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World Cup 2023: Will India exorcise the ghosts of 2019 against their tormentor, or will New Zealand reach their 3rd final in a row

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2023

While India blew all before them spectacularly to end up with 9 wins out of 9, including the win over New Zealand, their semifinal opponent had a bit of a roller-coaster ride.

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‘My tongue slipped’: Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq issues lame apology for his derogatory comment on Aishwarya and her child

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2023

Razzaq criticized the current Pakistan cricket team and questioned the players' intentions and piety during the panel discussion last week.

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‘Ye konsa nasha pee kar baat kar raha hai’: Harbhajan Singh slams former Pakistani captain Inzamam ul Haq over conversion to Islam claim

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2023

Taking to X, Harbhajan Singh denied the story and asserted that he is proud of his national and religious identity.

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Shahid Afridi, who was laughing at Abdul Razzaq’s vulgar comment against Aishwarya Rai, says he laughed and clapped without listening to what Razzaq said

OpIndia Staff - 14 November, 2023

After Razzaq's comment, his fellow ex-cricketers on stage, Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul laughed and clapped in appreciation of Razzaq's derogatory comment.

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Loser Babar Azam and company: Pakistanis slam cricketer after he goes shopping before crucial match against England

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2023

"If they lose the match against England, then, they will have to return to Pakistan. Hence, Babar Azam is shopping in advance," exclaimed one Komal Ansari.

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Pakistan knocked out of World Cup after Jos Buttler chose to bat, making it impossible for Babar Azam’s team to qualify

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2023

Pakistan had a very very slim chance of remaining in World Cup ahead of their match today against England, but that chance disappeared even before the first bowl was bowled

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YouTube’s biggest cricket archive Robelinda2 terminated, fans hack website responsible for copyright strike

OpIndia Staff - 8 November, 2023

Rob Moody had alleged that he was receiving threats from an account named @MarhabaCricketIndia, which warned him of the copyright strikes.

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As Angelo Mathews provides ‘evidence’ to explain how he was wrongly ‘timed out’, read the controversy around his dismissal

Paurush Gupta - 7 November, 2023

Slamming the Bangladeshi side, Mathews stressed that it was wrong of them to stoop down to the level of appealing for his time out.

Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews becomes the first cricketer in history to be ‘Timed Out’: Here’s what happened

OpIndia Staff - 6 November, 2023

A new controversy erupted in the 25th over when Lankan all-rounder Angelo Mathews was given 'time out' for his failure to reach the crease from the dugout in stipulated time.

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