Every Under-19 World Cup throws up prodigies, but once in a while, a bowler arrives who doesn’t just take wickets; he rearranges expectations. India’s 204-run demolition of hosts Zimbabwe in Bulawayo wasn’t merely about Vihaan Malhotra’s commanding 109 or a towering total of 352. It was about a left-arm pacer playing his first match of […]
Every Under-19 World Cup throws up prodigies, but once in a while, a bowler arrives who doesn’t just take wickets; he rearranges expectations. India’s 204-run demolition of hosts Zimbabwe in Bulawayo wasn’t merely about Vihaan Malhotra’s commanding 109 or a towering total of 352. It was about a left-arm pacer playing his first match of […]
As we approach the 2026 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in February (and March) of 2026 in India and Sri Lanka with twenty teams and fifty-five games on the docket, as a natural result, the conversation again turns to those five major blows. Though conditions may be evolving, though strike rates are rising, though boundary […]
West Indies cricket has always loved flair, but lately, flair alone hasn’t been enough. The Caribbean giants can still clear any boundary on the planet, but in their recent 2–1 T20I loss to Afghanistan, they also exposed an uncomfortable truth: power without control is a fragile weapon. Too many dot balls. Too much spin-induced paralysis. […]
There’s something deliciously ironic about Australia prepping for a global tournament by cramming three T20Is into four nights. No slow burn. No extended experimentation. Just a Lahore sprint under lights, where decisions are made at full throttle. This three-match series against Pakistan, all at Gaddafi Stadium, isn’t about winning a bilateral trophy that no […]
Cricket has a love affair with redemption stories, but not nearly enough to give fans an arc that is dramatic. The story of Varun Chakravarthy’s fall from the world’s top cricketer in 2020 to not taking a single wicket in the 2021 T20 World Cup is still fresh on many fans’ minds. That same bowler […]
Few Indian batters embody modern T20 promise quite like Sanju Samson, and fewer frustrate quite like him, too. Blessed with timing that looks borrowed from a PlayStation demo and wrists that can dismantle spin at will, Samson has somehow remained a peripheral figure in India’s T20I story more than a decade after debuting. Despite […]
Every U-19 Cricket World Cup presents an opportunity for a player to make a name for themselves and for their national team’s selectors to write down as fast as possible, with an eye to scouting talent for the Indian Premier League. Ambrish’s figures of 4/29 off 8 overs (at an economy rate of 3.62), including […]
Finals can make the Champions of the league; however, it is the Tournaments that establish your reputation. At Newlands on February 23, 2026, the SA20 2025-26 Final was one of the few occasions when the two statements converged. The Pretoria Capitals put up a competitive 158/7, with the majority of the runs coming from the […]
For nearly a decade, Sanju Samson has lived in Indian cricket’s most exclusive waiting room, always talented, often discussed, rarely settled. When the selectors finally nailed him down as Abhishek Sharma’s opening partner for the T20 World Cup, it felt like closure. A role is defined. A skillset trusted. The debate temporarily ended. And […]
Cricket has always claimed neutrality, but every few years it forgets its own script. Pakistan’s hesitation over the T20 World Cup 2026 isn’t about form, fitness, or even fixtures; it’s about principle colliding head-on with power. PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s announcement that Pakistan will decide its participation by “Friday or next Monday” has turned a […]