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Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · 15d

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 16d

Heading into the title clash of Asia Cup, India's catching efficiency of 67.5% was the second-worst only to Hong Kong. On the big night they were presented with eight catching opportunities and not a single ball hit the turf.

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Ring of fire, humidity, confidence deficit: India slay catching demons in Dubai - Guerilla Cricket

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 16d

Having dropped a dozen catches in this Asia Cup - eight of those in the two games leading up the final - India resembled a pitcher trap on the big night, grabbing everything that came their way.

#AsiaCupFinal #AsiaCup2025 #INDvPAK #BCCI

Among the eight catching opportunities not a single ball hit the turf, denoting meteoric progress for an under-fire fielding unit.

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 20d

Farhan’s celebration after scoring his half-century and Rauf’s hand movements towards a section of fans while fielding at the boundary – the incidents the BCCI has complained about – have led to a furore on social media given their geopolitical messaging.

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 18d

An exhilarating run-fest in Dubai saw India post a gargantuan 202 – the highest total of this Asia Cup on the back of another blitzkrieg from Abhishek Sharma. Sri Lanka responded in kind, led by Pathum Nissanka’s awe-inspiring 107 off 58 balls.

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · 22d

Sri Lanka and Pakistan have had to lick their wounds after being beaten by Bangladesh and India respectively, so both the teams have a point to prove. Should some out-of-nick players strike form, this contest has the raw ingredients to be a thrilling one.

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Pakistan blow hot and cold in the ask for the thoroughgoing - Guerilla Cricket

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Sep 15

While different cogs in India’s wheel revolved to near-perfection, revving up the machinery to function at its optimal, their neighbours turned up in splits to an encounter seeking sustained brilliance.

#INDvsPAK #AsiaCup2025 #CricketAnalysis #MatchFeature

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The back injuries, the form dips, and the T20I captaincy fiasco behind him, Shaheen Afridi had reverted to type. The skiddy pace and late inswing marked a comeback in the second half of PSL 2025 and t...

Box cricket, the phenomenon helping India age gracefully - Guerilla Cricket

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 16

A sleeping giant is now waking up to the seriousness of its health predicament by indulging in a not-so-serious game of cricket. Read my ground report for which I spoke to medical science professionals and a trailblazer of India's recreational sports boom.

Japan and Hong Kong cannot hold a candle to India when it comes to cricketing competence but these nations blow their Asian counterpart out of the water once Global Health Index is a yardstick. India ...

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 15

For non-striker Indra Agrawal, whose college batchmates have moved out of town, box cricket has been a game-changer on the socializing and mental health front. An engineering graduate turned grocery store owner's account of how recreational sport is a boon wp.me/peBPGk-jZG

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Aug 14

India's happiness quotient isn’t much to write home about – 4.3 out of 10 to end up at the 118th spot among 147 countries.

‘’Sporting activity makes for a good release. Serotonin and dopamine improve your mood,'' sports psychiatrist Chinmay Patkar observes.

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Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 13

Box cricket has pervaded the Indian ecosystem, delivering joy to and uplifting the morale of corporate employees slogging away in pressure-cooker environs.

Read my feature on the popular phenomenon that is recreational sport and its multilateral benefits: wp.me/peBPGk-jZG

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Aug 13

Indian women have 5–15% lower bone mineral density than non-Asian women, leading to osteoporosis and osteopenia. ‘’Because of menstruating for most of your life,’’ nutritionist Sneha explains.

Recreational sport is bringing women into the athletic fold in a traditionalist society: wp.me/peBPGk-jZG

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Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Moreover, Estrogen, which plays a crucial role in maintaining bone mass, is significantly affected by menstrual cycle disruptions.

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 12

In vogue in metropolitans, the concept of recreational sport has penetrated downwards at full tilt in India, with arenas mushrooming in incipient cities, suburbs and even towns. Box cricket, in particular, is ameliorating several key aspects of life.

