Anantaajith Raghuraman
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⚽ || 📝 Football Data and Tactics Writer @TheAthleticFC
Chennai, India
Joined July 2019
Absolutely delighted to have been able to write one of The Athletic's first cricket features - and no one better to write it about than the amazing @imVkohli!.A phenomenal cricketer with a generational body of work in whites when interest in Tests was ebbing away 💯.
Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, who can't walk down the street in his home country without being mobbed, is retiring from the game's longest format. @anantaajith pays tribute to a superstar who thrilled one billion of his countrymen and women and, above all, made them dream again.
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RT @MarkCarey93: A latest update of the Premier League transfer incomings and outgoings so far this summer. Have a great weekend, everyone….
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RT @TheAthleticFC: Dropping a midfielder between your centre-backs as a method of ball progression is not new. Popularised by Pep Guardiol….
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RT @NickMiller79: The Indian Super League season should start next month. But it isn't going to, & nobody currently knows when it will, bec….
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Nobody knows when or if the Indian Super League crisis will be resolved
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Stop asking Grok to summarise people's work. You do yourself – and the writer – a massive disservice.
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Week 2 of the Alternative Premier League table, looking back at which current #PL teams created the most from set-pieces last season and what they repeated/did differently in MW1.Some surprises, interesting routines and a lot more for @TheAthleticFC 👇.
🔺 Who are the best and worst at attacking and defending corners?.🔺 What new tactics were deployed on the opening weekend?.🔺 Who improved, who got worse and who has the same problems?. @anantaajith breaks it all down in The Alternative Premier League Table ⤵️. 🔗
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RT @AdamCrafton_: In first weekend to Premier League season, no player recorded more sprints than Bournemouth’s David Brooks. An interview….
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The Bournemouth and Wales midfielder speaks to The Athletic about his recovery from cancer, working under Iraola and his World Cup dreams
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RT @David_Ornstein: 🚨 Newcastle retain firm interest in Jorgen Strand Larsen. Not more advanced than other options but 25yo Wolves forward….
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This week, David Ornstein gives us his One To Watch, we have news on Newcastle's interest in a striker and Man Utd's midfield options
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RT @TifoFootball_: Omar Marmoush, Randal Kolo Muani, Luka Jovic, Sebastien Haller and Hugo Ekitike. ‘If your development is faster than ou….
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Deep dive into #Barca's tactics in & out of possession, set-pieces and how Rashford and Garcia - now registered in the squad - alter the dynamics as part of @TheAthleticFC's How they Play series. Barcelona kick off their 2025-26 season at Mallorca tonight.
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Flick is heading into his second season at Barca with an exciting team with plenty of quality. But how do they set up tactically?
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RT @Teamgrassroots_: Please send your love and support to 16 year old Skye Stout from Scotland, and don't let the ignorant bullies win. Yes….
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RT @RorySmith: I wrote about Liverpool for @ObserverUK, and how important it is that we — fans, media, everyone — treat them as humans firs….
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No one knows how Liverpool will react to Diogo Jota’s death, but there may be a lesson from one club’s tragic past
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RT @TheAthleticFC: 🔎 A more stretched approach from Manchester City?.🔎 Can Mbeumo, Cunha and Gyokeres maintain hot streaks?.🔎 Prepare to se….
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RT @GeorgeCaulkin: The Athletic’s annual, unscientifc Premier League hope-o-meter provides a) a snapshot of how optimistic or otherwise fan….
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We surveyed supporters of all 20 clubs and it revealed the influence a summer of spending (or otherwise) can have on a fanbase's outlook
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RT @EliasBurke: Damion Downs: My game in my words #USMNT.
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'As soon as I'm in the 18-yard box, I just feel like I can score from pretty much any angle'
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Excited to be heading up a new weekly column for this Premier League season - look out for the Alternative Table on @TheAthleticFC! ⚽️.
Each week this season The Athletic will examine all 20 Premier League clubs through the prism of the league table. Week One: Making sense of 2025-26's predictions and projections, with @anantaajith. 🔗
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RT @megan_feringa: Ignoring the fact that failing to get any money out of LCL is unreal incompetence - terminating the contract of a player….
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RT @TheAthleticFC: 🧤 More penalty shootout heroics from Dean Henderson.⚽️ Hugo Ekitike and Jeremie Frimpong get off the mark.🏆 Crystal Pala….
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Also said Dean Henderson went through all the #LIV players’ penalties along with the goalkeeping coaches before the game - made a couple of very good saves 🧤.
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