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September 17, 2020 Features / India

Let’s use Ken Nordine’s word jazz album ‘Colors’ to work out who’s going to win the 2020 IPL

If there’s a simple and obvious way of predicting the 2020 IPL that for some reason hasn’t yet been done, it’s this… We’re going to look at all of the team kits; we’re going to establish the main colour of each one; and then we’re going to listen to what

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July 4, 2020 India

It’s time to marvel at the vocal stylings of Virat Kohli (and also Rishabh Pant) in this amazing/awful pimple cream ad

It’s hard not to feel that the role of ‘ambassador’ has been somewhat devalued in recent years by the marketing industry. It used to be a high-ranking diplomat. But now… “I am very excited to be a part of Team Himalaya and be the ambassador for their Men’s Face Wash

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June 5, 2020 Features / India

What does your job have in common with playing for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL?

Yesterday we mentioned our grim office job at a company that was dying on its arse. It later occurred to us that Cricket Fever, the Netflix documentary about the Mumbai Indians, might be the reason why this particular slice of our working life had resurfaced uninvited in the ooze of

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March 7, 2020 Australia / India

The T20 World Cup final will be decided by whether or not India can run “all across the ground”

India play Australia in the T20 World Cup final. You can read all sorts of match previews, but we assure you the match will be decided on India’s ability to run “all across the ground.” There are many different factors affecting the outcome of a cricket match, but some are

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February 26, 2020 India

On what channel could Donald Trump find work as a cricket commentator?

We’re sure you’ve heard Donald Trump’s “Soo Chin Ten-Dull-Kerr and Vir-art Ko Lee” effort by now. It is bad pronunciation. Very bad. So, so bad. Huge mistake. But even if Trump doesn’t – as he once claimed – “have the best words,” this needn’t be a barrier to carving out

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February 12, 2020 Features / India / Pakistan

India v Pakistan analysis: which nation delivered the better ‘both batsmen at the same end’ run-out during the Under-19 World Cup?

India v Pakistan. The greatest rivalry of all. There are so many aspects to their eternal tussle for supremacy, but this week everybody – every single person in the entire world – is pondering only one specific thing: which nation delivered the better run-out where both batsmen end up at

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October 24, 2019 India

India ‘move on’ from MS Dhoni and instead pick some random Dube

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October 22, 2019 India / South Africa

Why South Africa couldn’t possibly have come up with a more appropriate end to their tour of India than Lungi Ngidi’s bizarre golden duck

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October 5, 2019 India

R Ashwin’s idea of getting away from cricket isn’t the same as other people’s idea of getting away from cricket

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October 3, 2019 India / South Africa

Sorry, but the ‘lost ball’ was a bigger highlight than Mayank Agarwal and Rohit Sharma and all the other stuff

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