja.

Shubman Gill fined 15% of match fees for criticizing umpire over his dismissal in WTC final

Indian captain Rohit Sharma expressed his disappointment over the dismissal mentioning that unlike the IPL, just a few camera angles were available.

‘No intention of tinkering with technique to add ‘fancy shots’ for IPL,’ says Virat Kohli

The stalwart smashed 100 off 63 balls as the Royal Challengers Bangalore chased down their target to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets on Thursday.

India dethrone Australia’s 15-month reign as number one test team in cricket ahead of WTC final

The annual update of the official rankings dropped the results from the 2019-20 season and reflects all series completed since May 2020.

On Camera

BCCI has sabotaged India’s approach to Bangladesh

The BCCI decision has given new life to the lunatic fringe of the Hindu Right. It now has the confidence to force policy changes in accordance with its communal campaigns.

Trump threatens India with fresh tariffs on Russian oil, calls PM Modi a ‘good guy’

The latest comment comes as New Delhi and Washington have yet to sign a trade agreement. India’s purchase of Russian oil has reduced, but Moscow remains top source for crude.

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.