Rudraneil Sengupta

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Rudraneil Sengupta

New Delhi, June 8 -- Has Shubman Gill been thrown into the deep end with nothing more than a rubber duckie as flotation aid? The clean-cut, square-jawed, calm-eyed, close-shaved 25-year-old with 8% body fat has been given the highest honour in cricket, that of leading his country in Tests, and he begins his tenure with one of the toughest, most keenly watched assignments in Indian cricket-a five-match Test tour of England beginning 20 June.

2 weeks ago | livemint.com | Rudraneil Sengupta

Lounge Summary The England series will indicate how the Test captain stands up in the face of a team that needs some serious building This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Has Shubman Gill been thrown into the deep end with nothing more than a rubber duckie as flotation aid?

4 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Rudraneil Sengupta

By the time he was six years old, Luka Modric had seen the horrors of war up-close. His grandfather had been shot in front of him and his family by Serbian rebels, who then set fire to their house in the tiny, arid village of Modric, in what was then Yugoslavia. Modric’s family fled the region amid the war for Croatia’s independence, and lived for a while in a sprawling, dilapidated hotel in the small town of Zadar, about 700 km down the coast, along with hundreds of other displaced families.

4 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Rudraneil Sengupta

India, May 31 -- By the time he was six years old, Luka Modric had seen the horrors of war up-close. His grandfather had been shot in front of him and his family by Serbian rebels, who then set fire to their house in the tiny, arid village of Modric, in what was then Yugoslavia.

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Rudraneil Sengupta

India, May 18 -- Virat Kohli's retirement from Tests, which he announced this week, was sudden, but not really a surprise. The 36-year-old had been struggling in his favoured whites for some years and, given his commitment to ironing out flaws, he must have reached the inevitable conclusion that his dip in form was not, in fact, a dip but a permanent loss.