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Rohit Sharma: retired.Virat Kohli: retired.R. Ashwin: retired. Welcome to the Shubman Gill era! While the fans ride the IPL rollercoaster, a seismic shift is happening beneath the surface. India’s Test team isn’t just transitioning. It’s plunging headfirst into the unknown. Indian Test cricket has lived through it all: From Azharuddin to Tendulkar. From Ganguly’s fire... Continue Reading →
December 2014. MS Dhoni walked off quietly and left the cricket world stunned. Retiring from Test cricket, mid-series. Fans were shocked, but not entirely surprised. Overseas whitewashes, defensive cricket, India tumbling down the ICC rankings. Enter Virat Kohli. The skipper. No one ever questioned Kohli the cricketer. Confident, skilled, ice-in-veins under pressure. His success as... Continue Reading →
It’s happened again. CSK are out. Again. Chennai Super Kings have failed to make the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for the first time in their illustrious history. Fortress Chepauk — once a citadel of dominance — has crumbled. Five straight home defeats. A record no CSK fan saw coming. The canary yellow has faded. The... Continue Reading →
What’s the daily routine of a 14-year-old? Wake up, eventually… after ignoring three alarms and a parent yelling “You’re late!” Grumble something unintelligible. Fight the primal urge to return to the blanket dimension. Breakfast? Maybe. Maybe just vibes and a glass of water. Hoodie on. Phone glued to hand. Off to school—the daily battleground of... Continue Reading →
3-1 up. 57 minutes gone. Manchester United cruising—Robin van Persie, Ander Herrera, and Angel Di Maria had turned on the style at the King Power Stadium. Done and dusted. It wasn't! Mayhem followed! A spiky-haired forward got the ball, put his head down, and ran. A one-man wrecking ball ransacked Man United as Leicester won... Continue Reading →
As Bukayo Saka stepped up to the spot, every Arsenal fan could feel the weight of the moment. Score, and the tie is sealed. Miss, and the remontada stays alive. Normally, Saka’s ice-cold from the spot, especially since that painful miss in the EURO 2020 final. Since then, he’s become a picture of composure: picks... Continue Reading →
How many times have I watched the Declan Rice freekicks till now? I don't know. I've lost count. It's been on a loop - every reel, every YouTube short, evert tweet - I have seen them all. I have liked them all. It's been almost 48 hours and just like every Arsenal fan, I am... Continue Reading →
“I really didn’t want to make it about myself…” - Ravinchandran Ashwin should’ve made it all about himself. India’s second-highest wicket taker in Tests calling time on his career is a mega event. He, alongside Jasprit Bumrah, has been India’s biggest match winner in red-ball cricket in the last decade. He was a massive cog... Continue Reading →
Incredible, stunning, marvellous, jaw-dropping, sensational - nah! I have been trying to sum up that Jasprit Bumrah delivery to Ollie Pope for some hours now. And just like Pope himself, I have come up with nothing - empty, helpless, and dumbfounded. What on earth was that? Seriously, that Bumrah delivery boggled my mind and had... Continue Reading →
I don’t like cricket anymore. Don’t watch it a lot, unless forced to. Don’t really talk about it either, unless forced to. The sport has become alien to me. I started watching because it was, wait for it…a game of uncertainties. Now, it’s just bland…bleh! Enter a security guard from Baracara. By the way, I... Continue Reading →
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