Once upon a time, touring teams arrived in India with two certainties: oppressive heat and inevitable spin suffocation. The middle overs were India’s private hunting ground, a place where matches quietly tilted, wickets fell in clusters, and visiting batters learned humility. The second ODI against New Zealand in Rajkot wasn’t just a bad day […]
Once upon a time, touring teams arrived in India with two certainties: oppressive heat and inevitable spin suffocation. The middle overs were India’s private hunting ground, a place where matches quietly tilted, wickets fell in clusters, and visiting batters learned humility. The second ODI against New Zealand in Rajkot wasn’t just a bad day […]
There were the rain delays; there were the poor pitches, and then there was a Twenty-20 tournament brought to a grinding halt by a vacant locker room. Instead of being a “festival of floodlights and sixes” as envisioned for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), it turned into a ghostly display in Mirpur: fans in attendance, […]
There is an odd contrast about the ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup: It resembles a youth competition, it seems as though it is a developmental program, but it acts as a global tryout for eventual superstars. The World Cup has again shown us that many times, the revolution in cricket occurs prior to when […]
There was once a time that Ravindra Jadeja seemed like a “cheat code” for India in ODI cricket, squeeze runs in the middle order, get a run-a-ball 35, and slowly but surely break down a chase with precision. However, that version of Jadeja seems to be from another era and is now a highlight reel. […]
Cricket has a knack for revealing those old habits that you think have long gone. Despite having as much modern batting depth as India does and a massive amount of one-day white-ball success, India still suffers from a rather archaic weakness: a selective memory when it comes to facing spin. Just look at the numbers […]
India’s Under-19 teams are usually introduced with a familiar cast list: prodigiously gifted batters, wristy stroke-makers, and the odd seam-bowling allrounder who does a bit of everything. Genuine fast bowlers? Those arrive later, supposedly after the gym, the grind, and a few Ranji seasons. Deepesh Devendran doesn’t seem interested in waiting. At just 18 […]
Kohli took over the No 1 spot on the ICC ODI rankings with 785 rating points as of Jan. 14, which represents a return to a position he hadn’t held since 2021. It’s also somewhat of an irony given that Kohli was at least outside the Top 5 ODI Batsmen going into the 2025 Champions […]
In Pakistan cricket, hype is rarely subtle. It arrives early, loud, and often unfair. Yet every few years, a teenager appears who makes the noise feel justified. Sameer Minhas is that name right now. At 19, the waifish right-hander has gone from age-group promise to cultural talking point in barely a month, and he’s done […]
Australian cricket has always loved a good contradiction. We celebrate patience, yet fast-track prodigies. We preach long apprenticeships, then hand leadership to teenagers who already look annoyingly comfortable under floodlights. Oliver Peake is the latest paradox, a player whose CV already reads like a mid-career professional, not an Under-19 captain packing for Africa. As […]
For a franchise without an owner, the Multan Sultans are suddenly worth more than ever. That’s the delicious irony at the heart of the PCB’s late pivot: just weeks before PSL 11 begins on March 26, the league has decided to auction one of its most stable, successful teams. After briefly flirting with the […]