Author: Navneet Mundhra

Though the top three batsmen in India’s line-up – Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat – are undeniably terrific batsmen, together they don’t quite fit into the larger scheme of things.

Afghanistan caused a mini stir when they thumped Bangladesh by seven wickets on Tuesday and became the first team in the Asia Cup to qualify for the Super Four round. They (Afghanistan) had also annihilated Sri Lanka by wickets in their first match of the tournament. Though Afghanistan have been doing decently well, especially in […]

On Sunday, India pipped their arch-rivals in the Asia Cup encounter by five wickets as they chased down 148 in 19.4 overs. Far from being a one-sided affair, the match was a humdinger and went down to the wire. The difference between the two teams was Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya who finished the match by […]

Indian team avenged their last year’s defeat against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup by edging their arch-rivals by five wickets on Sunday in the second match of the Asia Cup. India chased down the target of 148 in 19.4 overs to clinch a five-wicket victory in a humdinger. The New Indian looks at five […]

As India prepare to take on their arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday in the Asia Cup encounter, The New Indian revisits five thrilling and tendentious moments from the tournament’s history which created ripples – 1) Gautam Gambhir vs Kamran Akmal: The Asia Cup 2010 match between the two nations remains arguably the most high-octane affair with a […]

The arch-rivals, India and Pakistan, are set to lock horns in the Asia Cup match on Sunday. The tournament, which features six nations in this edition, will be played in the T20 format so that major teams can prepare themselves for the upcoming T20 World Cup. India have been the most successful team in the […]

The 15th edition of the Asia Cup is slated to start on August 27 with Sri Lanka taking on Afghanistan in the first match. Six teams in the tournament, which will be played in the T20 format, will compete fiercely against each other to lift the trophy. The championship also assumes greater significance in view […]

As the Asia Cup 2022, which will be played in the T20 format, gets underway on August 27, all the teams participating in it will use it as a platform to prepare for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The Indian team at present has a solid bench-strength and is spoilt for choices with a host […]

While Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ and ‘Raksha Bandhan’, which released last week, sank without a trace, a small Telugu movie – ‘Karthikeya 2’ – is making waves in Hindi circuits. Nikhil Siddhartha, the main lead of the movie, is fairly popular in Telugu-speaking regions but is not a known name for the Hindi audience. […]

The thundering debacle of Aamir Khan’s ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ has not only stunned the industry into silence but has also given his detractors the fodder to run him down. While his contemporaries – Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn – have copped bouts of troughs at different times, it is for […]