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Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan’s exclusive interview with BBC Hindi

शिखर धवन जब कभी स्टेडियम में उतरते हैं, तो उनके कुछ शुरुआती शॉट देखकर समझ आ जाता है कि वो कितनी गेंद तक टिक पाएंगे. या तो वो सस्ते में आउट होकर चले जाते हैं, या फिर गेंदबाज़ों की शामत बन जाते हैं. दुनिया का कोई बल्लेबाज़ हो, कितना भी बड़ा मैच हो, अगर शिखर रंग में हैं तो गेंदबाज़ों की शामत तय हैं. दुनिया में कम ही बल्लेबाज़ हैं जो उनके जैसी पावर बैटिंग कर सकते हैं. बीबीसी हिन्दी से ख़ास बातचीत में शिखर ने बताया कि उनका नाम गब्बर कैसे पड़ा, उन्हें किस तरह की गेंदों का सामना करने में मज़ा आता है, रोहित शर्मा के साथ उनकी साझेदारी कैसी है.

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A Nation, stumped

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 08.04.2018 (The Week): Australians are livid. Sport is paramount in their psyche. Cameron Bancroft’s brazen and premeditated attempt to tamper the ball, at the behest of captain Steve Smith and vice captain David Warner, has shocked and horrified Australians. These are people who espouse the tenets of ‘Advance Australia Fair’, which is enshrined in their national anthem sung with pride before every game.

Ishaan Oak and his classmates at Glenunga International High School in Adelaide were crestfallen to see the ball-tampering news unfold. “We were surprised, angry and saddened because all of us looked up to Steve Smith as the captain of the baggy green,” said Ishaan, 13, who had started playing cricket at the age of four, with his father in their suburban backyard.

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Maidens Set for Successful Innings

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 09.12.2007 (Women’s Feature Service): The gentlemen’s game is catching the fancy of women, who are wielding the willow with élan. Cricket Australia, the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in the country and formally known as the Australian Cricket Board, is going all out to change the perception of cricket amongst women as an old fashioned and male-dominated game.

Announcing the first ‘Females in Cricket Strategy’, James Sutherland, Chief Executive Officer of Cricket Australia, said, “We must recognize that engaging women and girls is the key to growing the game.” The strategy provides a framework to evolve cricket to the needs of women and girls and increase their participation in all areas of the game – playing, volunteering and watching.

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