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Image Source: BCCI and ECB official websites. Test match is arguable the toughest format of the game and one of the most interesting formats too. A lot of thought is given to the selection of athlete(s) for the Playing XI for a given Test Series and each Test Match, to be precise. If it is a five-matches series in England, the stakes are significantly higher than usual. We all are enthusiasts and fanatics of sports (in this case Cricket), and we can feel the difference when it comes down to playing a sport for 5-days and when the game itself resembles our day-to-day lives. Doesn’t it? You start fresh every day, with new and more exciting challenges (such as weather), new opportunities, new setbacks, new record-breaking performances. Irrelevant of the Nation or the Team you represent. Harsha Bhogle kind of sums it up quite nicely for us, “I like many things about Test Match Cricket. We go through difficult phases in life. Maybe, financially we are not that well-off. The fact that you p...

Image Source: https://cfnrv.org/event/strategic-planning-creating-a-road-map-for-the-new-year/ "If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail" Benjamin Franklin I keep acknowledging the quote again and again, as leaders across different countries & different dimensions of sports along with respective organizations, associations or federations speak a common language. The language of goals and objectives which is, precise and to the point, with No if’s, No buts and No etc . Being in touch with Industry leaders and decision-makers in Sports from multiple countries and while discussing with them, I realized they all speak the same language and this language not similar to what we generally use to communicate in our daily lives. It’s the language of the,  Strategic Plan or Strategic Planning.  Sports is often compared to different industries. These industries must and always have a plan, which is reflected in each of their move towards achieving ...

There have been multiple discussions and debates on social media platforms and we have been watching people share details of athlete's achievement in their respective sport and in the caption, they often describe cricket, being the only reason for that sport and the athlete for not getting the respect she/he deserves or request the viewers to pay attention over the win of other dimensions of sports specifically when Indian Cricket registers a win.  Personally, I am totally against the fact of criticizing just one game to be the sole reason, why other sporting dimensions are unable to make that impact without people noticing the efforts and story of those athletes, because of endless reasons.  Is it really cricket that is responsible for other sports not growing in India or is it the people of India not accepting the culture of being a sports-educated society who gives equal importance to studies as well as physical activity for our children to grow both physic...