If someone asks me who India beat in the final of 2026 T20 World Cup, I would get it wrong 9/10 times.
I have literally forgotten that entire tournament. 😭
If BCCI is a serious board with sane people running it.
They should add atleast 10-15 ODIs before ODI WC 2027. Make some tweaks, replace some T20Is with ODIs. People want to see this last phase of Virat Kohli as much as they can!
When I was in school Kohli was scoring centuries, When I was in college, Kohli was scoring centuries now I'm doing job and Kohli is still scoring centuries
Decades changed but Kohli hasn't 😭❤️
@imVkohli just don't skip the Zimbabwe ODIs, mai ek maheene bas Ocean lively litchi fruit drink piyunga, sirf Wrogn ke kapde pehnunga along with One8 laal joote, Duroflex Airboost mattress par hi sounga, aur Shyam Steel sariya se naya ghar banwaunga 🙏
BCCI needs to stop experimenting with Test venues.
Just stick to the main 5:
Bangalore — Chinnaswamy
Kolkata — Eden Gardens
Chennai — Chepauk
Ahmedabad — Modi Stadium
Mumbai — Wankhede
Dharmashala can be used whenever there are maintenance or weather issues.
What’s the point of hosting Tests in random cities like Guwahati, Rajkot, Chandigarh, Kanpur etc. when barely anyone turns up to watch?
Australia has Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide & Perth.
England has Lord’s, Oval, Leeds, Manchester & Edgbaston.
They know how to build iconic Test centres.
BCCI is just ruining the Test cricket in India.
What was the need of 2027 BGT in Guwahati, Nagpur & Ranchi, When we've Edens, Wankhede, Chinnaswamy & Dharamshala available?
Stop experimenting for no reason. Give Test cricket proper venues with proper crowds.
I moved from a Hyundai Grand i10 to a Skoda Slavia + Honda City.
But you know what I miss? Hyundai after sales service.
Back then, the service centre would pick up the car from home, keep you updated, finish the job and drop it back.
You could call them and someone would actually pick up.
They knew your name, your car, even its service history.
Pickup and drop was routine. Updates were proactive. Even major repairs didn’t feel like a project.
Now? Getting a callback itself feels like a task.
The irony is that I upgraded from humble cars to much more expensive ones…but somehow downgraded the ownership experience.
I miss Hyundai ❤️
Today, I just narrowly escaped on ORR soon after entering from the Shamsabad Entry. I was negotiating a turn when a RMC truck suddenly came from the wrong side. God just saved me. Please take necessary action.
Shivani, I have to say this first… you’re such an incredible writer. ❤️ I genuinely love reading everything you write.
Also… getting Datta to talk this much genuinely feels like an achievement. 😂 He’s usually the one asking all the questions, never answering them.
The recovery experiments at home are all true too. 😭 @deepigoyal got him sold on an inversion table after reading and testing a thesis while building Temple. Another dear friend convinced him that red-light therapy was the answer. Then, one fine morning, a temperature-controlled mattress magically appeared. Tart cherry juice became compulsory before bed. Recovery boots. Breathing drills. Cryotherapy. At this point I don’t even ask questions anymore… I just say, “Okay… what’s today’s experiment?” 😂 His latest obsession is somehow finding a hyperbaric chamber. I made the mistake of looking it up… and it’s literally a giant metal tube. 😭 Strangely enough, a lot of these bizarre things are actually starting to make sense.
As romantic as it sounds that I spend hours watching films with my husband… I should clarify they’re badminton films. 😭 His team cuts footage from the last five years into endless clips, and we sit there watching them over and over again. So no… not exactly The Notebook. 😂
One thing I’ll always be grateful for, though, is Virat bhai. I reached out to him at one of the lowest points of my career. Injuries were piling up, the results weren’t coming, and I just needed someone who understood. He replied within minutes, and we met the very next day.
What we spoke about will always stay between us. But I’ll always be grateful that when I needed someone, he was there. He didn’t say much, but every word stayed with Datta and me. Some conversations change the way you see things. That was one of them. ❤️
The biggest thing I took away was the importance of finding your joy again.
Today, I know exactly why I wake up for those 5:30 a.m. sessions.
And I can honestly say… it isn’t the trophies.
It isn’t the wins. It’s something much deeper.
And this time, I’ll protect it with everything I have. ❤️
The world is at peace because it’s Rodri.
Rodri won the World Cup Golden Ball without a single goal or assist, and nobody seems to have a problem with it. If it had been Messi with those exact same stats—even if Argentina had won the World Cup—the entire internet would have been on fire. People would be screaming “robbery,” saying Mbappé deserved it, claiming FIFA was protecting Messi, and pushing the usual “FIFA’s favorite” narrative.
Now? Complete silence.
The double standards are unbelievable. Bloody hypocrites.
2026 FIFA WC so far.
Hatewatch going well against Argentina till the 75th minute then Lionel Messi starts doing his magic & you end up being sad & go to sleep with heavy heart. Hatewatch against his team is just the toughest thing to do.