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Writer and sub-editor at @ESPNcricinfo.com Twitter: https://x.com/HemantBrar_ Instagram: http://instagram.com/hemant.brar

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1700 crossed!

11.08.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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1700 crossed!

11.08.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. Will ping when I am playing next time.

10.08.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A new peak in Rapid Chess!

10.08.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's not often you come across a statue of a poet. This is Prof. Mohan Singh, who wrote arguably the most-quoted Punjabi poem about mother.

06.08.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An all-time high in rapid chess on @chess.com

05.08.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are few better sights in women's cricket than Harmanpreet Kaur in full flow. That's also why it's frustrating to see her bat within herself at times for no apparent reason.

#ENGvIND

22.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't think you can blame Jadeja; he gave his best. It's just that sometimes your best isn't good enough.

#ENGvIND

14.07.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Jasprit Bumrah's last seven Test innings: 0, 0, 0, 22, 0, 0, 0

#ENGvIND

14.07.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mohammed Siraj gets one demerit point for making physical contact with Ben Duckett. He now has two demerit points on his record. If he gets two more in the next 16 months, he will be banned for one Test, or two ODIs, or two T20Is, whichever comes first.

#ENGvIND

14.07.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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First ball of the Youth Test between England U-19 and India U-19

#ENGvIND

12.07.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pre-Bazball strike rates

#ENGvIND

10.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A mental note before starting work today: if images from the Lord's Test look slightly tilted, don't straighten them.

#ENGvIND

10.07.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been a strange series for Smriti Mandhana. She started with 112 off 62 balls at a strike rate of 180.64. In three games since then, she has scored only 101 off 93 balls at 108.60.

#ENGvIND

09.07.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only the second Test and Shubman Gill already has more runs in a series than Sachin Tendulkar ever managed.

#ENGvIND

05.07.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More like backward square leg. Does this play for you?

www.instagram.com/p/DLubWPEy_Zi/

05.07.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It has been only two Tests and Shubman Gill already has the highest individual score by an India captain.

#ENGvIND

03.07.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Richa Ghosh's strike rates in last five T20Is:

160.00
200.00
257.14
188.23
142.85

#ENGvIND

01.07.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Been told by one of the players that "she had no official role and came on her own, though she was in WCAI".

30.06.2025 04:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Let me check with someone.

29.06.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Uncapped, not unnoticed: How Salonee Dangore went from track and field to the CPL She doesn't have an India cap, and she is yet to play in the WPL, but she's signed for Trinbago Knight Riders. This is her improbable journey

Salonee Dangore doesn't have an India cap, and she is yet to play in the WPL, but she's signed for Trinbago Knight Riders in the CPL. This is her improbable journey from track and field to cricket:

www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-un...

29.06.2025 04:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harleen Deol seems to have worked hard on her hitting. This is by far her fastest T20I innings.

#ENGvIND

28.06.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rishabh Pant now has as many Test hundreds in England as Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting.

#ENGvIND

23.06.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tried translating Navtej Bharti's poem "Kali ki Jota"

21.06.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seventh Test hundred for Rishabh Pant. He goes past MS Dhoni for the most Test hundreds by an Indian wicketkeeper-batter.

I will pick Pant in India's all-time Test XI.

21.06.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rishabh Pant has been out in the 90s seven times in Test cricket. Since his debut, no other batter has more than three dismissals in the 90s.

Overall, only Sachin Tendulkar (10), Rahul Dravid (9), Michael Slater (9), AB de Villiers (8) and Steve Waugh (8) have more dismissals in the 90s.

#ENGvIND

21.06.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yashasvi Jaiswal now has a Test hundred in England, Australia and the West Indies. Only three other Indian openers have done so: Sunil Gavaskar, Virender Sehwag and KL Rahul.

#ENGvIND

20.06.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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She gets knocked down but she gets up again: Sneh Rana's journey The India and RCB allrounder and self-professed rebel is the queen of comebacks

Athletes are told to treat their bodies like a temple; Sneh Rana treats hers like a journal, chronicling significant moments of her life on it in permanent ink. The latest entry: Vidrohi (rebel).

The "Comeback Queen" on her various tattoos and numerous returns:

www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-in...

16.06.2025 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The slow-over-rate fine in the IPL is more than the compensation announced for the families of those who died yesterday. That's how valuable human life is.

#IPL2025

05.06.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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