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Cricket vs climate change

Ian Chappell, the all-time Australian great, has signposted the dangers climate change poses to humanity and, especially, the longest format of the game of cricket

India's captain Virat Kohli, center, and Indian team members circle as they prepare to take to the field during play on day four of the third cricket test between India and Australia in Melbourne, Australia
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India's captain Virat Kohli, center, and Indian team members circle as they prepare to take to the field during play on day four of the third cricket test between India and Australia in Melbourne, Australia | Photo: PTI

Suhit K Sen
At a time when the potentially disastrous impacts of climate change, especially its subset global warming, are becoming all the clearer with every passing day, it is alarming to note that climate change-denying fundamentalists are not only hunkering down, they are also coming to power in many countries. US President Donald Trump leads the pack.

Given this situation, it is extremely heartening to see a sportsperson of great eminence batting for actions against the kind of ongoing changes to the climate that could literally destroy human civilisation as we know it. Ian Chappell, the all-time Australian great, both as batsman and
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