Punjab Kings’ bowling plan starts with two non-negotiable selections and builds everything else around them. Arshdeep Singh owns the powerplay and the death overs. His left arm angle, yorker accuracy, and ability to generate swing in the first three overs make him the attack’s anchor at both ends of an innings. Yuzvendra Chahal owns the […]
Five teenagers. Five franchises. Five genuinely different profiles. Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 252 runs in seven matches last season at a strike rate above 200 and is the clearest candidate to contribute immediately. Ayush Mhatre brings technical stability that most players his age can’t match. Sahil Parakh has the domestic form to justify his place in […]
Japan doesn’t have professional cricket. It doesn’t have Test status, a major domestic structure, or a history of producing players the world has heard of. What it has is a functioning T20 league at the Sano International Cricket Ground, a draft system, retained players, and in 2026, a format compact enough to concentrate genuine competitive […]
Sanju Samson scored 321 runs in five T20 World Cup innings at a strike rate of 199.37. Three consecutive scores, 97 not out, 89, and 89. That’s not a player in form. That’s a player in the form of his career. Chennai Super Kings watched their powerplay run rate stall around seven to eight per […]
Jacob Bethell scored 280 runs in eight T20 World Cup innings at a strike rate above 150. RCB wants him in their XI. The overseas rule allows four players. Salt, David, and Shepherd are already there. Bethell is the fifth option for the four slots. That’s the entire debate in three sentences. It isn’t a […]
The Tanzid Hasan maiden ODI century answered a question that had followed the young opener since his debut: could he translate his aggressive white-ball talent into a match-defining ODI innings? Against Pakistan during the Pakistan tour of Bangladesh, Tanzid Hasan delivered that answer with a commanding hundred that powered Bangladesh to a crucial series victory. […]
Phil Salt scored 435 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 182 with four half-centuries in KKR’s title-winning campaign. Shreyas Iyer scored 351 runs in 14 innings at 146.86 with two fifties while captaining the side. KKR released both. Anil Kumble’s response was direct; removing a title-winning captain and a 182-strike-rate opener simultaneously […]
Cummins didn’t just defend Test cricket. He warned that the loyalty holding it together has limits. An Australian captain admitting players are already turning down franchise deals to honour national duty, but that this sacrifice may not last, is a different kind of statement than the usual honour-and-legacy defence. Cummins isn’t predicting a crisis. He’s […]
The Rajasthan Royals have the squad to reach the playoffs. Whether they have the clarity to win from there is a different question. Riyan Parag takes over the captaincy from a position that needs proving rather than defending. Shimron Hetmyer is in the best hitting form of his career. Kumar Sangakkara is back as head […]
Two batters. Same franchise. Same 360 matches compared. Suryakumar Yadav has 9,459 runs at a strike rate of 152.73 and an average of 35.16. Rohit Sharma has 9,564 runs at 133.51 and an average of 31.88. The runs are almost identical. The strike rate gap is not. That 19-point difference in strike rate across 360 […]