As we stare down the barrel of the fourth edition of the SA20, the league has officially shed its “developmental” training wheels. Looking at the squad assemblies for the upcoming season, a fascinating irony emerges: while teams usually strive for balance, this year’s auction and retention strategies scream extremism. We have one team attempting to […]
As we stare down the barrel of the fourth edition of the SA20, the league has officially shed its “developmental” training wheels. Looking at the squad assemblies for the upcoming season, a fascinating irony emerges: while teams usually strive for balance, this year’s auction and retention strategies scream extremism. We have one team attempting to […]
Indian T20 selections have always lived at the uneasy intersection of form, faith, and future-proofing. The squad for the ICC Men’s 2026 T20 World Cup is no different, except this time, the message is unusually blunt. Reputation alone will not buy you a ticket. Shubman Gill’s omission after a prolonged lean run confirms it. Suryakumar […]
In 2025, India’s Test Cricket seemed to be a riddle that had an unsolvable answer. The same side that defeated England on their own soil found themselves stumbling at home for much of the year. They finished the year with a meager forty percent win percentage (4-5 losses, with a single draw), having played ten […]
While most cricketers have polite comebacks to their previous careers (most of these include lengthy 40-over matches, numerous guarded fifties, and years before receiving an acknowledgment), there is no one like Ishan Kishan; he will smash down the door. On December 24, at Ahmedabad, the wicket-keeper from Jharkhand did not just show that he […]
While the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has typically been described as a colorful festival that has little to do with the cold, hard truths of international cricket, the mood surrounding the 12th BPL now has changed from a festive to a frenzied atmosphere, as the 12th BPL commences today in Sylhet, December 26, at the […]
The List A Cricket has always been seen as middle of the road, cricket’s reliable and productive middle child. However, sometimes List A cricket becomes the center of an earth-shaking event. Such was the case this December. The International cricket calendars are filled with action from other areas of the world. Meanwhile, India’s 50-over domestic […]
There’s something poetic about ending a cricketing year the way India did in Ahmedabad under lights, on a true surface, defending 231 like it was a matter of national pride. The 30-run win over South Africa in the fifth T20I wasn’t just a series clincher (3–1, with one fog-induced no result); it was a closing […]
The RCB auction is typically full of excitement, with many top players receiving large sums for their contracts. At the same time, there is always a great deal of speculation surrounding whether RCB has finally cracked the code to success. While there was certainly much noise around some of the larger bidders and name players […]
You can say that there is an adage in Cricket which states that when you are winning, you should not make any changes to your successful team. Apparently, the Indian selectors threw this handbook into the fire. With the 2026 T20 World Cup scheduled for kickoff on February 7th, in both India and Sri Lanka, […]
For years, Travis Head felt like a paradox Australia hadn’t solved. Immensely talented, aesthetically fearless, yet perpetually on trial. In a system that reveres resilience and values scar tissue, Head initially looked like a man playing Test cricket with T20 instincts and not always getting away with it. By the end of 2020, he wasn’t […]
Each Indian Domestic Season begins with a quiet tone until the calm is shattered. Selection earthquakes are often disguised within typical List A games. It’s easy to view on paper as a 50-over tournament from December 24 through January 18. There are 38 teams divided into four Elite Groups and one Plate Group. In truth, […]