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Inevitable but unpredictable, India and Australia have been two trains on a collision course

The two powerhouses of 21st-century cricket were tipped to meet in this year's World Cup final, and they made it there in contrasting styles

18-Nov-2023•Sambit Bal

Who's the greatest ODI batter of them all? Two contenders come to mind

Virat Kohli is the perfect run machine - a product of obsession and sacrifice. Does anyone else compare?

16-Nov-2023•Mark Nicholas

Unapologetically yours, Virat Kohli

As India's greatest sportsman since Tendulkar goes where no cricketer has gone before, he's done it in a way that's uniquely, inimitably his own

15-Nov-2023•Anirudh Menon

In South Africa's quest for the future, there's no room for heartbreaks of the past

No other team carries the baggage South Africa do in World Cups, but they must shrug it off it before they face Australia in the semi-final

14-Nov-2023•Mark Nicholas

India have a big, bad, beautiful bowling machine

All this World Cup they have been unstoppable, operating at a different level from their opposition

07-Nov-2023•Sambit Bal

The World Cup has progressed as expected - except for England's total disintegration

India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand look primed to take semi-final slots, despite Afghanistan's climb up the ranks

05-Nov-2023•Ian Chappell

Time for ICC to overhaul 15-man squad limit amid spate of injuries

Plight of teams like New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka throws spotlight on restrictions

02-Nov-2023•Matt Roller

Why middling scores make for the best kind of ODI

Runfests usually kill games as contests. But team scores a little below 300? Now we're talking

30-Oct-2023•Sambit Bal

Trials, treks and front-row seats to South Africa's triumphs

Our diarist survives bumpy rides, cancelled flights and missing TV channels in the course of covering the World Cup

29-Oct-2023•Mark Nicholas

Virat Kohli is not Tendulkar, he's an all-too-human hero of a different sort

From a brash young upstart he has turned into a legend of the game - in a manner decidedly different from the man whose heir he is

28-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The pushing and shoving is over and we're now at the business stage of the World Cup

The first fortnight of the tournament has been a mixed bag for most teams, save for India and New Zealand, who have been in impressive form

22-Oct-2023•Ian Chappell

An atmosphere like never before, but it could have been so much more

The 100,000-strong Ahmedabad crowd made itself heard, but it was a shame there was almost no green in that vastness of blue

14-Oct-2023•Sambit Bal

Sidharth Monga's India vs Pakistan fever dream

For every good India vs Pakistan cricket memory, there are many unpleasant ones. On Saturday, despite the world we live in, let's all be heroes, for one day

13-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

In World Cups, pressure comes with the territory. It's what makes winning sweet

Champions, like Virat Kohli, embrace pressure and rise in its presence. They know how to shut out noise, and when to be buoyed by it

10-Oct-2023•Sambit Bal

This World Cup will be won on the simple things - wicket-taking bowling, keen fielding and good captaincy decisions

With boundary countback out of the way and a fair round-robin format, the teams that nail their basics are the ones that will make the cut

08-Oct-2023•Ian Chappell

India vs Australia: when the World Cup bursts into life

Two of the greatest teams of modern times, with a storied past against each other, meet at a venue steeped in cricket history

07-Oct-2023•Sambit Bal

Will this be the last World Cup that is this big a deal?

Tectonic shifts in the game have marginalised ODIs severely. Still, the 50-over World Cup is the sport's apex event - and it will be this year as well

03-Oct-2023•Osman Samiuddin

It's a pity the ODI has been allowed to wither as a format

The 50-over game has for long been neglected in favour of T20. The upcoming World Cup shows there's life in it yet

24-Sep-2023•Ian Chappell

Shanaka's Sri Lanka on the right track despite Asia Cup crash

Doom and gloom aside, Sri Lanka's recent track record and international-cricket journey offers promise

18-Sep-2023•Madushka Balasuriya

Australia will miss David Warner's aggression and match-winning ability

As his time comes to a close, the opening batter, despite his recent struggles with form, will be remembered for his courage to play his own way

10-Sep-2023•Ian Chappell

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