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Bridge-tone: It’s all blue for now

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June 29, 2024

A World Cup final in the last week of June? If Indian fans are looking for some signs from up above, this one is right there, staring you in the face, front and centre.

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

Bridge-tone: It’s all blue for now

June 25, 1983, was when India won it for the first time (in one dayers), slaying the twotime and defending champions, West Indies. Forty-one years and a few days later, they have the opportunity to end a decade-old drought for global gold.

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