Kartik Tyagi didn’t fight his way back into cricket. He waited until the fight was worth having again. Recurring shin splints ended three separate comeback attempts between 2021 and 2024, and each return that came too early produced the same result: another injury, another rehabilitation cycle, and another lost season. The decision to stop completely […]
Kartik Tyagi didn’t fight his way back into cricket. He waited until the fight was worth having again. Recurring shin splints ended three separate comeback attempts between 2021 and 2024, and each return that came too early produced the same result: another injury, another rehabilitation cycle, and another lost season. The decision to stop completely […]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru sit on 14 points with the tournament’s best net run rate. Gujarat Titans carry a four-match winning streak. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won six of their last seven. Behind those three, Chennai Super Kings, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Delhi Capitals remain alive in a race that most seasons would […]
Punjab Kings posted 211 at Dharamsala against Delhi Capitals and still lost. That result, their fourth consecutive defeat, confirms the problem isn’t runs. It’s what happens after the batting finishes. PBKS sit on 13 points, stuck, while CSK and SRH surge past them. Under Shreyas Iyer, a campaign that looked like a genuine title challenge […]
Anshul Kamboj arrived this season as a promising domestic name. He’s leaving it as something considerably more useful to Chennai Super Kings: a reliable Indian pacer who controls the death overs when the match is tightest, and the margin for error has completely gone. His yorker execution, tactical calmness under pressure, and willingness to repeat […]
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan raced to a century stand in just over eight overs against the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. That partnership was their sixth of 100 or more runs together, equalling the all-time record for most century opening stands in tournament history. The milestone places them alongside David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan, Travis […]
Tushar Deshpande doesn’t bowl the fastest yorker in the tournament. He bowls it more often than anyone else, in more difficult situations, with less margin for error, and with greater conviction each time the over begins. His reconstruction around one high-percentage delivery has made him the Rajasthan Royals’ most trusted death option this season. The […]
Delhi Capitals are still alive in the playoff race. That’s the honest starting point. After Finn Allen’s unbeaten century dismantled their bowling attack and their reply produced only 142/8, DC’s Net Run Rate now sits among the most damaged in the tournament. Eight points from 11 matches. Three games left. The path is almost impossibly […]
Sunil Gavaskar’s proposal is straightforward: any bowler who takes three wickets in their four-over allocation earns a fifth over. The suggestion arrived during a season producing massive totals on batting-friendly surfaces, and it landed with genuine force. Flat pitches, short boundaries, and strict wide interpretations have shifted cricket’s oldest contest decisively toward batters. Gavaskar isn’t […]
Rashid Khan entered the RR vs GT match with 15 wickets from 11 innings and left with three more, all bowled. Kagiso Rabada has taken 14 wickets from seven matches while sustaining speeds above 145kph across an entire tournament. Together they give Gujarat Titans a bowling structure that removes batting sides in the powerplay through […]
Lucknow Super Giants became the first team eliminated this season after their defeat to Chennai Super Kings confirmed what their results had been signalling for weeks. Rishabh Pant’s revamped squad never found a settled combination, never built a reliable bowling structure beyond their top two, and never figured out how to win consistently at their […]
Mumbai Indians lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, and their playoff hopes disappeared with it. Five titles. The most successful franchise in IPL history. Out before the knockouts. Jasprit Bumrah managed three wickets across 11 matches. Hardik Pandya produced a disappointing campaign with both bat and ball. Suryakumar Yadav never found the explosive consistency that made […]