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Updated - August 08, 2026 07:09 am IST
Indian team’s coach Gautam Gambhir speaks to the team. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Team selections are a big thing, especially when it involves Indian cricket and an overseas Test tour. Discussions rage long and hard, whether on television channels or in print/digital space, within the confines of one’s living room or in a crowded, noisy watering hole where it’s almost impossible to hear even the person sitting next to you. The beauty about cricket in India is that everyone and his dog has an opinion on almost everything, and no one is shy of voicing it. That’s how it has been, and that’s how it will be, because that is what cricket means to so many in our country.
Currently, though, the focus has shifted somewhat from Test selection debates, nestling in the somewhat belaboured contours of One-Day Internationals, which is no more than a necessary evil by all accounts. ‘Evil’, because it is almost being cannibalised by its younger, more exciting 20-over sibling but also ‘necessary’ because despite the lack of patronage of bilateral contests, its flagship event, the 50-over World Cup, continues to be cricket’s most coveted property.
Published - July 30, 2026 07:23 am IST
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