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Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Soon after Saurashtra completed a five-wicket win against Maharashtra in the Vijay Hazare Trophy final, a photograph started doing the rounds in social media. It showed the players posing with their wives, children and parents. Normally, trophy pictures do not feature them. It showed that the Saurashtra cricket team is a happy family, literally. Although Saurashtra had won this title in 2008, they did not quite become a force in domestic cricket. Barring three, they have not produced India players since. The transformation started becoming visible from the early parts of the previous decade. Ranji Trophy finalists four…

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-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay One of the greatest joys of watching domestic cricket, or sport for that matter, is to witness the rise of the underdogs. The favourites usually have better resources, following and the wherewithal. They are expected to win. But it’s a different story as far as the smaller sides go. For them, it’s almost always an uphill task, where they have to punch above weight to make a mark. Assam’s story in this season’s Vijay Hazare Trophy has been one like that. They lost to Maharashtra in the semifinal on Wednesday alright, but not before making 338 chasing a…

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-Debasis Sen I am rooting for Spain but it will be nice if Messi lifts the World Cup: Vishwanathan Anand Debasis Sen, Kolkata: The ongoing FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar is being followed by sports lovers all over the world and five-time former world chess champion and grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand is no different. The legendary chess player has been keeping a close eye on the matches in Qatar. He is rooting for the Spanish armada apart from following France and Argentina. Anand, who was in Kolkata recently to inaugurate the Tata Steel Chess India tournament which got underway from…

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