
Mihir Vasavda
Principal Sports Correspondent at The Indian Express
Sportswriter, @IndianExpress/ @IExpressSports
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4 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
Suhail Ahmad Bhat was in a cradle, just two months old, when Sunil Chhetri first played for India in June 2005. “Imagine,” the 20-year-old blushes, “now I am sharing the dressing room with him.”On the first day, he was ‘gripped by nerves’. “We were doing rondos (a passing drill). I was so afraid… I kept telling myself, ‘Don’t make any mistake!’” Chhetri, one of India’s all-time greats, sensed the anxiety and put his arm around Bhat’s shoulders.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
Shubman Gill has been picked to lead India’s Test team into a new era, steering through a transition phase following the retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, starting with the five-match series in England from June 20. While Jasprit Bumrah (31) has played the role of stand-in captain in the past, the selectors did not hand him the reins for the long term, citing “workload management”.
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1 week ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday announced India’s Test squad for the forthcoming tour to England, with Shubman Gill named as the new captain for the five-match series starting June 20. Gill takes over from Rohit Sharma, who announced his Test retirement after the national selectors opted to overlook him for the tour after his poor Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25 tour to Australia.
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2 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
Ever the seeker, Neeraj Chopra was already looking expectantly towards the future as everyone around him was revelling in the present. Not for him the outpouring of emotions, a big sigh or any over-the-top celebrations after doing what no other Indian, and only 24 men globally before him, had done: make the javelin travel more than 90m. 90.23, to be exact.
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3 weeks ago |
indianexpress.com | Mihir Vasavda
A wry smile, a shake of the head, and a side embrace with his fellow competitors. There wouldn’t be a more muted, low-key celebration to any sporting accomplishment than this, let alone when an athlete joins an exclusive club that only a couple of dozen were a part of before Friday night. Indeed, Neeraj Chopra roared and raised his arms in the trademark fashion as he launched the javelin into Doha’s night sky. But that he always does.
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