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Written by Vaibhav Tripathi Former Australian cricketer Brett Lee has drawn comparisons between Punjab Kings’ Jitesh Sharma and the legendary Andrew Symonds. Lee praised Jitesh’s ability to play proper cricketing shots while maintaining a positive intent. He also noted that Jitesh is one of those players who does not resort to just slogging. “He has got a very good power game without trying to over-hit the ball. You got guys trying that, and lose their shape, almost bludgeon the ball over the boundary. Jitesh Sharma doesn’t do that, He actually plays proper cricket shots. He reminds me of Andrew…





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…