Mitchell Starc is not missing Delhi Capitals’ early fixtures because something went wrong. He is missing because Cricket Australia planned it this way, and franchise cricket lost the argument. After the Ashes cycle and a packed red-ball schedule, Starc is being preserved for international commitments that Cricket Australia has prioritised above IPL availability. Delhi knew […]
Mitchell Starc is not missing Delhi Capitals’ early fixtures because something went wrong. He is missing because Cricket Australia planned it this way, and franchise cricket lost the argument. After the Ashes cycle and a packed red-ball schedule, Starc is being preserved for international commitments that Cricket Australia has prioritised above IPL availability. Delhi knew […]
Lucknow Super Giants walked into this season’s auction with a bowling plan built around Wanindu Hasaranga. Then his hamstring went. Now, Anrich Nortje, the alternative, carries availability questions of his own after limited exposure last season. Two overseas bowling options, both compromised before a ball is bowled. What LSG does next, how they structure their […]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru have produced some of the most entertaining cricket the IPL has seen without winning the title as often as their talent warranted. The question this exercise asks is simple: if you built an XI from every player who ever wore that jersey, selecting on role clarity and tactical fit rather than pure […]
Irfan Pathan did not hedge when he talked about Mayank Markande. His assessment was direct: if Markande performs, the Mumbai Indians have no real bowling weakness worth worrying about. That is not a casual comment from a former cricketer doing television rounds. It is a specific claim about a specific structural problem that MI have […]
The most revealing moment in Pope’s entire Ashes 2026 story was not a dismissal. It was the press conference after his omission. He sat down, answered the questions, and told the room that England made the right call. No deflection, no grievance, no suggestion that conditions or selection timing were unfair. Just a direct acknowledgement […]
Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Sunrisers Hyderabad all walk into this season carrying problems that were not part of their auction planning. Josh Hazlewood is unavailable for the opening phase. Harshit Rana is likely ruled out entirely. Pat Cummins has handed the SRH captaincy to Ishan Kishan while he recovers. Three of the […]
Indian women have spent years searching for a seam bowler who can take wickets in overseas conditions without relying on the pitch to do the work for her. The WACA Test gave them that answer. On debut in Perth, under pink ball conditions at twilight, on one of the most demanding surfaces in women’s Test […]
Shubman Gill scored 2,449 runs for the Gujarat Titans at an average of 46.20. Sai Sudharsan scored 1,793 runs at 49.80. David Miller averaged 68.71 in GT’s 2022 title-winning campaign. Hardik Pandya contributed 11 wickets and six IPL half-centuries during his GT years. Rahul Tewatia has a career strike rate of 150.76 with GT. Rashid […]
Sunil Narine: 192 wickets from 189 matches at an economy of 6.79, the most economical overseas bowler in IPL history. Dwayne Bravo: 183 wickets from 161 matches, including 32 in a single season in 2013. Lasith Malinga: 170 wickets from 122 matches at an average of 19.79, the best wicket-to-match ratio in this group. Rashid […]
Abhishek Sharma walks into this season with a question mark that will not go away quietly. Can a batter this explosive ever become a batter this reliable? His record for Sunrisers Hyderabad tells the story of a player who arrives in stunning form and then disappears inside ten balls. The spin trap is not new. […]