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  With Ben Stokes announcing his sudden retirement from this format, the future of this set-up is in shadow.  Ben Stokes retirement from ODI cricket has raged the question on this formats future There was a time when ODI cricket and Test cricket had ruled the cricketing charts around the world. Though test format was, is, and will always be the pinnacle of international cricket but in between that ODI cricket had managed to soak some space out of the red-ball mania in 1971 with some of the greatest tournaments being played in a one-day format. But with time, this format has tarnished its reputation with the emergence of the new and fast cricket i.e., T20 and various leagues around the world being played in this format. And to add that misery, one of the greatest names in one-day cricket, Ben Stokes has announced his retirement from the 50-overs format. He left this citing that it has gone unsustainable for him to play three formats simultaneously. With schedules being tight...

  The Kohli Story: From Everything to Nothing                                     image credit: AFP The year was 2012, and India was playing against Sri Lanka in Hobart. I wasn't a true admirer of neither cricket then nor of specifically "Virat Kohli" for whom I had penned down this emotional and lovely message. Had a great interest only in cricket, and knew someone like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni as the face of Indian cricket. Sri Lanka gave a target of 321 runs to India. It can be said chasable until you realize the over-limit seized to 40 only due to rain. Now it looks like humongous work. No problem, man, Sachin is there, Gambhir is there, Raina is there, Dhoni is there, and Virat...Yaa, he can add some value not great though. 90% would have thought this. On the contrary, the next-level masterclass happened. By whom, Sachin or Gambhir...no man...can't believe; it's Kohli who roar...