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Rohit Mahajan
IN 1933, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar, Krishna Kumar Sinhji, presented New Delhi a stadium. It was only two years since New Delhi had been inaugurated as the new national capital by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India. In true subjugated-Maharaja style, bowing to the mighty colonial power, the stadium was named Irwin Amphitheatre, sometimes referred to as Irwin Stadium. It was inaugurated by Lord Willingdon, who had replaced Lord Irwin as the Viceroy.
Lord Willingdon, a patron of sports, had a pavilion at the Feroze Shah Kotla cricket stadium named after him. Mumbai’s super-exclusive Royal Willingdon Sports Club still carries his name.
Updated: February 16, 2021, 1:05 pm
England captain Joe Root saw his side suffer a 317-run defeat in the second Test against India (Dan Mullan/PA)
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England suffered a 317-run defeat on the fourth day of the second Test against India in Chennai.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the key numbers from a result which leaves the four-match series tied at 1-1.
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England’s biggest post-war Test defeats, by runs.