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India v. Australia: A Cheat Sheet for Journalists on a Deadline

Are you a sports journalist who couldn’t be bothered with what will actually happen on the field in the upcoming India-Australia series? Do you plan to sleep through the next five days?

Well, have no fear. When your deadline arrives, trust this handy Teesra cheat sheet, and the articles will write themselves. Continue reading »

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Unbelievable: Power Shut Off During Dhoni Press Conference in Rajkot (video)

The stadium power was shut off during the press conference with MS Dhoni after the first one-day between India and England at the new Rajkot SCA stadium. The power was shut off for a sound and laser show.

Dhoni was his usual self, and recovered quickly.

“So we call it a day?” Dhoni said, when the lights went out. “Chalo, I answered almost all the questions.”

The room descends into a bit of chaos, with the laser show starting outside the window and some Indian journalist mumbling a classic, “what yaar“. The camera-operator tries to make a little sense of a senseless situation.

Watch the farce in the video below:

These stories just write themselves.