Anshul Kamboj arrived this season as a promising domestic name. He’s leaving it as something considerably more useful to Chennai Super Kings: a reliable Indian pacer who controls the death overs when the match is tightest, and the margin for error has completely gone. His yorker execution, tactical calmness under pressure, and willingness to repeat […]
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan raced to a century stand in just over eight overs against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. That partnership was their sixth of 100 or more runs together, equalling the all-time record for most century opening stands in tournament history. The milestone places them alongside David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, Travis […]
Tushar Deshpande doesn’t bowl the fastest yorker in the tournament. He bowls it more often than anyone else, in more difficult situations, with less margin for error, and with greater conviction each time the over begins. His reconstruction around one high-percentage delivery has made him the Rajasthan Royals’ most trusted death option this season. The […]
Delhi Capitals are still alive in the playoff race. That’s the honest starting point. After Finn Allen’s unbeaten century dismantled their bowling attack and their reply produced only 142/8, DC’s Net Run Rate now sits among the most damaged in the tournament. Eight points from 11 matches. Three games left. The path is almost impossibly […]
Sunil Gavaskar’s proposal is straightforward: any bowler who takes three wickets in their four-over allocation earns a fifth over. The suggestion arrived during a season producing massive totals on batting-friendly surfaces, and it landed with genuine force. Flat pitches, short boundaries, and strict wide interpretations have shifted cricket’s oldest contest decisively toward batters. Gavaskar isn’t […]
Rashid Khan entered the RR vs GT match with 15 wickets from 11 innings and left with three more, all bowled. Kagiso Rabada has taken 14 wickets from seven matches while sustaining speeds above 145kph across an entire tournament. Together they give Gujarat Titans a bowling structure that removes batting sides in the powerplay through […]
Lucknow Super Giants became the first team eliminated this season after their defeat to Chennai Super Kings confirmed what their results had been signalling for weeks. Rishabh Pant’s revamped squad never found a settled combination, never built a reliable bowling structure beyond their top two, and never figured out how to win consistently at their […]
Mumbai Indians lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and their playoff hopes disappeared with it. Five titles. The most successful franchise in IPL history. Out before the knockouts. Jasprit Bumrah managed three wickets across 11 matches. Hardik Pandya produced a disappointing campaign with both bat and ball. Suryakumar Yadav never found the explosive consistency that made […]
Bangladesh’s squad announcement for England confirmed what their recent selection philosophy has been building toward. Marufa Akhter and Fariha Islam Trisna are the only specialist pacers named. Every other bowling resource is spin. Chief selector Sazzad Ahmed acknowledged the pace pipeline remains limited, but the decision isn’t simply a concession to that limitation. It reflects […]
The BCCI has issued an eight-page directive covering unauthorized hotel access, owner-player interaction during live matches, and vaping in team environments. All ten franchises received strict instructions. The advisory doesn’t treat these as separate issues. It treats them as connected symptoms of the same problem: franchise cricket operating at a massive commercial scale without consistently […]