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By Boria Majumdar It is not easy being in the Delhi Capitals dugout at this point. Four losses out of four, and time is running out for one of the most high-profile franchises in the league. With legends like Ricky Ponting and Sourav Ganguly in the dugout and with Dave Warner leading the side, the criticism has been more stinging than normal. All of a sudden, with four consecutive losses as Delhi, Warner is being doubted and his leadership ability questioned. None of this is new. In sport, you will always lose more than you will win. Sachin…







Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Unexpected late twists Twelve needed off 13 balls, seven wickets in hand. This was a cakewalk for Gujarat Titans. A set Shubman Gill was in charge and dictating terms, playing on his home ground, albeit for a different team. Then came those twists that make the IPL an incomparable and unpredictable affair. There was every possibility of a Super Over or even a miraculous win for Punjab Kings. Arshdeep Singh and Sam Curran bowled two magnificent overs to raise hopes of the improbable, before Rahul Tewatia dashed their hopes. It was sloppy on the part of…

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay He has this habit of exceeding expectations. His father, a retired employee of the Southern Railways, used to be a medium-pacer playing in the third division of the Chennai league. He wanted his son to do better and play in the first division. Little did he know that his boy would go on to become one of Indian cricket’s all-time greats and of the best spinners the world has ever seen. Ravichandran Ashwin has kept raising the bar and scripting surprises. He was Player of the Match for Rajasthan Royals, when playing against…

The record books will tell you that Steve Waugh’s highest ODI score against India was an 81 he made in his debut season in 1985-86. They won’t tell you of the unbeaten 100 he made against an attack that included Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Debasis Mohanty, not to forget Sachin Tendulkar – who had taken a career-best 5 for 32 against Australia just five months earlier. Yet, this match, during the group stages of the 1998 Commonwealth Games cricket event, was not given ODI status. Waugh’s match-winning effort, in a crushing 146-run win, is only part of his…