What Team India’s World Cup Defeat Taught Me About Grief and Loss
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What Team India’s World Cup Defeat Taught Me About Grief and Loss

For my best friend, who lost his mother recently, the World Cup became an antidote. With every Team India victory, I believed that its only purpose was to make my friend feel again. But when the team crashed out, we sensed an ending. It reminded us that the pain of losing a loved one is real – nobody could, and should, take it away.
Winning the World Cup as Coach Will Be Ravi Shastri’s Greatest Achievement Since Rewriting Our Cricket Vocabulary
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Winning the World Cup as Coach Will Be Ravi Shastri’s Greatest Achievement Since Rewriting Our Cricket Vocabulary

Is it even possible to describe a close match without calling it “down to the wire”, or concluding, in the end, that the real winner is cricket? In sports pubs and living rooms across the country, among scotch-swilling 50-somethings and cricket-mad teenagers alike, the language of Ravi Shastri reigns supreme. Let’s hope he puts it to use in some fiery dressing room speeches this World Cup.
Why MS Dhoni Should be Allowed to Keep the Gloves
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Why MS Dhoni Should be Allowed to Keep the Gloves

For once, there seems to be a hot-button issue that doesn’t divide but unites the country instead. And frankly, MS Dhoni’s decision to pay tribute to the armed forces with the insignia on his gloves is preferable to the alternative – a soulless corporation’s logo on his apparel.