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Respect in retrospect: assessing Shikhar Dhawan’s standing among India’s openers

The left-hander might not always have received the attention he deserved, but his white-ball numbers, partnership with Rohit Sharma and impact in ICC tournaments place him among the country’s very best in ODIs. Reasonably effective in Tests, he was also an adept T20 bat from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zqoa4vL via IFTTT

"After a stage, money doesn't matter": Ashwin on Rohit's future in Mumbai Indians ahead of IPL 2025 mega auction

Even if you think like Rohit, it’s not wrong at all. I don’t want any headache...Even if I am not a captain, I am going to Mumbai happily. If I play for Mumbai, it’s super, says Ravichandran Ashwin from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JAKcHQF via IFTTT

Stay humble if you do well or go back to the drawing board if you don’t: Suryakumar Yadav

It’s necessary to adapt to the conditions well, be one step ahead in the challenging longest format; can’t bat like how you would in a T20 but at the same time, intent is imperative; you can’t go into the game and ponder too much, just have to go out, put your heart into it and enjoy it from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/El4BLy9 via IFTTT

England takes first-innings lead over Sri Lanka thanks to unbeaten 72 by Jamie Smith in first Test

Wicketkeeper Jamie Smith has pushed England into a 23-run first-innings lead over Sri Lanka in the first test by hitting 72 not out as his team reached 259-6 before play ended early on a weather-affected Day 2 from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RdWfB09 via IFTTT

India’s stars — aspirants and the established — get ready for the rigours of domestic cricket

The first round of Duleep Trophy will feature the big boys with the new management making it mandatory for the Indian players to turn up for First Class games might be the first step in reviving its lost importance from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/J16zINg via IFTTT

Should the next Kapil really stand up?

The void that the ‘Haryana Hurricane’ left when he retired is perhaps best left alone. Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ajit Agarkar and Irfan Pathan, among others, were all bracketed in the ‘next Kapil’ category. But none of them came close to matching the man himself, for no one can ever be as wholesome a package as Kapil Dev from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lOe7VLf via IFTTT

There is some science to swing bowling, somebody has taught Arshdeep that: Fanie de Villiers

A masterful exponent of seam and swing bowling, de Villiers shares his thoughts on the craft and its practitioners, and sheds light on why he was so good at the death and what it was like to be a part of an era when South Africa returned to the international game from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/x9byLHU via IFTTT

How a resilient Dube revived his international career

The Mumbaikar was staring at a future of lumbering from IPL franchise to franchise, and not really setting the domestic stage alight, either; then, Chennai Super Kings happened — they gave him a stable position in the upper middle-order, infused in him the confidence and belief that he could destroy the best with his power and timing from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/f4j0weq via IFTTT

Does Joe Root have the legs to scale Mount Tendulkar?

Until recently, the Indian legend’s rarefied heights were seen as too far up in the stratosphere for mortals to ascend. But a 33-year-old from Yorkshire, thanks to his unfussy progress and the sheer volume of Test cricket England plays, is within 3,894 runs of the ultimate peak from Live Cricket Scores, Cricket News, Analysis, Results & More | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xgFZUkm via IFTTT