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A file image of Indian bowler Nitish Kumar Reddy | Photo Credit: AFP Ever since Kapil Dev bowed out of the game after an ODI against the West Indies at Faridabad in 1994, India has been on a perennial search for the fast bowling all-rounder. Early rival wickets and the insurance cover of runs down the order is a sought after trait in cricket. Kapil offered that and more, including safe hands and the 1983 World Cup! Practical demands Four decades since Kapil stepped aside, the quest for his replacement is now constricted by practical demands. The candidate should bowl at a reasonable speed, not necessarily express, and should score a few vital runs, not perhaps an unbeaten 175. Many cricketers were f...

New Delhi: ‘Nayan sekne ja rahe hain‘ — Lalu Prasad Yadav’s comment on the ‘mahila sambad yatra‘ proposed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kicked up a ‘sexism’ row in Bihar, where women have emerged as a vote bank that parties want to tap into before the state assembly elections next year. While lending his voice to the growing chorus supporting Mamata Banerjee’s pitch for the INDIA bloc head, Lalu Prasad Yadav, on Tuesday, made the controversial remark in response to a question on the ‘mahila sambad yatra‘, announced by Nitish Kumar to interact with the women beneficiaries of the state government’s welfare schemes. Soon after, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary criticised the “distasteful remark about women of the state”. “Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is going to have a convers...

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