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27,000+ international runs and a T20 World Cup final Player-of-the-Match award: Kohli's career is the case study of individual brilliance inside a team sport.
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India-Pakistan is the world's most politically charged sporting rivalry — hundreds of millions watch, and the match has become a proxy for a conflict
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When nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar declined his entitled government bungalow — a quiet statement on public privilege.
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In June 2012 Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a Rajya Sabha member — the first active cricketer nominated to India's Upper House, and a political lightning rod.
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PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi once played serious cricket for an all-girls team in Chennai. Her career cost her the sport — and she has named what achievement took.
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Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century (March 2012) and his 39th birthday — a look at the milestone that defined an era of Indian cricket.
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March 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar's 114 against Bangladesh in Mirpur made him the first — and still only — cricketer to 100 international hundreds.
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Mohammed Ayazuddin, 19, younger son of former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, died after a Hyderabad bike accident and was laid to rest in September 2011.
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The 2011 IPL auction in Bangalore created 15 millionaires on day one — with Gautam Gambhir fetching $2.4M — while Sourav Ganguly went unsold.
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