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Sandip G
Sandip G, Delhi-based, writes primarily on cricket and football. He pens a weekly football column, Total Football. In 15 years of sports journalism, he has covered a vast spread of sports, including World Cups in three different sports (cricket, football and hockey).
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India vs West Indies Test series, West Indies cricket performance 2025: The West Indies cricket team’s bewildering decay, especially in the last 15 years, stems from reasons ranging from board mismanagement to other sports and countries poaching able athletes.
Tue, Oct 14, 2025
Will they or won’t they? As World Cup looms, suspense around Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi & Luka Modric keeps growingSubscriber Only
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In the November of their career, all eyes on the three stalwarts whether they can manage to stay fit and feature in the 2026 World Cup in North America
Mon, Oct 13, 2025
Lack of balance in defence, players not used to pressing system: Liverpool’s tactical conundrum after summer of massive spendingSubscriber Only
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Three consecutive defeats in one week shows manager Arne Slot is struggling to find right combination after Premier League champions shelled out £450 million.
Tue, Oct 07, 2025
Tilak Varma’s match-winning innings in Asia Cup final was straight from the MS Dhoni manual of finishingSubscriber Only
September 29, 2025 18:46 IST
His single-minded attention was on the target, not on his own strike rate. At times, he was batting at less than a run-a-ball clip, considered shocking in the format. But he knew he could accelerate.
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
Behind the scenes: Off-field rancour after on-field hostility as Suryakumar Yadav’s India beat Pakistan to win Asia CupSubscriber Only
September 29, 2025 15:44 IST
The drama after India refused to accept trophy from ACC chief Mohsin Naqvi never abated as the press conference room became a battleground for claims and counter-claims
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
Asian cricket chief Mohsin Naqvi’s provocative social media reposts one of the reasons for India cricketers not accepting trophy from himSubscriber Only
September 29, 2025 01:39 IST
"I have never seen a champion (team) not getting a trophy. We deserved it," says India captain Suryakumar Yadav; Mohsin Naqvi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, is also the country's Interior Minister.
Tue, Sep 30, 2025
Tilak Varma thrives in a thriller as India and Pakistan play one of the edgiest games in a long timeSubscriber Only
September 29, 2025 01:09 IST
The twists and turns kept coming in the Asia Cup final, as Pakistan imploded, then exploded and India finally trotted home
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
Tilak Varma, India hold nerve to beat Pakistan in last-over thriller to win Asia CupSubscriber Only
September 29, 2025 01:02 IST
Spinners Varun Chakravarty and Kuldeep Yadav also star in 5-wicket win with 2 balls left; Op Sindoor on the games field, outcome same — India wins: PM Narendra Modi posts on X .
Mon, Sep 29, 2025
Asia Cup, IND-PAK final: Beyond bitterness on field, a tale of two superfans Sudhir and Chacha – ‘Will end with a hug, no matter who wins’Subscriber Only
September 28, 2025 11:36 IST
For Indian cricket's superfan, Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, Pakistan's Chacha Cricket (real name: Chaudhry Abdul Jalil) is like an elder brother. In India's 2004 tour to Pakistan, Sudhir stayed at Jalil's house in Lahore. Sudhir then got Jalil a ticket for the India-Pakistan final of the 2017 Champions Trophy.
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
Asia Cup 2025 final: India have an air of destiny, but underdogs Pakistan seem resurgent and have a history of rising to the big occasionSubscriber Only
September 27, 2025 20:11 IST
Suryakumar Yadav's men have beaten the neighbours in their two meetings, and he says there's no rivalry, but rancour and political posturing adds edge to the volatile contest
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
‘Never seen teams not shake hands’- Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha about Suryakumar’s IndiaSubscriber Only
September 27, 2025 19:58 IST
Ahead of the Asia Cup final, the skipper also addressed Haris Rauf’s gestures to crowd, saying that’s individual’s ‘way of expressing aggression’.
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
Asia Cup 2025: India survive whirlwind Pathum Nissanka hundred to beat Sri Lanka in Super OverSubscriber Only
September 27, 2025 01:05 IST
Arshdeep Singh shows his class at the death as India go into Sunday's final against Pakistan with all-win record.
