SRH’s batting philosophy delivers results in the league stage and falls apart in the knockouts. Nine wins from 14 matches in IPL 2026, four batters crossing 560 runs each, third place, and then a 47-run Eliminator defeat to Rajasthan Royals. The pattern stretches across four seasons: 10th in 2023, runners-up in 2024, sixth in 2025, […]
SRH’s batting philosophy delivers results in the league stage and falls apart in the knockouts. Nine wins from 14 matches in IPL 2026, four batters crossing 560 runs each, third place, and then a 47-run Eliminator defeat to Rajasthan Royals. The pattern stretches across four seasons: 10th in 2023, runners-up in 2024, sixth in 2025, […]
Mohsin Khan is the only bowler in IPL 2026 who completely shut Sooryavanshi down. Across two matches, the Lucknow Super Giants left-arm pacer dismissed him twice and conceded just 2 runs from 12 balls, a strike rate of 16.67. Every other LSG bowler combined went for 99 runs off 37 balls at a strike rate […]
Sooryavanshi didn’t inch past David Warner’s decade-old powerplay record . he cleared it by 23 runs. The 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals opener finished IPL 2026 with 490 powerplay runs across 15 innings, a figure that represents 72% of his total season tally of 680 runs. Warner’s 467 from 2016 had survived ten editions, including Travis Head’s […]
They’re older, they’ve barely played together since winning the 2023 World Cup, and their combined age at the next tournament will be close to 110. Cricket Australia is backing them anyway, and the reasoning is sound. When fit, no pace trio in world cricket matches what Cummins, Starc, and Hazlewood bring to a 50-over campaign. […]
France arrives at this tournament as FIFA’s top-ranked nation and joint betting favourites at +500 alongside Spain. Those numbers alone don’t explain why this squad is different from every previous French generation. The difference is what sits behind the headlines: a reigning Ballon d’Or winner and a Golden Boot-level captain in the same attack, backed […]
Two semi-final exits in two years ended the idea that Australia wins ICC tournaments on autopilot. The 2024 T20 World Cup loss to South Africa and the 2025 ODI World Cup collapse against India didn’t just cost trophies; they exposed a squad caught mid-transition without the tactical tools to adapt under pressure. Molineux’s appointment isn’t […]
Xavi Simons is out. On April 25, 2026, Tottenham confirmed he ruptured the ACL in his right knee during their 1-0 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers and left the pitch on a stretcher. Simons confirmed it himself on social media: “My season has come to an abrupt end… along with the World Cup.” For a Netherlands […]
Ponting went from enemy to icon not through a press release or a charity appearance, but through seven years of daily work alongside Indian cricketers. The IPL gave him proximity. Proximity gave him relationships. And relationships, in Indian cricket, are everything. His arc is one of the more genuine redemption stories the sport has produced, […]
Four IPL captains ended the 2026 season under serious scrutiny. Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, and Axar Patel each led franchises that finished in the bottom two or missed the playoffs entirely. Former India opener Aakash Chopra ranked three of them explicitly on his YouTube channel, calling the outcomes all but inevitable. The […]
The IPL playoffs have always separated great batters from true big-match players. At the top still stands Suresh Raina, whose dominance in knockout cricket earned him the “Mr. IPL” tag across the Chennai Super Kings’ golden era. But heading into IPL 2026, the conversation is shifting rapidly because of Shubman Gill and his extraordinary efficiency […]
On May 26, 2026, Royal Challengers Bengaluru crushed Gujarat Titans by 92 runs at Dharamsala and booked a direct place in the IPL 2026 final. That result extended one of the most reliable patterns in franchise cricket. The Qualifier 1 winner has now won the IPL in eight consecutive seasons, and the numbers make RCB […]