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The Trans-Tasman rivalry is on show today as we move from one set of neighbours to another. After India and Sri Lanka opened the tournament, itโs time for Australia to take on New Zealand as Holkar Stadium in Indore hosts its maiden womenโs international.
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Heading into the title clash of Asia Cup, India's catching efficiency of 67.5% was the second-worst only to Hong Kong. On the big night they were presented with eight catching opportunities and not a single ball hit the turf.
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Having dropped a dozen catches in this Asia Cup - eight of those in the two games leading up the final - India resembled a pitcher trap on the big night, grabbing everything that came their way.
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Farhanโs celebration after scoring his half-century and Raufโs hand movements towards a section of fans while fielding at the boundary โ the incidents the BCCI has complained about โ have led to a furore on social media given their geopolitical messaging.
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An exhilarating run-fest in Dubai saw India post a gargantuan 202 โ the highest total of this Asia Cup on the back of another blitzkrieg from Abhishek Sharma. Sri Lanka responded in kind, led by Pathum Nissankaโs awe-inspiring 107 off 58 balls.
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Sri Lanka and Pakistan have had to lick their wounds after being beaten by Bangladesh and India respectively, so both the teams have a point to prove. Should some out-of-nick players strike form, this contest has the raw ingredients to be a thrilling one.
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While different cogs in Indiaโs wheel revolved to near-perfection, revving up the machinery to function at its optimal, their neighbours turned up in splits to an encounter seeking sustained brilliance.
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A sleeping giant is now waking up to the seriousness of its health predicament by indulging in a not-so-serious game of cricket. Read my ground report for which I spoke to medical science professionals and a trailblazer of India's recreational sports boom.
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For non-striker Indra Agrawal, whose college batchmates have moved out of town, box cricket has been a game-changer on the socializing and mental health front. An engineering graduate turned grocery store owner's account of how recreational sport is a boon wp.me/peBPGk-jZG
15.08.2025 05:09 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
India's happiness quotient isnโt much to write home about โ 4.3 out of 10 to end up at the 118th spot among 147 countries.
โโSporting activity makes for a good release. Serotonin and dopamine improve your mood,'' sports psychiatrist Chinmay Patkar observes.
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Box cricket has pervaded the Indian ecosystem, delivering joy to and uplifting the morale of corporate employees slogging away in pressure-cooker environs.
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Indian women have 5โ15% lower bone mineral density than non-Asian women, leading to osteoporosis and osteopenia. โโBecause of menstruating for most of your life,โโ nutritionist Sneha explains.
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Moreover, Estrogen, which plays a crucial role in maintaining bone mass, is significantly affected by menstrual cycle disruptions.
In vogue in metropolitans, the concept of recreational sport has penetrated downwards at full tilt in India, with arenas mushrooming in incipient cities, suburbs and even towns. Box cricket, in particular, is ameliorating several key aspects of life.
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Since y'all showered love on my last deep dive and made it one of the best-performing features in my six years of cricket journalism, I'm back with another! This time around, I examine the recreational sports boom in India.
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Enduring a fallow patch, Labuschagne was recently left out of the side for the West Indies Tests. With Cameron Green playing one drop in the Caribbean, Labuschagne's favoured spot, he has no qualms batting at the top of the order if that's how he gets his place back in the team.
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Middle-aged Indians are reintegrating themselves with their favourite sport rather than spending the weekend partying or binge-watching Netflix, triggering an unprecedented health revolution in a sedentary society that treats fitness as an afterthought.
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An enterprising community that lived and breathed cricket, embracing the sport under the British rule of India, has distanced itself from willow and leather to a shocking degree in recent times. Read my ground report to untangle the knots: guerillacricket.com/76678,the-wo...
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In a land where there is no shortage of cricketing aspirants, it is scarcely believable that Parsis are having to pull out all stops to unearth a committed individual. Read @aryansurana.bsky.social's feature on a dwindling community's efforts to restore lost glory.
17.07.2025 17:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Once a steady supplier of top-flight talent, the Parsi community of India has grown out of their fervent relationship with cricket.
โโIโm sick of hearing that after you why hasnโt any Parsi come up on the scene,โโ Farokh Engineer laments. Read to know why.
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As you enjoy red-ball action at the home of cricket, here's an interesting bit of trivia: In 1886, a team of Parsi cricketers from India embarked on a pioneering tour of England, an emphatic demonstration of the communityโs love for the sport.
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The disappearing Parsi cricketer, reflection of the disappearing Parsi population noted for its education, affluence & relative equality between genders (for India), down from 114,000 at independence to just above 50,000, in a nation that has quadrupled in size
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Till 1993 the Parsi Gymkhana team, which partakes in the A division of Mumbai's famous Kanga League, used to be true to its name. Today it boasts of Suryakumar Yadav and a dozen Ranji Trophy cricketers but none of them are Parsis. Why so?
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I travelled to Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad to ask sentient Parsi figures like Arzan Nagwaswalla about the community's disinclination towards playing the sport their forefathers held a torch for. Took me a month to compile this up-to-date ground report: guerillacricket.com/76678,the-wo...
09.07.2025 05:59 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The Parsi community spearheaded India's embrace of cricket in ways more than one but their new generations have gone cold turkey on the sport of willow and leather.
@aryansurana.bsky.social speaks to Zoroastrians in the know to demystify the baffling withdrawal.
For over a century Parsis were at the vanguard of India's cricketing pursuit, achieving dense representation in the Indian team on the 1961-62 tour of West Indies. I unpack the community's intense withdrawal from the sport they shared a rich history with.
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Both Mumbai Indians and Gujarat Titans were forced to make a change to the top-order ahead of the eliminator. While Jonny Bairstow replaced Ryan Rickleton to a nicety, Kusal Mendis couldn't quite fill in the boots of Jos Buttler, either side of the stumps.
#IPL2025 #Eliminator #GTvsMI #Cricket
Once a force to be reckoned with, Bangladesh have fallen to the wayside in white-ball cricket. As the Asian Tigers travel to UAE, Pakistan and Sri Lanka for a heavy indulgence with the shortest format, the contingent bears a new look.
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A winning start to Litton Das' captaincy tenure as Bangladesh kick off the build-up to Asia Cup and T20 World Cup on a promising note versus UAE. Read @aryansurana.bsky.social's feature on how the Asian Tigers have shaken things up to remedy their white-ball performances.
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