Wankhede does not dramatically change between innings the way some subcontinental surfaces do. The pitch stays true. The bounce stays consistent. The outfield stays quick. What changes is the ball. As dew settles across the ground under lights, spinners lose revs, seam bowlers lose grip on their variations, and yorkers start sliding onto the bat […]
Wankhede does not dramatically change between innings the way some subcontinental surfaces do. The pitch stays true. The bounce stays consistent. The outfield stays quick. What changes is the ball. As dew settles across the ground under lights, spinners lose revs, seam bowlers lose grip on their variations, and yorkers start sliding onto the bat […]
Only one Indian has ever scored a century in World Cup T20 cricket. That fact alone tells you how rare truly great innings are on this stage. From Suresh Raina’s pioneering hundred in 2010 to Sanju Samson’s stunning unbeaten 97 in 2026, India’s finest batting efforts share one common thread: they arrived when the match […]
South Africa and New Zealand arrive at Eden Gardens as two of the most structured sides left in this tournament. Neither relies on individual brilliance alone. Both build through phases. But when you strip the match down to its most decisive number, one stat stands above everything else: South Africa conceded 7.97 runs per over […]
Mitchell Santner does not captain the way most T20 leaders do. There are no dramatic gambles, no panic field changes, no ego-driven bowling spells extended past their usefulness. His method is quieter and more calculated: strangle the middle overs, trust the spinners, and let the pressure build until the batting side makes the mistake. At […]
Marco Jansen has added something that makes him genuinely hard to plan for. A disguised palm ball variation, delivered from the same high action as his stock seamer, is creating miscues from batters who think they have picked the length. Combined with a calmer head in pressure moments, he is no longer just a support […]
The opener date is confirmed. March 28 it is, with the final scheduled for May 31. That two-day delay from the original March 26 plan may look minor on a calendar, but for a franchise like Royal Challengers Bengaluru defending a title and still waiting on venue clarity, those 48 hours carry real weight. Add […]
Sanju Samson had been here before. Talent was never the question. The question was always whether he could translate that talent into consistent output at the highest level without the recklessness that had cost him in previous tournaments. Against the West Indies, batting coach Sitanshu Kotak’s work with Samson produced the answer. His unbeaten 97 […]
Pakistan has exited the T20WC without reaching the semi-finals. The calls for a captaincy change arrived before the squad had even landed home. They always do after a Pakistan tournament exit. But this time, the case for keeping Salman Agha is stronger than the noise suggests, and the case for replacing him is weaker than […]
India’s assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate confirmed it publicly before the West Indies match. Batters are no longer trying to disrupt Varun Chakravarthy by advancing down the track or sweeping across the line. They are planting the front foot, swinging straight, and trusting that his overspin gives them enough pace to clear the infield. The […]
Five players nobody outside their state associations was seriously discussing at the start of the season. Five players who, by the final, had changed the conversation about India’s red-ball future. Jharkhand Cricket found a batter averaging 56 in his debut season. Goa produced one averaging above 70. Haryana’s spinner took 26 wickets at 15.69. Karnataka’s […]
Aiden Markram was not always an opener. Three years ago, he was South Africa’s flexible middle-order option, the batter who came in at four or five and steadied innings rather than launched them. What he is now is something entirely different. At the T20 World Cup semi-final stage, Markram sits at the top of South […]