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Long before Yash Dayal and Sandeep Sharma, there was Chetan Sharma. And long before the dubious sting operation that cost him his job as India’s chief selector, there was the last-ball six, a stroke that traumatised a generation. It wasn’t until a new millennium that India were able to return that Javed Miandad blow with interest, courtesy the blade of Sachin Tendulkar, and there was then another two-decade wait before Virat Kohli added another shot that will echo through the ages in this most complicated and intense of rivalries. India-Pakistan matches were seldom about the cricket. In the background, there…



Till this season, no team had ever chased more than 200 to win an IPL game at the Wankhede Stadium. Mumbai finally shattered that ceiling against Rajasthan nine days ago. That match went to the final over though. Here, after being set 200 to win, they romped home with 21 balls remaining. The best economy rate among Bangalore’s bowlers? Mohammed Siraj’s 10.33. Ouch. Here are our takeaways from a game that left Mumbai in control of their play-off destiny. SKY reminds RCB of what they used to have For a decade, AB de Villiers enthralled Bangalore fans with his ability…

Overview In mid-April, just two weeks into the Indian Premier League (IPL), it seemed as though Delhi Capitals were as good as eliminated. The batting had been dismal, the key bowlers weren’t taking wickets, and they had lost their first five matches. Since then, the revival has been little short of dramatic. With almost no margin for error, Delhi have won four of the next five, and victory over Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk on Wednesday evening will put them right in the middle of the play-off traffic jam. That’s the good news. The bad news is that they last…



More than 80 years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore remains at the heart of Bengali culture and literary tradition. The very fact that there is a public holiday in his honour is unusual in itself. Such gestures usually commemorate the lives of rulers, conquerors and political figures. You don’t often associate such celebration with the life of someone who was primarily a writer and a force for social and cultural change. Perhaps, the two closest comparisons are with Scotland and Cuba. It’s hard to envisage a cultural event in Scotland that doesn’t have at least a passing reference to Robert…



Virender Sehwag, the former India opener, observed that Rohit Sharma’s poor run of scores in IPL 2023 is related more to mental side of things than technique. Rohit has had a disappointing campaign so far, having scored only 184 runs in ten games with a dismal average of 18.40. In the last two fixtures, Rohit was dismissed without scoring, which would be a matter of concern for the team. “Rohit Sharma is not battling with the bowlers but with himself. There is a mental block. There’s no problem with his batting technique. Some confusion is going on in his mind.…

There is little in life as seductive as potential. The promise of what is to come. This is especially true in sport. If you had a penny for every prodigy who was expected to be the next Sachin Tendulkar or Kapil Dev, you’d be richer than Warren Buffett. Often, these young hopefuls do make it to the big time. They then dazzle us for a while before fading away. As the years pass, the narrative shifts from ‘what lies ahead’ to ‘what might have been’. Cricket history is littered with such broken or thwarted dreams. When Mumbai Indians shelled out…