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
Why the Tilak Varma-Sanju Samson partnership against Sri Lanka at Asia Cup was important for IndiaSubscriber Only
September 26, 2025 23:54 IST
Tilak and Sanju, en route to their 66-run stand off 42 balls, exhibited the multi-layered skills their roles entail.
Sat, Sep 27, 2025
Asia Cup final between Pakistan and India: Salman Ali Agha’s side overcome nervous batting display to set up title showdown with SKY and CoSubscriber Only
September 26, 2025 00:29 IST
This was a victory that meant much for the implications it has. The biggest offshoot is the mouth-watering final between India and Pakistan. A third act in a fractious tournament looms on Sunday.
Fri, Sep 26, 2025
Karun Nair, the one-hit wonder who offers multiple lessons to Devdutt Padikkal, Sai Sudharshan and Sarfaraz KhanSubscriber Only
September 25, 2025 16:58 IST
In the end, his failures on flat decks in England got to him, but his contenders can learn from his failure to cope with his triple hundred and success in making a valiant comeback
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
India vs West Indies Test series: Karun Nair omitted after ordinary series in England while Jasprit Bumrah named in 15-member squadSubscriber Only
September 25, 2025 13:51 IST
No wholesale changes announced by Ajit Agarkar’s selection panel with Devdutt Padikkal and B Sai Sudharsan retained but Abhimanyu Easwaran left out
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
T20 Asia Cup: India’s batting, bowling outweigh ordinary fielding, enter finalSubscriber Only
September 25, 2025 00:25 IST
Despite ordinary fielding efforts, all-round effort from bowlers helps down Bangladesh by 41 runs, enter final
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
India vs Bangladesh: Why Abhishek Sharma is the real successor of Virender SehwagSubscriber Only
September 24, 2025 23:06 IST
It's not about the style of batting per se but the attitude and nonchalant thought behind it.
Thu, Sep 25, 2025
Mustafizur Rahman and Co can test India, but can Bangladesh hold their nerves?Subscriber Only
September 23, 2025 22:04 IST
Bangladesh's varied bowling attack is good on paper but their record against India isn't that good
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
Asia Cup 2025: Greeted with chants of ‘Chettan polia’ & ‘Mone Kalaku’, Sanju Samson remains fan favourite among sizeable Malayali population in UAESubscriber Only
September 23, 2025 19:02 IST
The Kerala heartthrob is still coming to terms with his new role in the middle order, but that hasn't affected his following among his vast legion of fans, who crave for a picture or a word with their idol
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
‘Crashing planes’, gunshots with bat: India-Pakistan game was all except cricketSubscriber Only
September 23, 2025 08:09 IST
The tense T20 game, which India won by six wickets and an over to spare, saw several altercations but the most talked about were the ones involving the rampaging Indian openers Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill and Pakistan’s senior pacers Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf.
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
How Abhishek Sharma and Shubman Gill became T20I’s most destructive opening pairSubscriber Only
September 22, 2025 21:22 IST
Friends since a U-14 camp, bound by destiny, the ineffable bond between Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma reflects wherever they are together.
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
Suryakumar Yadav says India vs Pakistan no longer rivalry, quotes ’13-0, 10-1′ statisticsSubscriber Only
September 22, 2025 07:59 IST
India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2025: Suryakumar Yadav's assessment was not as inflammatory as those he had uttered last Sunday, when he dedicated the victory to the victims of the Pahalgam terror strikes, the families and jawans of the Operation Sindoor
Mon, Sep 22, 2025
Asia Cup: Gill-Abhishek put on special-effects cricket, Pakistan outplayed again by superior IndiaSubscriber Only
September 22, 2025 00:50 IST
On Sunday, Pakistan ran into Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma, who laid the foundations with a thrill-a-ball 105-run stand
Mon, Sep 22, 2025
The way they came at us… that’s why I went after them, says Abhishek Sharma as emotions spill over in India-Pakistan Asia Cup matchSubscriber Only
September 22, 2025 00:35 IST
The match was not of the highest quality, but it still thrilled the crowd and had all the elements that make India-Pakistan games an unputdownable spectacle.
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