Ranji stand

Guy Fawkes Day: It was Guy Fawkes Day. Commensurately, there were fireworks. The sound and fury, though, was ununiform -- it came almost entirely from the home front. Much to the satisfaction of an overwhelming majority in the 66,000 audience, of course!

The 37th fixture of the 2023 Cricket World Cup had, because of the way the competition has evolved, become the biggest fixture of the tournament so far -- the first and second positioned teams in the league table in a pre-knockout clash of titans.