DC Edit | Once more, Team India just flatter to deceive
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Once more, Team India just flatter to deceive

Deccan Chronicle  

An overrated Indian cricket team flattered to deceive once again, stumbling this time in the final of the World Test Championship at The Oval in London. The ageing, underperforming Team India, who have come a cropper often enough in Cup finals to be dubbed the serial chokers of the last decade of cricket, were disappointing to the extent of allowing Australia to complete victory in all varieties of ICC events. The feckless manner in which star batters like Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli lost their wickets in the chase of a target that has not been achieved in three different centuries since the 19th was a pointer to how easily they surrender just when grand performances are crucial to make victory possible in cricket’s biggest events. Team India may be the biggest money-spinning brand in world cricket that is second only to the cash-rich IPL with its dazzling riches of TV and digital rights revenues. Any failure to address issues may lead to a loss of faith in a cricket team that is the pride of fans around the world from a sizeable section of the Indian diaspora who lend a unique atmosphere, if noisy, to games involving Team India.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Hindustan Times  

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