A first Test series win over Sri Lanka in 23 years now comes with an asterisk. West Indies were docked two points for bowling too slowly in the second Test at North Sound, a sanction confirmed by match referee Javagal Srinath on July 8. Captain Roston Chase accepted the penalty without contest, sparing his side […]
A first Test series win over Sri Lanka in 23 years now comes with an asterisk. West Indies were docked two points for bowling too slowly in the second Test at North Sound, a sanction confirmed by match referee Javagal Srinath on July 8. Captain Roston Chase accepted the penalty without contest, sparing his side […]
Rawal won’t play the first Women’s Test ever staged at Lord’s, and her replacement has already proven she belongs. A stitched-up knee sustained fielding for India A in Taunton has cost the opener her second Test cap, handing Priya Punia an unexpected route into the senior side. Punia arrives on the back of 171 runs […]
Because a captain who reads franchise conditions for sixteen matches a season is being asked to read Belfast, Manchester and Nottingham in real time, and the transition has broken down in full view. Four completed matches into the job, Iyer remains winless, and India have already lost a series to a team that had never […]
England are winning the pace battle because Jofra Archer and Josh Tongue bowling attack the same length from completely different angles, giving India no time to pick either threat before it’s too late. Add Sam Curran’s leg-cutter and Saqib Mahmood’s new-ball control, and India have faced four bowlers capable of ending an innings inside six […]
Because the same batting unit that won a World Cup months ago now cannot survive a fast bowler in helpful conditions, and each defeat is worse than the one before it. Bowled out for 76 at Trent Bridge and beaten by 125 runs, the heaviest margin in the format’s history for this team, India have […]
Axar Patel and Arshdeep Singh weren’t dropped for Zimbabwe; they were protected. Both remain in India’s ODI squad against England, a series that runs until July 19, just four days before the first Zimbabwe T20I on July 23. Sending India’s two most important white-ball bowlers through a third consecutive assignment in under a month made […]
Samson’s slump is loud and easy to see. Varma’s problem is quieter and much harder to fix: across 13 T20Is in 2026, he has hit just 14 sixes, and his strike rate against off-spin has fallen to roughly 116, well below what India needs from a No. 5 tasked with accelerating once pace is withdrawn. […]
Smriti Mandhana’s ranking held at 5th because the ICC system doesn’t just count runs, it weighs them against opposition, result, and match stage. Her two biggest scores, 68 against Pakistan and 74 against the Netherlands, came in wins over the tournament’s weaker sides. Against South Africa and Australia, the matches that decided India’s fate, she […]
Samson was the Player of the Tournament at a World Cup India won on home soil three months ago. He lost his T20I spot after three low scores, replaced by a 15-year-old whose entire senior résumé outside the IPL is one innings. That gap between reputation and readiness is the real story here. A debut […]
Stokes ended a 15-year England career by telling teammates in the dressing room before Day 4 began, then letting the ECB announce it to the world mid-session, without ceremony. That’s the culture cricket has built: legends leaving through whatever door happens to be open when the moment arrives, rather than one the sport chooses for […]
Six months before lifting the trophy, Molineux was sidelined by a back injury just three matches into her captaincy, with Australia still chasing a first ICC title in years. She returned to lead the most dominant unbeaten campaign in Women’s T20 World Cup history, finishing as the tournament’s joint-leading wicket-taker among captains. It happened across […]