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The top order is firing, the middle order has proved its mettle when needed, they are enjoying each other’s success, and coach Rahul Dravid’s plan seems to be working. But the revelation of this Cup has been the consistency of the pace bowling attack.

A five-set epic on the clay of Court Philippe-Chatrier cements Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as heirs to the Big Three’s throne.
He sculpted modern Indian cricket—its aggression, its pace, its unrelenting will—yet found his own career concluded with the impersonal cold exit that leaves behind a bad taste.
Heavy investment in franchises was the first step; the next is franchise owners demanding more playing windows at the expense of bilateral cricket