'Judging by the formbook, both sides are an equal chance to win. Pakistan has the better-balanced attack, offset by a batting line-up that oscillates between the brilliant and the bwahahaha, sometimes in the space of the same over.' 'As for India, 'bowling attack' is an oxymoron and the batting line-up is still struggling to memorise its lines.'
'Ravi Shastri told me he would go miles, and pay, to enjoy Vishy make 20 than to watch someone scoring an inelegant, laborious, 200.'
'I do not require validation from a hostile media. My conscience is clear.'
'Poor people need to survive, and with the prices of vegetables, petrol, electricity and water high, there was no option but to vote for AAP to change things.'
'Their candidates are simple people who will be there in hours of need.'
'AAP as a party has failed and risen, but what matters is that we as alert citizens are able to create alternatives to traditional politics. This has to be the win of alternative politics over traditional politics.'
Sangakkara, Dhoni, McCullum, de Villiers... Cricket has never had so many amazing wicketkeeper-batsmen in the same era...
Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, with a batting strike-rate of 82.1 and an economy rate of 4.2, was tops.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
'There is hardly any boy who thinks he can jump from a high rise building and bash up 50 people. I really wanted people to believe it. That was the starting of my ****up.'
'I am here to terminate climate change once and for all.'
'It is not about people who have godfathers, but women with merit who are joining the BJP.'
The more mud his opponents fling, the stronger Arvind Kejriwal emerges.
'We were new in politics. We made a mistake. This time around, we will not resign.'
'Guide will always have a special place in my heart.'
Colonel M N Rai's supreme sacrifice highlights that the Indian Army continues to be led from the front by its officers.
'Laxman will be remembered for years to come as the person whom everybody turned to the first thing in the morning and drew a smile, however depressing the situation. It will be impossible to replace him...'
'Whatever happens in Delhi happens in India,' says Kiran Bedi.
'India-US defence pacts are seen by many analysts as a subtle move to jointly contain China's growing militarism, especially in the strategic Indian Ocean Region.'
'A lot will depend on the first Aayog and the power it derives.'
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