Yashasvi Jaiswal’s remarkable journey to the top echelons of Indian cricket is now public knowledge. But few are privy to his mentor and father figure Jwala Singh’s life story, which is equally inspirational, even if less glittering
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Jayanta is a sports journalist with a keen interest in poetry. He has a soft corner for the Indian hockey teams.
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Virat Kohli reached the 100-run mark off his 67th ball, making it the joint-slowest hundred in Indian Premier League history. His ton was overshadowed by that of Jos Buttler, as Rajasthan Royals beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by six wickets in Jaipur
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After describing Rajasthan Royals' "Pink Promise Match" initiative, Sanjay Manjrekar let slip "now back to serious business". The comment invited social media wrath for the former India cricketer during and after the IPL 2024 game between RR and Royal Challengers Bengaluru
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A match-winner par excellence, Ashwin has collected the Player of the Series award 10 times in Test cricket (41 series), and one more will see him equal the all-time record with Sri Lanka great Muttiah Muralidharan
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Jaiswal's double ton has put India in the driving seat against England in the second Test at Visakhapatnam
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Australia were unbeaten at The Gabba for 32 years. The West Indies were the last side to beat Australia at this venue, in 1988. But in 2021, an injury-ravaged India, fielding a second-string team, chased down an improbable fourth-innings target of 328 runs
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For the BlackCaps, pacer Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson claimed a brace each, 2/22 and 2/27, respectively, and were brilliantly supported by skipper Santner, who chocked the Pakistan middle order with a brilliant, yet wicketless spell
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Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli recorded his fifth duck in the T20 format as he was dismissed by Afghanistan's Fareed Ahmad to leave India in a delicate position in the third and final T20I in Bengaluru
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Having played just five First-Class cricket matches before, Shamar Joseph took to Test cricket like a duck to water, scoring a vital 36 as a number 11 batter and then dismissing Australia's batting stalwarts Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne cheaply
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The 24-year-old Finn Allen clobbered 16 sixes en route his maiden T20I century. His record 137-run knock took New Zealand to an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series against Pakistan
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