Ravindran

Communicator by profession. Writer by Choice!

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@imVkohli Can’t agree more!

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Passing of an era maybe a cliche. Somehow this phrase captures the mood very well. By the time I
had started watching cricket, the great man had retired. Thanks to YouTube I watched his 254 for World XI against Australia. Genius is the word !

[Sunil Gavaskar @virender_swag]

Rest in peace, Sir Garry. There will never, ever be another like you.

It is with a incredibly heavy heart that I hear the news of the passing of the greatest of them all, Sir Garfield Sobers. For anyone who loves this beautiful game, Sir Garry wasn’t just a cricketer; he was the ultimate standard of what a cricketer could be.

When we talk about all-rounders today, we often look at players who can balance two disciplines. But Sir Garry? He was a master of five. He could bat like a dream, bowl fast-medium with the new ball, switch seamlessly to orthodox left-arm spin, bowl wrist spin, and field like a panther at short leg or in the slips. To watch him walk onto a cricket field, with that loose, rhythmic Caribbean stride, collars turned up, was to watch absolute majesty in motion. He played the game with a sublime joy and a fierce, competitive dignity that defined an entire era. 

I remember the sheer awe he inspired whenever India played the West Indies. You couldn't take your eyes off him. Even when he was taking the game away from you, you couldn't help but marvel at the genius of the man. His 365 not out stood as a mountain for decades, and those six sixes in an over became the stuff of folklore. Yet, off the field, he was always an absolute gentleman—warm, incredibly generous with his knowledge, and fiercely proud of the game's finest traditions. 

Cricket has lost its brightest jewel today. The stands are a little quieter, and the game is poorer without him. My deepest condolences go out to his family, his friends, and to every cricket lover across the Caribbean and the world who is mourning this incomparable loss.

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Kallis.

[Sanjeeb @Sanjeeb2412]

❌️Virat Kohli doesn't have 10,000 Test runs.

❌️MS Dhoni didn't play 100 Test matches.

❌️Alastair Cook don't have 10,000 ODI runs.

❌️Sachin Tendulkar doesn't have 500 international wickets.

Only one legendary player in cricket history achieved All of these milestones.

Who is it?👇👇

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@sachin_rt @BCCI @HomeOfCricket @BCCIWomen @mandhana_smriti @YastikaBhatia A wonderful performance!

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The 1980 McEnroe-Borg final was one for the ages ! Where fire almost melted ice. The greatness of McEnroe was that he saved seven match points and Borg’s greatness lay in his winning the eight match point !

[Rajdeep Sardesai @sardesairajdeep]

Wimbledon nostalgia: Sinner vs Zverev was a breathtaking display of power tennis by two supreme athletes. But maybe I’m showing my age—for sheer drama, nothing somehow will ever quite match Borg vs McEnroe with wooden rackets on a black-and-white TV, especially that unforgettable 1980 Wimbledon final tie-break. Federer vs Nadal came closest, with their glorious clash of styles (2008 Wimbledon arguably the greatest match ever). Yes, I AM OLD! 😊
And congratulations to Sinner—simply too good on the day for an outstanding Zverev. 🎾 (pic below is from 1978)

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One of the finest and nicest players has retired from the game. More than his formidable record he will be remembered for his fine demeanour .

[BLACKCAPS @BLACKCAPS]

One of our greatest ever, signing off.

Kane Williamson has announced his retirement from international cricket effective immediately.

Head to https://t.co/Pm8RiU65zt to read more.

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@TweetShivangiii Surinder Amarnath !

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@SirShahAnalyst Richie Benaud !

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@BabajiSutar3 Sarfaraz Nawaz .

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Many Happy Returns of The Day To @MadhuriDixit !

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@BabajiSutar3 Zaheer Abbas!

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@Khanmohammed12 Yorkshire !

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Agree !

[Nirupama Menon Rao 🇮🇳 @NMenonRao]

India today needs genuine public television in the truest sense of the term.
Not government television. Public television.

There is an important difference between the two .

A serious public broadcaster does not exist to flatter those in power, inflame public passions, or compete every minute for ratings through outrage and spectacle. Its purpose is to create a trusted civic space: calm, credible, informed, intellectually serious, accessible to ordinary citizens, and insulated as far as possible from both political pressure and market hysteria.

Public television rests on a simple democratic idea: that information is a public good, not merely a commercial commodity. It values verification over velocity, depth over perpetual “breaking news”, and moderation over emotional manipulation. It trusts viewers enough not to assault them every minute with noise.

It means anchors who facilitate discussion rather than perform as protagonists. Panels designed to illuminate rather than provoke. Journalism that leaves room for complexity, ambiguity and thought. Space not only for political combat, but for science, culture, education, the arts, rural realities, public health, serious international affairs and the quieter textures of national life.

And tone matters too. Especially tone.

The finest public broadcasters around the world earned trust because they projected composure in moments of crisis, restraint in language, and confidence without theatricality. They understood that authority does not require hysteria.

India once aspired, however imperfectly, to such an idea. Today, amid the relentless commercialisation and performative aggression of television news, the need for it feels greater than ever.

A nation of India’s scale, diversity and civilisational depth cannot conduct its entire public conversation through nightly televised gladiatorial combat.

Democracy is not sustained by noise alone. It also requires spaces where citizens can listen, reflect, disagree intelligently, and occasionally recover a sense of proportion.

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@Mishi_2210 Going

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@BabajiSutar3 Jack Hobbs !

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@bagga_buntyy1 Thomson

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@OversLife G R Vishwanath!

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@BabajiSutar3 Danny Morrison!

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@SagarH62 Geoff Lawson !

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Many Happy Returns of The Day to my boyhood idol @JohnMcEnroe !

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

A McEnroe special on the legend's birthday is only given 💙