Amit Banerjee

Amit Banerjee

A Bombay Bong with an identity crisis. Passionately follow cricket. Hardcore fan of Team India, the Proteas and junk food. Self-proclaimed shutterbug.

articles by Amit Banerjee

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WTC Final 2023: India's poor run in ICC events and why Rohit Sharma and Co can end the long wait

Team India will be aiming to win their first ICC event since the 2013 Champions Trophy when they take on Australia in the World Test Championship Final at The Oval starting Wednesday, 7 June.

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IPL 2023: Ravindra Jadeja regains Yellow Army's love as blockbuster season gets fitting finale

Ravindra Jadeja had a love-hate relationship with CSK fans for the better part of IPL 2023. In the end, they would all cheer for him as one as the all-rounder's heroics would guide the MS Dhoni-led side to a thrilling victory over GT in the final.

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IPL 2023 Qualifier 1: Gaikwad's 60, Jadeja's tidy spell pave way for CSK's maiden win against GT

Ruturaj Gaikwad's 60 ultimately proved to be the difference between the two sides, CSK's maiden victory over GT could not have come without Ravindra Jadeja's heroics in the middle overs of the run chase.

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IPL 2023: Mohammed Siraj continues to shine bright as RCB collect consecutive wins

Mohammed Siraj produced his best IPL display, maybe his best showing across formats as his haul of 4/21 in four overs broke the backbone of the Punjab batting unit.

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Arshdeep Singh interview: 'Sticking to basics is my secret, don’t like experimenting in crucial situations'

In a chat with Firstpost, India and Punjab Kings pacer Arshdeep Singh spoke about his mindset when bowling in pressure situations besides discussing the 16th season of the Indian Premier League.

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Dominik Mysterio interview: 'I think this WrestleMania is going to be just as special'

Dominik Mysterio discusses WrestleMania's return to Hollywood, his relationship with WWE icon and father Rey Mysterio and more in a chat with Firstpost.

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India vs Australia: Hosts look to extend home dominance as Aussies eye Border-Gavaskar Trophy again

India have had the wood over Australia in bilateral Test contests in recent years, having not lost against them since 2014-15 and winning back-to-back editions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

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India vs New Zealand: Gill emerges as all-format batter, Sundar's finishing ability — takeaways from T20Is

Team India handed New Zealand a sound thrashing in the T20I series decider in Ahmedabad to extend their winning start to the new year and preserve Hardik Pandya's unbeaten run as captain.

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2022 Rewind: From musical chairs over captaincy to big-event heartbreaks — reviewing Team India’s year

The year began with back-to-back defeats in South Africa that brought Virat Kohli's reign as captain to an end and ends with the Indian team finding itself in a spot of bother ahead of a World Cup year.

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India vs Bangladesh: Batting as much an area of concern for Men in Blue as bowling

Team India suffered yet another close defeat on Wednesday that resulted in the Men in Blue losing a second successive ODI series in Bangladesh, one that has raised multiple questions on their ability to win the ODI World Cup at home next year.

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Seasoned racer Sandeep Kumar all praise for Hyderabad Street Circuit after FIA-accredited venue hosts JKNRC 2022 Round 3

Sandeep, racing for the Dark Don team at the JK Tyre FMSCI National Racing Championship, was among the first to get a taste of what the Hyderabad Street Circuit, which will host India's first-ever Formula E event, has to offer.

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T20 World Cup: England's white-ball dominance, fightback from the underdogs and other takeaways from the tournament

England defeated Pakistan in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday to win their second T20 world title and become the only team to hold both the ODI and T20 World Cups simultaneously.

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Ashwin and Karthik's exclusion from India's squads puts question mark over their white-ball future after T20 World Cup

Both Ravichandran Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik have been overlooked for India's T20I and ODI squads for the tour of New Zealand as well as the ODI series in Bangladesh.

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T20 World Cup, India vs Pakistan preview: Men in Blue look to avenge last year's defeat in marquee clash at MCG

India had been outplayed by 10 wickets the last time they met Pakistan in a T20 World Cup match, and head into the blockbuster clash in Melbourne with a different captain and coach and a bowling unit missing Jasprit Bumrah.

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After announcing himself at Asia Cup, Sri Lanka's Pramod Madushan sets sights on T20 World Cup

Madushan will look to take his career to another level at the T20 World Cup after shining in the business end of the Asia Cup earlier this year.

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England's next big thing Harry Brook faces his biggest test yet in the T20 World Cup

Harry Brook was picked in England's T20 World Cup squad on the back of a stellar run both in the red and white-ball formats, especially during the T20I series in Pakistan.

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From anonymity to figuring in South Africa’s T20 World Cup plans, Tristan Stubbs’ rollercoaster journey

Tristan Stubbs has had a rollercoaster of a ride in 2022 and was eventually rewarded with a place in South Africa's T20 World Cup squad.

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Pro Kabaddi League 2022: 'Dabang Delhi lot better this time', Naveen, coach Hooda confident of title defence

Dabang Delhi enter a Pro Kabaddi League season for the first time as the defending champions and both star raider Naveen Kumar and coach Krishan Kumar Hooda are confident about the team's chances of pulling off a repeat.

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Why India's T20I series victory against Australia shouldn't take focus away from top-order issues

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli have all made meaningful contributions with the bat but they haven't quite clicked as a unit in the T20I series against Australia.

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Oleksandr Usyk: I dream that Tyson Fury fight will take place in Ukraine

In a chat with Firstpost, Usyk discusses his victory over Anthony Joshua in their rematch in Saudi Arabia, a "dream" bout with fellow undefeated boxer Tyson Fury and his role in helping war-affected people back home in Ukraine.