Akaash Dasgupta
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Opinion | IPL 2025: What's Dhoni Really Thinking?
Over the years, we have seen how nonchalantly Dhoni makes the biggest of announcements. Is the curtain on his IPL career going to come down in his 18th straight season?
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Opinion | This IPL May Be A T20i Berth Shootout Between Pant & Samson
While one is a sound attacking batter, the other can destroy any bowling attack with shots you won't find in any coaching manual. And both, in many ways, are still struggling to cement their places in the national teams.
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Opinion | Pak's Absence At India's CT Win Shows How Different Their Stories Are
This was just another reminder of the stark contrast in the overall fates of India and Pakistan, two countries that were born together but which travelled very different paths, including, ultimately, on the cricket field
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Opinion | Why Is Pakistan Cricket In Ruins? Because It Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Internal politics, overt government interference, constant chopping and changing of administration seem to have punctured multiple holes in the vessel that once was Pakistan cricket.
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Opinion | Champions Trophy: India Has Venue 'Advantage', But Whose Fault Is That?
Just because Pakistan travelled to India for the 2023 ODI World Cup doesn't mean that India would have reciprocated. If that's the quid-pro-quo that the powers that be had envisioned at that time, it was a complete fallacy.
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Blog | Self-Confidence, Thy Name Is 'Virat Kohli'
India now stand two wins shy of another ICC trophy, and Virat Kohli, the batsman who is probably feared the most by opposition teams, has struck form at an extremely critical juncture: both for himself and his team.
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Opinion | Champions Trophy Could Decide Rohit & Virat's ODI Future
On Thursday, Rohit became the second-fastest batsman to reach 11,000 ODI runs. The fastest on that list is a certain Virat Kohli. Regardless of when these two legends of the game ride into the ODI sunset, lets hope they manage to do it on a big high
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Opinion | Champion's Trophy: How This Mini-World Cup May Decide India's ODI Future
A chance to reassure the fans that the number-one-ranked ODI team in the world is actually capable of beating the best teams is what makes the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy such an important tournament for the men in blue.
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Opinion | Gautam Gambhir: Can The Coach Silence His Critics?
While the T20i series win was another reminder of the ruthless win machine that the Indian team, which had a win percentage of almost 93 in 2024, has transformed into, it's the ODI success that will be particularly sweet for Gambhir and Co.
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Opinion | Surya's Batting Blues: Is Captain Fantastic Getting Some Help?
Is Suryakumar Yadav's free-thinking attitude, his uncluttered mind clouded now with captaincy responsibilities so much so that he's losing his Midas touch?
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Opinion | Champions Trophy: Pakistan's Mess Is Shocking, But Not Surprising
Pakistan has already missed two deadlines for renovation work at its stadiums, and now looks set to miss the third one as well, on January 31.
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Opinion | Champions Trophy: Can Team India Redeem Itself?
To date, 2013 remains the last instance of India having won an ICC ODI tournament.
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Opinion | Can BCCI's 10 Diktats End Team India's Superstar Culture?
Does the BCCI really think that reiterating basic rules will lift performance on the field? And two, if they actually think that, then why was this strict reminder not sent out earlier?
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Opinion | A Djokovic Encore At The Australian Open?
The year 2025 could well be Djokovic's last competitive year on the tour. He will have to be firing on all cylinders if he is to win the title in Melbourne again.
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Opinion | Spin Troubles To Dressing Room Leaks: What Indian Cricket Must Lose In 2025
The fact remains that 2024 was a sub-par year for Indian ODI and Test cricket.
