Snehangshu Dutta from Chinsurah, Hooghly, beat over one million applicants to become an official FIFA World Cup 2026 volunteer in Dallas. It is the second consecutive World Cup with a direct Bengal connection.
As a child, I played a game called 'Saap Seeri' (Snakes and Ladders). It was a simple pursuit: except for an occasion or two - having not mastered the "art of throwing dice" - I climbed the ladders of progress only to be swallowed by a snake that pulled me back to the threshold.
Yet beneath the soaring television promos and breathless studio debates lies a far less dramatic reality.
The victory also confirmed India’s qualification for the Super Eights, while Pakistan slipped to third in the group behind USA on net run-rate.
Ravichandran Ashwin has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to revisit its international calendar, arguing that the increasing frequency…
The 2023 World Cup is done and dusted with Australia being crowned champions for a record sixth time! The result will take some time to sink in for the billions of Indian cricket fans
This World Cup season has been a series of impressive performance by team India. We saw India leading in beast mode, smashing their opponents on the points table and successfully making it to the Finals.
The note also mentioned that "Rahul" had been the non-seasonal wicketkeeper for both World Cups. Rahul Dravid took up the wicketkeeping gloves in 2003, and KL Rahul is the wicketkeeper in the World Cup in 2023.
It’s been a 10-year-long wait for an ICC silverware, 12 for a 50-over World Cup... and the wait continues as Australia braved a partisan crowd at the Narendra Modi Stadium to make light work of India when it mattered the most and walk away with the 2023 World Cup champions title ~ their sixth in the 50- over format.
The mood at the 1,30,000-filled Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday was just the trailer of how a cricket-crazy nation of 1.4 billion held their collective breath together as the invincible force India was up against a mentally-strong Australia, chasing their sixth World Cup title amidst a Sea of Blue.
