Every World Cup cycle creates its own subplot, but India’s build-up to this T20 edition has a particularly intriguing one: What do you do with a bowler who barely plays, yet performs every time he does? Arshdeep Singh’s case has become a quiet puzzle in India’s prep. Three T20Is since the England series. One outing […]
Every World Cup cycle creates its own subplot, but India’s build-up to this T20 edition has a particularly intriguing one: What do you do with a bowler who barely plays, yet performs every time he does? Arshdeep Singh’s case has become a quiet puzzle in India’s prep. Three T20Is since the England series. One outing […]
Steve Waugh is not one for absolute statements; however, when he makes them, it usually means that an issue is looming within the Australian Cricket Team. When Steve Waugh spoke out about George Bailey’s selection committee recently, he didn’t simply express his thoughts as a former Captain of Australia’s most ruthless team ever; he fired […]
As cricket often does, it was time for another dramatic comeback story for India’s star batsman, Rishabh Pant. It was just a few short months ago that Pant’s thrilling reverse-sweep against England’s Chris Woakes went awry when he suffered a broken foot, and missed the final test match of the series in Manchester as well […]
A World Cup trophy usually brings one kind of ripple: victory parades, celebratory hashtags, and the obligatory “revenge for 2017” memes. This one brought another panic inside the WPL team offices. India’s 2025 World Cup win hasn’t just reshaped narratives; it has redrawn auction boards. Performances from the last month have twisted the logic […]
Cricket lovers will debate anything: DRS angles, whether “in the arc” still counts as timeless wisdom, and even why every second debutant seems to have toured more countries than most travel bloggers. But now and then, the numbers throw up something stranger than fiction. This week’s statistical rabbit hole began with Simon Harmer, who […]
Every IPL season leaves behind one decision that makes fans stare at their screens and go, Wait, they’re letting HIM go? For IPL 2026, Heinrich Klaasen might just be that headline-stealing shocker. A year after SunRisers Hyderabad backed him with a massive ₹23 crore retention, one of the biggest for a foreign batter, they are […]
The Ranji Trophy Round 3 is always unique in its own way as a part of the entire Ranji Trophy season. However, the 3rd Round of the 2025-26 season was more than just another typical domestic week in India’s first-class cricket; it was essentially a single round tryout to get a spot on the team […]
The story of Bangladesh’s cricket has always focused on fast bowlers, but the emerging trend for bowlers bowling in the middle overs (i.e., between the 10th over and the 30th over) is quietly growing. In this middle-overs revolution, there exists one leg-spinner, Rishad Hossain, who is getting an increasing number of wickets with each passing […]
Australian selectors love certainty, the kind that comes wrapped in 400 Shield runs or a five-for on demand. But ahead of the opening Ashes Test in Perth, certainty is the one thing they don’t have. The Sheffield Shield’s latest round was supposed to tidy up the chatter: identify the spare quick, settle the opening dilemma, […]
Every few years, Indian cricket produces a domestic run-machine who feels like he’s been queuing for a Test cap longer than a visa line at peak season. Sarfaraz Khan finally broke through that door in early 2024 only to find himself right back outside 18 months later, staring at the locked room again. His debut […]
Every IPL pre-season has its own brand of theatre. One year, it’s mysterious injury updates, another year it’s retention-day heartbreaks, and sometimes it’s a rogue WhatsApp forward turning into a national discussion. This time, the spotlight fell on two blockbuster trade rumours that had fans whooshing through social media like monsoon wind: Washington Sundar to […]