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India's struggle against SA in cricket showdown

Ahmedabad, Feb. 22 -- India's Super 8 campaign began in stunning fashion - and ended in sobering silence - as South Africa handed them a crushing 76-run defeat at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday n... Read More


Surya banks on flexibility, defends Abhishek ahead of SA clash

Ahmedabad, Feb. 21 -- On the eve of their most significant T20 World Cup Super 8 fixture, India's dressing room projected calm rather than concern, with Suryakumar Yadav outlining a measured, adaptabl... Read More


De Kock bats for clarity against India

Ahmedabad, Feb. 21 -- South Africa will walk into their Super 8 clash against India with a deliberate lightness of baggage. The clearest signal of that came from Quinton de Kock, who revealed that the... Read More


India, Pak on potential collision course again in T20 World Cup

Ahmedabad, Feb. 20 -- India and Pakistan could meet again in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup, after their group-stage clash in Colombo on February 15, which India won by 61 runs. Pakistan, having... Read More


India confront spin frailties, back Abhishek as Morkel sharpens focus ahead of SA Test

Ahmedabad, Feb. 20 -- India enter the Super 8 stage of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup with their most pressing question unresolved - how to master spin on surfaces that have steadily tilted towards bowle... Read More


India ends league stage with 17-run win over Netherlands

Ahmedabad, Feb. 18 -- At the vast Narendra Modi Stadium, with 68,510 spectators filling the stands in blue, India secured a 17-run victory over the Netherlands, defending 193 for 6 to restrict the cha... Read More


India manage games better

Colombo, Feb. 16 -- There was a time when India-Pakistan matches felt like tightrope walks-every run heavy, every mistake magnified. They were decided by temperament in the final overs, by who held t... Read More


Axar talks of how India is about process more than passion

Colombo, Feb. 16 -- In a rivalry that is routinely packaged as geopolitical theatre, India chose understatement over uproar - and dismantled Pakistan with chilling efficiency. There was no chest-thum... Read More


Another familiar script

Colombo, Feb. 15 -- The biggest match of this World Cup did not simply arrive; it loomed heavy with memory, politics and the familiar ache of rivalry. When it finally passed at R Premadasa Stadium, it... Read More


Suryakumar teases, smiles and sidesteps, keeps cool ahead of Pakistan showdown

Colombo, Feb. 14 -- On the eve of one of cricket's most electrifying encounters, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav was all smiles, mischief, and meticulous control. When the media circled around the inev... Read More