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Vaibhav Sooryavanshi humiliating great bowlers exposes cricket’s systemic ills: Greg Chappell

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi humiliating great bowlers exposes cricket’s systemic ills: Greg Chappell

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4 min readJun 8, 2026 09:02 PM IST While there is reason to celebrate the sheer brilliance of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, one must also look at how the teenager’s effortless evisceration of some of the most accomplished bowlers exposes a worrying direction that cricket is headed towards, according to former Australia captain Greg Chappell. Chappell, considered one of the greatest batters of all time and India’s head coach from 2005 to 2007, said that Sooryavanshi’s success shows that “the modern environment has been engineered to make bowling extinct”. Chappell admitted that he is mightily impressed with Sooryavanshi, comparing the teenager to some of the greats of the game. “In his elegant downswing and flawless balance, there are distinct echoes of the great Graeme Pollock and the incomparable Sir Garfield Sobers. When he slashes across the line or lofts over extra cover, one glimpses the ferocious, instinctive genius of Brian Lara, combined with the devastating, ball-one intent of Adam Gilchrist,” said Chappell in his column for ESPNCricinfo. “It is a classic, pure method being deployed with contemporary …

Cancer surgeon candidate from Srinagar sees vote as a panacea for Kashmir’s ills

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Qazi Ashraf (R) is now the Lok Sabha candidate for the Srinagar constituency. Qazi Ashraf, 55, has a full resume: successful cancer surgeon, researcher, and author of five books, including Molecular aspects of breast cancer, which became a point of discussion in global medical circles in 2012-2013. Now, he can add a new achievement to that illustrious list: Lok Sabha candidate for the Srinagar constituency. In a place where joining politics has been a brave and tough decision over the past three decades, Dr. Ashraf, known for performing complex surgical interventions at Srinagar’s Medicare Hospital, sees Kashmir’s volatile circumstances pushing him onto the electoral stage for a course correction. He describes these elections “as a turning point that will set a new course of history for Jammu and Kashmir”. “I have grown up in turmoil. I am witness to a political system which is in disarray and degradation. Unfortunately, those who should come forward for political decision making are not doing so. I decided to take a plunge to ensure the future generation does not …

Movie Review: Ken Loach, longtime chronicler of social ills, seeks a hopeful note in ‘The Old Oak’ | Hollywood

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In so many ways, TJ Ballantyne is a classic Ken Loach hero: a working-class, middle-aged man trying to simply eke out a dignified living, but meeting obstacles at each turn — a victim of unforgiving social realities that leave people like him in the dust. HT Image Like many of these Loach protagonists, TJ can’t get a break — even from gravity, as when he tries to fix the wooden letter “K” that rests above the Old Oak, the dilapidated pub he runs in a former mining town that’s been in decline for decades. Talk about decline: That letter keeps tilting downward, even when TJ fixes it with a broomstick. He turns away and it simply falls again. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. Loach has never been subtle with his messaging, and why should he start now, at the apparent end of his filmmaking career? The 87-year-old director, who’s made nearly 30 features, has said “The Old Oak” is likely the last. He’s said that before, but assuming it’s …