Let’s be honest: cricket fans are not so frivolous with names like Wasim Akram. He transcended fast bowling for a generation. But then, now and then, a player comes along and makes you reconsider the entire notion of fast bowling. Enter Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah, with his unique action, immaculate accuracy, and freakish talent to swing […]
Let’s be honest: cricket fans are not so frivolous with names like Wasim Akram. He transcended fast bowling for a generation. But then, now and then, a player comes along and makes you reconsider the entire notion of fast bowling. Enter Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah, with his unique action, immaculate accuracy, and freakish talent to swing […]
It is fair to say that when Jasprit Bumrah speaks of bowling, the cricketing world listens – not only because he is taking apart batting line-ups. After taking five wickets in the first innings of the 2025 Leeds Test against England, Bumrah shared his one-of-a-kind approach to bowling and gave fans insight into one of […]
Rishabh Pant isn’t just engaging in Test cricket anymore – he’s transforming the game altogether. If you’re a cricket follower, then you’ve probably heard all the excitement surrounding his innings in the ongoing India vs England Test match at Headingley. But let’s not throw around words like “exciting” without context; it isn’t just another hundred. […]
Leeds presents a challenge to a fast bowler’s patience and adaptability like few others can. If the clouds are low and the wind nudging the seam, you feel it might be quite a day. What was laid out before Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna was not written from the pages of a bedtime story. The […]
For the first time in a long time, Australia is entering a Test without Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne in the XI. Yes, you read that correctly—14,570 runs worth of experience gone. Instead of panicking, Travis Head and co. are going with the flow and striding into Barbados with an attitude that probably could be […]
Just when you were feeling like the ODI deck for Bangladesh was stabilising after the Champions Trophy, boom, Naim Sheikh is back! Following a lengthy absence from ODI cricket, Naim Sheikh has earned a recall as a left-handed opener for Bangladesh’s upcoming series against Sri Lanka. Better yet, at least according to the selectors, this […]
When Sunil Gavaskar speaks, Indian cricket listens—sometimes uncomfortably. On Day 2 of the ENG vs IND 1st Test at Headingley, he watched India drop two regulation catches and delivered a sharp jab: “I don’t think they will give out any medals.” It was a cheeky dig at the team’s medal-for-fielding tradition, but also a brutally […]
When has the red cherry in hand, you know things are about to get spicy. And on Day 2 of the first Test at Leeds, he wasn’t just bowling overs—he was weaving pure magic. The most high-profile casualty of his wizardry? Joe Root. Yep, the man with 13,000+ Test runs was lured into chasing a […]
If you’ve been an Indian cricket fan for any length of time, you have undoubtedly finely-tuned your ability to switch emotions within a few minutes. One moment, “we have this,” the next moment, “how did we lose 7 wickets in one session?” It is sad to say that we have become accustomed to India’s ability […]
There is something about England’s summer Tests that seems to deliver excitement, and Day 3 in Leeds was no exception. There was a Harry Brook masterclass that finished on the most unfortunate of numbers, a Chris Woakes counterattack straight from the Bazball playbook, and Jasprit Bumrah being Jasprit Bumrah – lethal and disciplined and now […]