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1 month ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Dhruva Prasad |S. Dipak Ragav |Ryan Fernando
Captain: Hardik Pandya Coach: Mahela Jayawardene Home Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Best Finishes: Champions (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020) Last Season: 10th Key Stats 1. PowerPlay Dominance 5.28 – Since 2023, Jasprit Bumrah has dominated the PowerPlay across all T20s, with a 63.8% dot-ball percentage while conceding boundaries on just 12.85% of deliveries. In the IPL, he has been even tighter (6.00 economy, 62.6% dots).
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2 months ago | 
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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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Pranay Rajiv |Shayan Acharya |Ayon Sengupta
Bangladesh’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 can best be described as a team of accumulators, lacking significant firepower. Opening its campaign against a formidable India in Dubai, UAE, before travelling to Rawalpindi for its remaining Group A fixtures against New Zealand and host Pakistan, Bangladesh appears to be a side built to score 300 but concede 320 — an unfavourable equation.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Paul Fein
Tanush Kotian was going about his business - of playing for Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2024-25 in December - when he got a call-up by the Indian team to reach Melbourne, Australia, ahead of the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 26-year-old was unaware of R Ashwin retiring and only got to know once he received the call. “I wasn’t thinking about it (India call up). When I played for India A (in Australia, in November), I thought maybe I could get a call-up.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Paul Fein
Ankit Kumar scored an effortless century to steer Haryana closer to Mumbai’s first innings total on a surface starting to bring spinners into the game on Sunday. Captain Ankit’s 206-ball 136 took the host to 263 for five, 52 runs behind Mumbai’s 315 at the end of day two of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals here. However, his late wicket, less than three overs to the stumps, gave an opening to the defending champion.
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2 months ago | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Paul Fein
Ankit Kumar scored an effortless century to steer Haryana closer to Mumbai’s first innings total on a surface starting to bring spinners into the game on Sunday. Captain Ankit’s 206-ball 136 took the host to 263 for five, 52 runs behind Mumbai’s 315 at the end of day two of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals here. However, his late wicket, less than three overs to the stumps, gave an opening to the defending champion.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Anil Kumble
Jasprit Bumrah, sidelined by back spasms, watched from the bench as India struggled to defend a 162-run target in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024/25. Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna bowled 21 consecutive overs but in vain. The final day in Sydney summed up a tough six-week tour of Australia.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Dhruva Prasad |Pranay Rajiv |Sunil Gavaskar
Bengal stormed into the knockouts of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, topping Group A after defeating Rajasthan by seven wickets in their final league game at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot on Thursday. Chasing 154, Abishek Porel played a brilliant knock of 78 off 48 balls before being dismissed in the 15th over by Kamlesh Nagarkoti.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur
Opening batter Karan Lal continued his spectacular run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as his unbeaten 94 powered Bengal to a nine-wicket win over Bihar in a group-A encounter at the Niranjan Shah Stadium Ground C here on Tuesday. Chasing 148, Karan hit six sixes and nine fours but missed out on a well-deserved century after the ball flew off Sudip Gharami’s edge and went for four to finish the chase in 14 overs.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
sportstar.thehindu.com | Sahil Mathur |Dhruva Prasad |Pranay Rajiv |Sunil Gavaskar
Punjab opened up the permutations and combinations of group-A in the race to knockouts after ending Rajasthan’s unbeaten streak by five wickets during a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy fixture at the Niranjan Shah Stadium Ground C here on Tuesday. The defending champion chased down a modest 162-run target with more than two overs to spare to register its fourth win in six matches.
