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Anand Vasu

Bangalore
As seen in: MSN New Zealand, 7@7, Bangalore Mirror, BBC, BBC News, Daily Mail, MSN India, MSN UK, The Economic Times, The Guardian and
Covers:  Cricket, sport.
Doesn't Cover: Crime, politics, business.
Author. Journalist. Writer. Poet. Ex Cricinfo, Hindustan Times, Sports Illustrated India, Wisden India. Book: Like Words From Smoke amzn.to/3TXfVxX

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Anand spent nearly a decade with Cricinfo before becoming the first Chief Cricket Writer of an Indian national daily, with the Hindustan Times newspaper in Delhi. A brief stint as Deputy Editor of Sports Illustrated India was followed by his appointment at Wisden, for whom he writes the much anticipated annual India review. Anand's work in cricket has earned him three national awards and he was the only Indian in the jury that selected the Player and Team of the Tournament for the ICC during th…

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The IPL failed by ignoring stark warning signs of India's Covid crisis | Anand Vasu

The IPL failed by ignoring stark warning signs of India's Covid crisis | Anand Vasu

It's better to leave people asking why you have stopped something rather than what took you so long. This is …

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'You have to get ugly runs': Laxman's expert guide to batting in India

'You have to get ugly runs': Laxman's expert guide to batting in India

One of the great sights in cricket was to see Shane Warne in his follow through with his hands on his hips, s…

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R Ashwin, the professor of cricket who always stays ahead of the game | Anand Vasu

R Ashwin, the professor of cricket who always stays ahead of the game | Anand Vasu

Some years after Jagmohan Dalmiya, the veteran cricket administrator, had finished up at the top of the food …

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India faring badly in the tri-series may not have any bearing on the World Cup

India faring badly in the tri-series may not have any bearing on the World Cup

267, 153, 69 for 2 and 200. These numbers tell you all you need to know about the state of the Indian team at…

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Was Greg Chappell really a demon coach?

Was Greg Chappell really a demon coach?

For the foreseeable future, any Google searches on Greg Chappell will throw up one story. In this story, he i…

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Johannesburg Test education for cricket spectators

Johannesburg Test education for cricket spectators

When is a Test match not, in fact, a Test match at all? This seems like a bizarre question to be asking immed…

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IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's big T20 test against SRH

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By Anand Vasu
| MSN India Verified
The stories of his dramatic rise have been told and retold so many times that they are taking on a life of their own. The statistics have been diced and sliced, the biomechanics analysed like never before, and the list of records broken is being updated every week. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not the flavour of the day, week or month, he has been the engine room of interest in IPL 2026.
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Home / Sports / Cricket / Article / IPL 2026: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s big T20 test in playoff

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By Anand Vasu
| MiD DAY Verified
From novelty value in 2025 to a vital player this season, teenaged batting prodigy Vaibhav has ruled IPL-19 with a scary strike-rate but will he manage the pressure of carrying his team in a do-or-die Eliminator vs SRH today? Vaibhav Sooryavanshi during RR’s practice session in Mullanpur on Tuesday. PIC/PTI The stories of his dramatic rise have been told and retold so many times that they are taking on a life of their own.
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Outlook Magazine - The Teen Tornado - 11 June 2026 Issue

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By Neeraj Thakur Verified, Anand Vasu, Shashank Shekhar
| Outlook (India) Verified
HOME Magazine 08 June 2026 The Teen Tornado: How 15-Year-Old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Is Rewriting IPL Batting — And Cricket’s Future At just 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not only breaking IPL records with fearless batting, but also signalling the arrival of a new generation redefining how cricket is played, consumed and imagined.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter at Cricinfo, then a start-up cricket website in a country with almost no Internet access.

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Only for fun. A portable one.

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