Yash Thakur’s route to an India T20I cap ran through Nagpur, not Mumbai or Bangalore, built on years of unglamorous death-overs wickets in domestic cricket rather than a single viral IPL spell. The 27-year-old Vidarbha pacer has picked one target to measure himself against: Jasprit Bumrah. Nothing about his rise looks like a shortcut. It […]
Yash Thakur’s route to an India T20I cap ran through Nagpur, not Mumbai or Bangalore, built on years of unglamorous death-overs wickets in domestic cricket rather than a single viral IPL spell. The 27-year-old Vidarbha pacer has picked one target to measure himself against: Jasprit Bumrah. Nothing about his rise looks like a shortcut. It […]
Kishan’s last India appearance came against Australia in November 2023. What followed was 785 days of exile, a self-requested break, a skipped Ranji assignment, and a stripped contract, before a rebuilt game in domestic cricket forced the selectors back to him. He returned to win a T20 World Cup and has now been picked for […]
He is a left-arm spinner first and a batter a distant second, and his actual scorecards make that obvious even though most headlines skip straight to the Virat Kohli backstory. Two confirmed innings, both from the lower-middle order, show a useful short-format hitter rather than a top-order prospect in waiting. His bowling, not his bat, […]
Padikkal’s classical patience and Dinusha’s methodical sweep both delivered runs by the truckload this series, but only one blueprint travels well outside Asia. Padikkal’s volume of first-class runs and his number three discipline for India suggest durability once he tightens up against sharp turn. Dinusha’s sweep-everything method is close to unplayable on raging turners, though […]
India need to win at least six of their final seven Tests to have a shot at the WTC 2027 final, with a seventh win removing almost all doubt. Anything short of that leaves their spot dependent on rivals slipping in Bangladesh, South Africa and New Zealand’s remaining fixtures. Two Tests away in New Zealand […]
England’s top order lasted barely an hour before Mohammad Abbas took it apart completely. Three wickets fell for just four runs in 16 balls, leaving the innings at 36 for three inside the very first session at Lord’s. What followed wasn’t a rapid recovery. It was a patient, carefully calculated rebuild from Jordan Cox and […]
Sanju Samson’s Asian Games place is no longer the formality it looked like back in June. He already sits outside India’s Zimbabwe squad, and fresh reports now say selectors are actively reviewing his spot for Japan as well. Four months after winning Player of the Tournament at the T20 World Cup, the calculus around him […]
Sri Lanka spent the entire fifth and final day at the SSC trying only to survive, never to win the match outright. India needed just a handful of wickets to complete a clean series sweep on the same tense Colombo afternoon. What stood between those two outcomes for 264 balls was one man’s sweep shot, […]
South Africa’s new Namibia call-up shows selectors are no longer treating Duan Jansen as a shadow of his twin brother Marco. Duan earned his maiden international selection on the back of a dominant domestic season, built on volume rather than reputation alone. That decision reflects a broader shift in thinking, one where all-rounder depth matters […]
Saud Shakeel remains Pakistan’s most statistically reliable middle-order batter because no rival option comes close to his career numbers. His Test average of 44 across 23 matches is still the highest among Pakistan’s specialist middle-order batters, even after a brutal run of form in 2026. That gap between reputation and recent output is exactly why […]
Pakistan’s white-ball batting is now collapsing in exactly the passages that have wrecked their Test cricket throughout 2026. Once early wickets fall, the middle order freezes instead of rebuilding, and that has proved true against Bangladesh, West Indies, England and Australia alike, across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Shakeel, Agha and Rizwan all built promising early […]