Read my detailed ground report wp.me/peBPGk-jZG

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Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 12

Since y'all showered love on my last deep dive and made it one of the best-performing features in my six years of cricket journalism, I'm back with another! This time around, I examine the recreational sports boom in India.

𝗕𝗼𝘅 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 wp.me/peBPGk-jZG

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Aug 11

Enduring a fallow patch, Labuschagne was recently left out of the side for the West Indies Tests. With Cameron Green playing one drop in the Caribbean, Labuschagne's favoured spot, he has no qualms batting at the top of the order if that's how he gets his place back in the team.

Box cricket, the phenomenon helping India age gracefully - Guerilla Cricket

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Aug 11

Middle-aged Indians are reintegrating themselves with their favourite sport rather than spending the weekend partying or binge-watching Netflix, triggering an unprecedented health revolution in a sedentary society that treats fitness as an afterthought.

Japan and Hong Kong cannot hold a candle to India when it comes to cricketing competence but these nations blow their Asian counterpart out of the water once Global Health Index is a yardstick. India ...

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Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Jul 30

An enterprising community that lived and breathed cricket, embracing the sport under the British rule of India, has distanced itself from willow and leather to a shocking degree in recent times. Read my ground report to untangle the knots: guerillacricket.com/76678,the-wo...

The woebegone Parsi cricketing exodus - Guerilla Cricket

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Jul 17

In a land where there is no shortage of cricketing aspirants, it is scarcely believable that Parsis are having to pull out all stops to unearth a committed individual. Read @aryansurana.bsky.social's feature on a dwindling community's efforts to restore lost glory.

I am quizzing Eric Billimoria on the first floor of the iconic Parsi Gymkhana. Perpendicularly to my right, the announcement speaker bolted to the thick, diagonal wooden beams above us has caught rust...

The woebegone Parsi cricketing exodus - Guerilla Cricket

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Jul 11

Once a steady supplier of top-flight talent, the Parsi community of India has grown out of their fervent relationship with cricket.

‘’I’m sick of hearing that after you why hasn’t any Parsi come up on the scene,’’ Farokh Engineer laments. Read to know why.

#INDvsENG #Parsi #Zoroastrians #History

I am quizzing Eric Billimoria on the first floor of the iconic Parsi Gymkhana. Perpendicularly to my right, the announcement speaker bolted to the thick, diagonal wooden beams above us has caught rust...

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Jul 10

As you enjoy red-ball action at the home of cricket, here's an interesting bit of trivia: In 1886, a team of Parsi cricketers from India embarked on a pioneering tour of England, an emphatic demonstration of the community’s love for the sport.

Read more: guerillacricket.com/76678,the-wo...

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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · Jul 10

The disappearing Parsi cricketer, reflection of the disappearing Parsi population noted for its education, affluence & relative equality between genders (for India), down from 114,000 at independence to just above 50,000, in a nation that has quadrupled in size

Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Jul 10

Till 1993 the Parsi Gymkhana team, which partakes in the A division of Mumbai's famous Kanga League, used to be true to its name. Today it boasts of Suryakumar Yadav and a dozen Ranji Trophy cricketers but none of them are Parsis. Why so?

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#INDvsENG #Parsi #History

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Guerilla Cricket @guerillacricket.bsky.social · Jul 10

Till 1993 the Parsi Gymkhana team, which partakes in the A division of Mumbai's famous Kanga League, used to be true to its name. Today it boasts of Suryakumar Yadav and a dozen Ranji Trophy cricketers but none of them are Parsis. Why so?

Read to discover wp.me/peBPGk-jWK

#INDvsENG #Parsi #History

Aryan Surana @aryansurana.bsky.social · Jul 9

I travelled to Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad to ask sentient Parsi figures like Arzan Nagwaswalla about the community's disinclination towards playing the sport their forefathers held a torch for. Took me a month to compile this up-to-date ground report: guerillacricket.com/76678,the-wo...