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India’s best chance in 70 years
Four decades ago, it was Packer. This time, it is Sandpaper. Steve Smith and David Warner’s bans may have just tilted the odds in favour...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 13, 20243 min read
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In Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, India tasted forbidden fruit: How a batting partnership undid Australia's invincibility
In March 2001 at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, India was facing Australia — opponents who were laying claim to being the greatest Test team in...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 9, 20247 min read
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Revisiting 2011 World Cup final: With six runs, how MS Dhoni-led Team India made history
The World Cup is not designed to be a cakewalk for any team. There are no easy matches, and no room for complacency, as the Indian team...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 9, 20247 min read
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The greatest last wicket stand: Revisiting Shute Banerjee and Chandu Sarwate's 1946 record-breaking display at the Oval
Starting their tour in Worcester and stopping by at Oxford, the last team from Undivided India to tour Britain came to the Oval in London...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 9, 20246 min read
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How a Kapil Dev-led Team India stormed the final bastion of English cricket to conquer Lord’s in 1986
The 1986 Test side that Kapil Dev led to the British Isles was different from the others that had toured England in the past, in one...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 9, 20246 min read
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Revisiting the 2002 NatWest Trophy Final: The win that cemented India’s dominance in limited overs cricket
On a glorious Saturday in 2002 at Lord’s, the July sun blazing down from a cloudless sky, Team India faced up to powerful hosts England....
Anindya Dutta
Jul 8, 20246 min read
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India's greatest hour in Test cricket: Revisiting historic August 1971 win over England at the Oval
The psychological scars of 300 years of colonialism and 40 years of disappointments had been washed away by the indomitable spirit of 11...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 8, 20248 min read
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Out of the darkness of apartheid: The 1991 match where South Africa returned to international cricket, and won Kolkata's heart
It made sense for India, which had been at the forefront of the anti-apartheid movement, to lead the way in helping a future multi-racial...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 8, 20247 min read
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When Siva's flame lit up Bombay: Revisiting the remarkable story of England's 1984 tour of India
As if the two assassinations at the start of the tour were not enough to get along with, between the second and third Tests, the Bhopal...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 8, 202410 min read
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Anil Kumble's unbroken spell: Revisiting the stunning 10-wicket haul that led India to victory in 1999
Pakistan started confidently, and none of the Indian bowlers were able to make an impression. At lunch, with the visitors at 101 for no...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 8, 20247 min read
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How bold, imaginative strategy of a 21-year-old Sachin Tendulkar changed the way white ball cricket was played
It is tempting to look for a specific inflexion point in the journey of an individual in a sport, that moment when the spotlight of...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 7, 20246 min read
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The greatest chase: How the West Indies vs India Port of Spain 1976 match changed modern cricket
Over six fateful days at Trinidad in April 1976, a brilliant strategy was born from the depths of despair brought on by India’s Greatest...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 7, 20247 min read
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How the twin debuts of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid at Lord’s in 1996 defined the future of Indian cricket
As India battles on English soil for the World Test Championship as one of the two best Test teams in the world, the nation needs to...
Anindya Dutta
Jul 7, 20247 min read
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