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Alphabetical XIs - Anwar, Akram, Amla and Ambrose make it a strong A-Team!

Alphabetical XIs - Anwar, Akram, Amla and Ambrose make it a strong 'A'-Team!

There is hardly anything as enjoyable for a cricket addict as making up an all-time XI. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta and Abhishek Mukherjee select sides of various kinds – based on players linked to each other through letters of the alphabet, physical features, habits, reputations, or characteristics. In this episode they start with the first of their alphabetical XI, players with last names starting with A.

Anurabha Sengupta, Abhishek Mukherjee, Alphabetical XIs, CricketCountry XIs, Saeed Anwar, Wasim Akram, Hashim Amla, Curtly Ambrose, Zaheer Abbas

November 22 2012, 12:20 pm

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Cricketing Rifts 15: Vaseline controversies that soured India-England relations

Cricketing Rifts 15: Vaseline controversies that soured India-England relations

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series,Arunabha Senguptalooks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In this episode he revisits the famed Vaseline wars that rubbed the gloss off the noble game.

Arunabha Sengupta, cricketing rifts, Serials, John Lever, Michael Vaughan, Tony Greig, Bishan Singh Bedi, David Tossell, Imran Khan, Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman

October 15 2012, 7:01 pm

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Stats across eras 3: Tendulkar, Dravid & Gavaskar - a class apart

Stats across eras 3: Tendulkar, Dravid & Gavaskar - a class apart

In the third part of the statistics across eras series, Arunabha Sengupta compares the leading batsmen of Indian cricket by evaluating where they stood among their contemporaries. As expected Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sunil Gavaskar lead the charts by a long way.

Arunabha Sengupta, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sunil Gavaskar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Vijay Merchant, Jacques Kallis, Kumar Sangakkara, Vijay Hazare, Statistics, India, Stats across eras

November 21 2012, 4:36 pm

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Stats across eras 4: How greats from Bradman to Sachin fare on same scale

Stats across eras 4: How greats from Bradman to Sachin fare on same scale

In the fourth part of the statistics across eras series, Arunabha Sengupta compares the leading batsmen of cricket history by evaluating where each one stood among his exact contemporaries. The article lists the 41 batsmen since 1920 who managed to perform better than 80% of their peers.

Arunabha Sengupta, Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman, Statistics, Sunil Gavaskar, Kumar Sangakkara, Viv richards, Jacques Kallis, Javed Miandad, Allan Border, Stats across eras

November 21 2012, 4:31 pm

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Top health newsmakers of 2012

Top health newsmakers of 2012

2012 was quite a year for India’s healthcare sector. While we finally managed to eradicate polio, incidents like Baby Falak’s torture and female infanticide shook us to the core. Also finally the government promised to increase its healthcare spends, collaborate with the private sector and

Aamir Khan, Baby Falak, Big Pharma, Female Infanticide, Generic drugs, Gutka ban, Healthcare, India vs Big Pharma, Infertility, Satyamev jayate, Sperm donation, Universal health coverage, Uttar Pradesh Healthcare, Vicky Donor

December 19 2012, 7:33 pm

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Ranji Trophy: Mumbais 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

Ranji Trophy: Mumbai's 39 title triumphs — Part 2 of 4

The ongoing Ranji Trophy final marks Mumbai’s 44th appearance in the title round. The team has triumphed a whopping 39 times. This is the second of the four part series in which ArunabhaSengupta briefly sketches the previous Mumbai wins in the history of the tournament.

Arunabha Sengupta, Mumbai, Moments in history, Serials, Mumbai Ranji Trophy, Mumbai Ranji players, Ranji Trophy, Ramakant Desai, Dilip Sardesai, Ashok Mankad, Madhav Apte, Vijay Manjrekar, Salim Durani

January 27 2013, 12:37 pm

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Cricketing Rifts 11 - Multiple issues around Boycott and Botham

Cricketing Rifts 11 - Multiple issues around Boycott and Botham

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series,Arunabha Senguptalooks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.

Arunabha Sengupta, cricketing rifts, Serials, Geoff Boycott, Ian Botham, Ian Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Tony Greig, Peter Roebuck, Gary Sobers, Mike Brearley

October 15 2012, 7:00 pm

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