It is a bit of a travesty that on the eve of the high-profile Ranji Trophy superleague group A cricket match between Delhi and Bengal at the Ferozshah Kotla, the focus of all and sundry was largely on the pitch.
Of course, there is some wonderful talent stacked up on either squad – be it Bengal’s Manoj Tiwary, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Wriddhiman Saha and Ranadeb Bose or be it Delhi’s Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Rajat Bhatia and Pradeep Sangwan, to name a few. Yet, on Sunday, the cricket fraternity inevitably paid more than usual attention to the track. Read more »
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