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After ball tampering, Steve Smith shadow-bats at the crease to remove Rishabh Pant’s guard marks. Watch

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2021

Australian cricketer Steve Smith has been accused of shadow-batting at the crease and scuffle out the guard marks made by Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, forcing him to retake the same.

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Australian fans resort to racial abuse yet again against Mohammad Siraj, security kicks them out after complain

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2021

When Mohammed Siraj pointed in the direction of the stands, the officials quickly investigated the matter and kicked out a group of 4 men, followed by two others, from the stadium.

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First Kirti Azad, now Udit Raj: Congress leaders make offensive comments on Sourav Ganguly after the cricket stalwart suffers heart attack

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2021

Congress leaders are busy outshining each other, when it comes to spreading toxic negativity against Sourav Ganguly

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Flashback: When Pakistani cricket fans invaded the pitch and beat up a steward because they thought Pakistan won

Dibakar Dutta - 3 January, 2021

Hinting at their poor comprehension skills, the commentator remarked, "It's 2 to win. That's all. Surely these people (Pakistanis) can read scoreboards."

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‘Covid protocol breach’ and outrage over beef: All you need to know about the dining controversy involving Indian cricket team

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2021

The copy of the bill that sparked the dining controversy doing the rounds shows that the cricketers allegedly consumed beef.

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly admitted to Kolkata hospital after mild cardiac arrest

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2021

Cricket legend Sourav Ganguly has been admitted to a hospital in Kolkata after complaining of a heart issue on Saturday morning.

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Pakistanis suffer a meltdown after Indian cricket team bags ICC awards

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2020

Interestingly, not a single Pakistani player featured in any of the ICC teams of the decade or won any awards, be it for tests, T20s or ODIs.

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‘Different rules for Virat Kohli and T Natarajan, Ashwin suffered because he spoke up’: Sunil Gavaskar

Shashank Bharadwaj - 24 December, 2020

Citing the examples of T Natarajan and senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the Indian cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar said that there are double standards in the Indian team.

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“We will first capture Kashmir and then invade India from all sides for Ghazwa e Hind”: Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar in viral video

Jinit Jain - 21 December, 2020

An undated video of Shoaib Akhtar is doing the rounds on the internet in which he is endorsing the Islamic supremacist doctrine of Ghazwa-e-Hind, the supposed domination of India by Islamic forces

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