Earlier this week, the Himalayan range that surrounds Dharamsala saw snow for the first time this season. Thunderstorms and heavy showers battered down the city town below. Almost like a premonition, ahead of India’s World Cup match on Sunday.
Author George RR Martin bodes the particular setting as the arrival of a ‘force of nature’ in his extensive Game of Thrones literature; a force that wipes out everything in its way and against which all of the protagonists must band together to prevail: The White Walkers.
It’s taken four matches in the ongoing competition, but the threat worthy of three horn-blasts has finally arrived for Rohit Sharma and Co. A top- of-the-table clash against the team India hasn’t bested at major ICC tournaments in 20 years. Five games, five defeats across three formats, including the One-Day World Cup match played across two days in Manchester four years ago.
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