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Twin 99s and a best of 358: Meet the flamboyant India batter who once replaced Tendulkar but couldn't go beyond 12 games

India, Sept. 19 -- Long before an India cap arrived, the weight of runs had become impossible to ignore. There had been seasons of sustained accumulation, the extraordinary symmetry of 99 and 99 not o... Read More


Abhishek Sharma is forcing T20 cricket to rethink its oldest trade-off, and his rivals are nowhere near the answer

India, Sept. 18 -- Abhishek Sharma's 108 off 34 balls against Afghanistan in New Delhi was remarkable even by the standards he has begun to set for himself. He reached his hundred in 30 deliveries, st... Read More


Rohit Sharma and the art of staying impossible to ignore as India reshape themselves for 2027 ODI World Cup

India, Sept. 17 -- There was a time, not very long ago, when every Rohit Sharma innings seemed to arrive carrying an uncomfortable question. He was no longer India's ODI captain, he had retired from T... Read More


rRs.r1.9 crore investment, rRs.r16.8 crore return: How an IPL 2009 investment delivered nearly nine times the payoff

India, Sept. 16 -- There are IPL seasons remembered through mountains of runs, 25-wicket campaigns and awards collected at the end of a tournament. This was not one of them. The numbers beside one Raj... Read More


Rohit Sharma survives scrutiny, Pant left out, Nitish gets big push: India's ODI squad for WI screams 2027 WC intent

India, Sept. 16 -- India's ODI squad for the West Indies series comes with an obvious caveat. The Asian Games have taken away several regular white-ball names, while Hardik Pandya is still working his... Read More


Sanju Samson's margin for failure shrinks as 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi waits impatiently outside India's XI

India, Sept. 14 -- Sanju Samson had already found two boundaries, and India were hardly under pressure. Chasing 157 against Afghanistan in Delhi, there was time for the opener to settle into an inning... Read More


55* on India debut, cap received from MS Dhoni, played under Shane Warne; dramatic disappearance after one ODI

India, Sept. 14 -- There was a point in Indian cricket when Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and a young left-handed opener from Nagpur were travelling through the same age-group system, sharing dressing ... Read More


Sehwag smashed 146, Dilshan replied with 160: The forgotten 825-run ODI thriller that was decided on the last ball

India, Sept. 13 -- Some matches become immortal almost immediately. Australia's 434 and South Africa's 438 at Johannesburg in 2006 remains one of ODI cricket's defining games, recalled every time a te... Read More


10120 runs, 38 centuries, 67 average: India's forgotten domestic giant was banned for life alongside Azharuddin

India, Sept. 12 -- There are domestic records that suggest a player was unlucky not to have enjoyed a longer international career. Then there are numbers so extreme that the international record besid... Read More


Only 67 Test runs, but shaped Gavaskar's mentality, managed teenage Tendulkar: Why Wankhede still remembers him

India, Sept. 12 -- When the Mumbai Cricket Association decided to name lounges at the Wankhede Stadium after Sachin Tendulkar, Ajinkya Rahane and Madhav Mantri, two of the names needed little introduc... Read More