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🏏 Cricket Roundup: IND’s omnipotence, NZ fall apart after Plan A fails, & this WC is creating T20 converts.
IND beat NZ by 96 runs to win the WC!
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🇮🇳 | 🔒 Jarrod Kimber on IND playing a different sport than the rest, Andrew Fernando on Sanju Samson’s perfect three-game mark, Karthik Krishnaswamy on the accidental brilliance of IND’s top 3, Vijay Tagore on SKY’s captaincy and leadership, & Venkata Krishna B on 18 months of planning.
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Alagappan Muthu on how NZ fell apart once their Plan A failed, Yash Jha has a team of the tournament, & Telford Vice on the sustainability moves behind the scenes at this World Cup.
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Tom McCluskey on how this World Cup was the final nail in the coffin; he’s officially a T20 convert after decades of being a Test-first Aussie fan.
AUS-W beat IND by 10 wickets, & NZ-W beat ZIM by 8 wickets.
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🇮🇳🇦🇺 | Mrinal Asija on Alyssa Healy’s legacy of caring a lot, Tristan Lavalette on Healy making her last act as captain a selfless one, & Vinayakk Mohanarangan on Pratika Rawal’s satisfying return in a game of few positives for IND.
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Zofeen T. Ebrahim writes about the socio-religious struggles for girls in tribal Pakistan to get into sport.
🗞️ Quick News: IPL sales, WC ad sales, & Tahuhu retires.
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🔒 Venkat Ananth has the latest updates on the RCB & RR sales, while 🔒 Javed Farooqui reports that 10-second ad slots for the WC final were selling at INR 50 Lakh (~$54K).
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NZ’s Lea Tahuhu has announced her retirement from international cricket.
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Former BAN captain Tamim Iqbal has requested a formal investigation into the BCB’s elections last year.
📺 A/V: Vaughan x Bhogle on IND, ENG & Bumrah.
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“Is Jasprit Bumrah the Best Ever?”
📽️ Michael Vaughan sits down with Harsha Bhogle to discuss IND before the final, ENG’s next steps, and – as any good podcast must do for five minutes every episode – the brilliance of Jasprit Bumrah. [YouTube]
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