Rahmat Shah averages 46.19 in Test cricket, has three centuries and five fifties, and is 30 runs from becoming the first Afghan batter to reach 1,000 Test runs. It has taken eight years and eleven matches. At a normal Test frequency, he’d have reached that milestone before turning 25. The number that defines his career […]
Rahmat Shah averages 46.19 in Test cricket, has three centuries and five fifties, and is 30 runs from becoming the first Afghan batter to reach 1,000 Test runs. It has taken eight years and eleven matches. At a normal Test frequency, he’d have reached that milestone before turning 25. The number that defines his career […]
England has already run the experiment and recorded the result. Back-to-back 2-1 T20I series wins against New Zealand and India, six matches, zero overs from Nat Sciver-Brunt, two series victories. A calf tear in late April removed her bowling entirely from England’s preparation window. What it also did was force a clearer picture of what […]
The selection conversation after IPL 2026 has centred on the exciting names, Sooryavanshi, Patidar, and Prince Yadav. A quieter argument deserves equal attention. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, at 36, is the most conditions-specific bowling asset India has for the England T20I series. His IPL 2026 season was not just impressive relative to his age; it was the […]
When Cricket Australia appointed Sophie Molineux as Alyssa Healy’s all-format successor in January 2026, the headline obscured the more consequential decision beneath it. Gardner was elevated to co-vice-captain alongside Tahlia McGrath, a first for a player who had been one of three candidates interviewed for the captaincy itself. That structural change puts Australia’s most decisive […]
In February 2024, the BCCI made one of its most public statements of authority, and Shreyas Iyer lost his central contract. Twenty-eight months later, in June 2026, he was handed the India T20I captaincy. Between those two dates lies one of Indian cricket’s most compelling comeback stories, mapped by IPL dominance, Champions Trophy heroics, and […]
India’s selectors convene on June 6, 2026, to announce squads for the Ireland and England T20I tours. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15-year-old Orange Cap holder of IPL 2026, is expected to receive his first senior call-up. Suryakumar Yadav, who captained India to the T20 World Cup months ago, has been stripped of the captaincy and is […]
When India’s selectors dropped Pant from the ODI squad for the Afghanistan series and removed his Test vice-captaincy in May 2026, the coverage ran predictably, a decline narrative, white-ball failure, and questions about the future. The actual story runs the other way. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar said it plainly: “Rishabh is an incredible Test player. […]
When RCB lifted the 2025 IPL trophy after an 18-year wait, Mo Bobat didn’t let the dressing room breathe for long. His message that night set the 2026 agenda immediately. Twelve months later, Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 75 off 42 balls sealed a five-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, making […]
When England named their squad for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s on June 4, 2026, Rob Key used one specific word to describe Jofra Archer’s status: unavailable. Not rested. Not dropped. Not choosing the IPL. Every pundit who followed treated Archer as the agent making a personal choice. The structural reality runs […]
Australia’s decision to pick Lucy Hamilton over Darcie Brown is not a like-for-like swap between two pace bowlers. It is a structural argument about how to win in England. Seven venues in June and July on English soil, four of them historically favouring turn and variation over raw carry, and Australia has responded by building […]
Virat Kohli walked to the crease at Raipur on May 13 carrying something no batter in 18 seasons of the IPL had ever carried, the weight of two consecutive ducks. The 105 not out he scored that afternoon against KKR wasn’t just a century. It was the first time in IPL history that any player […]