To emulate the West Indies of 1975 and Australia of 2003 and 2007, India must channel the same indomitable spirit in the final.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji present Rediff.com's Most Valuable Player Index of IPL 2024 after Match 54.
'He used to interact with everyone in the dressing room, he never showed any attitude to any cricketer -- whether big or small.'
She pointed out the areas that need to be looked into by the game's stakeholders to 'reach equity'.
Arzan Nagwaswalla could be the first Parsi to play cricket for India in 46 years.
Cricket on the Mumbai sands is better than even gully cricket.
Sehwag's comment comes just a day after his ex-India and Delhi colleague Gambhir found himself at the centre of a controversy following an offensive middle finger gesture to a section of the crowd in Pallekele during India's Asia Cup match against Pakistan.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane were part of India's Test team till earlier this year, but were left out of the tour to South Africa, the selectors pinning hopes on youngsters Shubman Gill and Yashawi Jaiswal to produce the goods in challenging conditions.
Jacques Kallis remarked that the Proteas players should stick to their roles during the ICC Cricket World Cup in India
'I wanted people to know that women across all ages have an exciting life.'
When you look at the teams, I suppose they are coming into auction when their top-order is pretty much full. So, in that regard, I don't see many batters going for huge amounts of money, reckons Eoin Morgan.
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday. Rediff.com salutes the legend.
India has a strong squad but their only worry would be expectations of a home ICC Men's Cricket World Cup.
An ultra-violent film about violence, Kill's greatest accomplishment isn't its death count alone but to challenge our perception of violence, observes Sukanya Verma.
'He knows that cricket has given him an identity without which nobody will care about who Shardul Thakur is.'
Babri has in the past also worked with some players helping them understand how to handle pressure situations and get through bad performances and personal issues.
While super hits like Jawaan are missing this year, it has been filled with a range of medium-range hits such as Crew, Teri Baaton Ne Uljhaa Diya and Guntur Kaaram, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The 42-day break would give Kohli the time to introspect, and rejuvenate his cluttered mind.
Pakistan's first warm-up match ahead of the World Cup will be played behind closed doors in Hyderabad for security reasons.
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'He was a cricketer who come once in a lifetime...'
Robert Cianflone/Getty Images, who was in Nagpur to cover the first India-Australia Test, captures young boys being trained at the Pravin Hinganikar Cricket Academy Cricket Academy in the city.
Images from the IPL match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Sunday.
Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend.
Ghavri backed Ashwin for the upcoming World Cup, saying he will be vital in Indian conditions.
Art students at the Gurukul in Mumbai celebrate the World Cup 2023 final.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Bouyed by the vociferous fans, the Indian cricket team is in form.
'You can't be just bowling the orthodox line when someone is sweeping you.'
At $16.8 million per match, the IPL is only behind America's National Football League.
Finn also has decent numbers in the white-ball formats. While he claimed 102 wickets in 69 ODIs at 29.37 and an economy of 5.06, in T20Is, he has 27 from 21 at an economy rate of 3.55.
Alisha was apprehensive of how the fellow Indians in the stands would react to her holding the Pakistan flag. However, the game was played in front of a sporting crowd with many among the 9000-odd spectators also cheering for the Netherlands squad.
Pakistan have had a wonderful record in ODI cricket this year, losing just three matches of the 10 they've played thus far.
'The matches between India and Pakistan are the biggest in the world.'
After the bad 2-0 series loss in Sri Lanka (46.23), Pakistan (37.40) dropped badly in the Rediff Test Rankings.
In 2007 MS Dhoni embarked on his journey as India's captain, forever altering the landscape of cricket in this fervent nation.
"The sale of tickets for the match will commence from 12 PM IST onwards on October 8th, 2023. Fans can purchase tickets by visiting the official ticketing website," the statement added.
Rohit is currently India's second-highest run-scorer in this competition after Virat Kohli, having amassed 503 in nine matches at an average of 55.88 and a strike rate of 121.49, including a ton and three half-centuries.
Mumbai-based Dream11, which is run by Sporta Technologies Private Limited, reported a profit of Rs 181 crore (Rs 1.81 billion) in FY2020, making it one of the few Indian consumer-tech unicorns to have turned profitable.
Litton Das was ruled out of the tournament because of viral fever.
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