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Aggression and ability to see the game differently, traits that bind four strong Indian cricket captains 

Note: This is a long read. It was originally written for a book edited by a friend. For reasons I shall not disclose here, I chose to withdraw the piece…

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Virat Kohli’s short-arm jab joins treasure trove of strokes in the sub-conscious

It is tempting to write of Virat Kohli’s indomitable character, his never-say-die approach and his belief that a T20 World Cup game could be won even when his team needed…

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Why Virat Kohli is India’s Greatest Test Captain

I believe that greatness is achieved when an individual does unbelievable things so often, that we begin to expect unbelievable things from them every time they perform. Using this given…

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One long Bumrah over to Anderson manipulates England to lose focus and hurtle to defeat

It was magical manipulation! The turnaround that India scripted on Monday, the final day of the Lord’s Test to beat England by a vast margin of 151 runs was nothing…

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Getting set for another India-Pakistan cricket game, with a bagful of memories for company

What can bring large parts of two nations, with shared history, divided over time and at loggerheads politically ever since, to a standstill in peace-time? Indeed, an India-Pakistan contest in…

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