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3 weeks ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Santadeep Dey |Anish Pathiyil |Vivek Krishnan |Ayon Sengupta
It wasn’t just the Chennai Super Kings’ talisman M. S. Dhoni who faced a momentous question on May 25. CSK and Gujarat Titans were playing their final IPL group-stage match that day, and as has become tradition in recent years, the world awaited Dhoni’s word on his future. On any other Sunday, this subplot would have had Trusha Vyas, a 29-year-old photographer from Ahmedabad, utterly thrilled. But this was no ordinary day.
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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Shayan Acharya |Ayon Sengupta |Anish Pathiyil |Ryan Fernando
Rashid Khan has been one of the star performers in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for eight years. But the early stages of the 2025 edition were tough for the Afghan spin ace. Returning from a hamstring injury, he struggled in his first few outings for Gujarat Titans — conceding runs and lacking impact. As the tournament wore on, though, he found his rhythm. With eight wickets so far, he admits poor control over line and length cost him early on.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Shayan Acharya |Sahil Mathur |Anish Pathiyil
Ahead of every IPL game featuring the Chennai Super Kings at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Victoria Hostel Road, connecting the stadium to the Chepauk train station, is cloaked in a sea of yellow. The street sees a fascinating blend of people – the well-dressed elite heading to the Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Stand, and the middle-class masses queuing up from as early as 4:30 pm, eager to enter before the crowds build up.
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Feb 17, 2025 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Anish Pathiyil |Sahil Mathur |Pranay Rajiv |Shayan Acharya
The 2024 T20 World Cup in the West Indies and USA demonstrated that Afghanistan is no longer just making up the numbers. The incredible talent pool in the country’s reserves, coupled with the experience it has gained by playing cricket in leagues around the world, has made the team a serious contender to go deep into ICC tournaments.
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Feb 16, 2025 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Anish Pathiyil |Paul Fein
It will be a battle between the middle-order heavy lifters when Gujarat takes on Kerala in the first semifinal of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Monday. Both teams have banked on contributions from the mid-pack to bail them out of trouble through the premier domestic red-ball competition – their quarterfinal wins being an illustration.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Anish Pathiyil |Anil Kumble
The news of table tennis being excluded from the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games struck a sour note, but the paddlers delivered several inspiring performances over the past year. Sreeja Akula had her best year on the international circuit yet, winning singles titles in both the WTT Feeder and Contender series. She also registered an impressive win over World No. 2 Chinese player Wang Yidi during the ITTF World Team Championships.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Anish Pathiyil |Dhruva Prasad |Anil Kumble
The Indian men’s cricket team’s fortunes ebbed and flowed with the vagaries of different formats in 2024, as Rohit Sharma’s men oscillated between the delight of a T20 World Cup win in the Americas and a debilitating Test series defeat against New Zealand at home.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Anish Pathiyil
There was an air of flamboyance at the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Academy nets facility situated at the SRMC campus in Chennai on Monday. The visiting West Indies Academy batters, who are in the midst of a two-week intensive training camp, displayed glimpses of Caribbean flair, bringing out their repertoire of attacking shots, including reverse sweeps and paddle sweeps, against the CSK Academy spinners.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Abhishek Saini |Anish Pathiyil |Dhruva Prasad |Pranay Rajiv
India assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate’s optimistic outlook for his bowling unit after the first day of the second Test match in Adelaide hinged on a simple tweak: bowl fuller. “If we bowl slightly better, we feel like we can get back in the game tomorrow. The lengths could have been slightly fuller to encourage more play. I thought Australia left very well. It seemed to be a trademark of the way they play,” ten Doeschate said on Friday after the home side ended the opening day at 86 for one.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Kavita Menon |Anish Pathiyil |Nihit Sachdeva
In this episode of the Sportstar Podcast, host Nihit Sachdeva is joined by Kavita Menon and Anish Pathiyil. They review the Formula One 2024 season which is heading towards an exciting finish with six races left this year.
