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  • For the first time ever, Mukesh Ambani buys a 29% stake in Gautam Adani's Mahan Energen, a subsidiary of Adani Power to source 500MW of electricity from the company's power plant in MP
  • Stocks continue to rise on Thursday - Sensex gains 639 points to 73635 and Nifty 203 points to 22326
  • Golf - Indian Open: 3 Indians at tied 14th as Joost Luiten takes the lead with a wonderful 7-under 65
  • IPL: RR beat DC by 12 runs as Riyan Parag (84 off just 45 balls) shines
  • SP drops two candidates owing allegiance to Azam Khan from Rampur and Moradabad
  • In Assam, a controversy erupted after a picture of UPPL leader Benjamin Basumatary, lying on a stack of Rs 500 notes circulated on social media. UPPL is an ally of the BJP
  • AAP's Jalandhar-West MP Sushil Kumar Rinku joins the BJP. He was the only AAP Lok Sabha MP
  • Supreme Court dismisses Centre's plea to review its 2023 verdict in the PMLA case
  • Close save for passengers as they remain unhurt after the wings of two planes graze at Kolkata airport. Pilots derostered and inquiry ordered by DGCA
  • Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh gets notice from the EC as well as the BJP for making ugly remarks about Mamata Banerjee's parentage
  • Sadanand Vasanth Date, who faught terrorists in the 26/11 attack and was awarded the Preisent's Police medal, has been appointed the head of the NIA
  • Centre will borrow Rs 7.5L cr in the first six months of FY25, nearly 50% of the target for the full year
  • 25 stocks, including SBI, will see same day trade settlements from today in the world's fastest settlement mode in both BSE and NSE
  • Stocks recover smartly on Wednesday: Sensex rises 526 points to 72996 and Nifty 118 points to 22123
  • Tennis: Rohan Bopanna-Matthew Ebden reached the semifinals of the Miami Open
Delhi Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena says government cannot be run from jail, hints at President's Rule in the capital ////// In a dangerous incident, the wings of two planes grazed while taxiing on the runway at Kolkata airport, all passengers were safe but DGCA ordered an inquiry and the pilots were derostered
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India Need To Win To Stay Afloat

By Slogger
First publised on 2021-10-31 12:04:23

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Sunil Garodia Holding an extreme view and carting the ball out of the park is what interests him most. He is a hard hitter at all times. Fasten your seatbelts and read.

For Team India, the match against New Zealand today at the T20 World Cup is a must-win tie as if they lose this one, the chances of qualifying for the semi-finals will be almost disappear. This when it is well known that India has not beaten New Zealand in any World Cup match since 2003. Of course this Indian team is seldom weighed down by either past record of the opponent or the situation they find themselves in. They have the drive, the talent and the capacity to bounce back from any situation. But T20 cricket is such that any top team that that is even slightly off-colour on a given day can be beaten by any other top team. After being outplayed by Pakistan in their opening tie, the Indians have to pull their socks and come on the field against New Zealand with only one aim - to win the match and do so in a convincing manner.

Of course there will be changes in the lineup although skipper Virat Kohli has said that there is no single player to blame for the loss against Pakistan. Since India relies too much on the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul and since both were dismissed early by a fiery Shaheen Afridi, the Indian middle order woes were brutally exposed. New Zealand too has the bowlers who can put India in a similar situation. Hence, it is required to change the middle order. Since Hardik Pandya is not being used as a bowler, it might be better to bring in Ishan Kishan in his place. In the bowling department, although Varun Chakravarthy was not effective against Pakistan, he should be retained as he might flummox the New Zealanders with his 'mystery' spin. Ashwin or Axar Patel can come in as replacement for Jadeja.

With Ravi Shashtri as coach, M S Dhoni as mentor and Virat Kohli as captain, India have the best brains to plan things in the perfect way. After that, it is upon the players to give their best and ensure that the team does not have to make an early exit from the tournament.