India posted 253 for 7 against England in the semifinal. Jacob Bethell scored a century in reply. Jasprit Bumrah took the final over with England needing 14. South Africa and Afghanistan both scored 187 and needed two Super Overs to separate them. Zimbabwe bowled Australia out in Colombo. Pakistan needed Faheem Ashraf to rescue them […]
India posted 253 for 7 against England in the semifinal. Jacob Bethell scored a century in reply. Jasprit Bumrah took the final over with England needing 14. South Africa and Afghanistan both scored 187 and needed two Super Overs to separate them. Zimbabwe bowled Australia out in Colombo. Pakistan needed Faheem Ashraf to rescue them […]
The IPL 2026 season begins on March 28 with Royal Challengers Bengaluru hosting Sunrisers Hyderabad at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The first phase runs twenty matches through to April 12, with evening starts at 7:30 PM IST and weekend afternoon games at 3:30 PM. The Mumbai Indians face the Kolkata Knight Riders the following […]
Pakistan were 69 for 5. They were eventually bowled out for 114. Nahid Rana dismissed Sahibzada Farhan, Shamyl Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Rizwan, and Salman Agha in a single spell that didn’t rely on raw pace; it relied on hard lengths, precise seam presentation, and a surface at Shere Bangla National Stadium that rewarded exactly […]
Three T20 World Cup titles: 2007, 2024, 2026. The first team to defend a T20 World Cup. Nine matches in 2026, eight wins, 96-run final margin, 255 for 5, the highest total in final history. Bumrah 14 wickets at 12.42. Samson 321 runs at a strike rate close to 200. The debate about whether India […]
Abhishek Sharma held No.1 in the ICC batting rankings after the tournament. Ishan Kishan moved to No.2, four rating points behind, on the back of 317 tournament runs. Rashid Khan reclaimed No.1 among bowlers, overtaking Varun Chakravarthy. Sikandar Raza retained No.1 among all-rounders while Hardik Pandya reached a career-high rating. Jacob Bethell surged seventeen places […]
The men’s salary cap has risen to £2.05 million per team. The women’s cap has doubled to £880,000. The draft system is gone, replaced by an IPL-style auction where franchises bid competitively for every player rather than selecting through a pre-set draft order. For MI London, Southern Brave, Birmingham Phoenix, and every other franchise entering […]
India won the T20WC in 2024. Then they won it again in 2026. Back-to-back titles, an achievement no team had produced before, and the reaction was noticeably different from 2007, 2024, or even the ODI World Cup win in 2011. The question Aakash Chopra asked publicly after the 2026 final is the one Indian cricket […]
England reached the T20WC 2026 semifinal. India beat them there. The margin, Bumrah’s final-over spell restricting England to 18 runs fewer than they needed, was narrow enough to look like misfortune and wide enough to feel structural. Harry Brook backed McCullum publicly after the exit. The support was genuine. But backing a coach and answering […]
Jasprit Bumrah finished the tournament with 14 wickets at an average of 12.42 and an economy rate of 6.21. His final figures of 4 for 15 dismantled New Zealand’s chase before it reached the tenth over. The number that explains how he produced those returns on batting-friendly surfaces where other seamers averaged economy rates above […]
India earned $2,639,423. New Zealand collected $1,422,692. Every team that qualified received a guaranteed base payment of $225,000, before a single match was played. The total prize pool across all 20 teams reached $11.25 million, the largest in T20 World Cup history, distributed through a layered structure that rewards participation, match wins, and tournament progression […]
One match. Five records. India posted 255 for 5, the highest total in a World Cup final. They won by 96 runs, the largest margin in a World Cup final. Jasprit Bumrah took 4 for 15, the best bowling figures by an Indian in a World Cup final. Sanju Samson scored 89 off 46, the […]