New Zealand Cricket has decided the Super Smash is finished. The replacement is not a minor refresh; it is a full franchise system with private ownership, commercial partnerships, and a structure built to attract overseas players and broadcasters. The Super Smash lasted two decades. This T20 is being asked to outperform it within two or […]
New Zealand Cricket has decided the Super Smash is finished. The replacement is not a minor refresh; it is a full franchise system with private ownership, commercial partnerships, and a structure built to attract overseas players and broadcasters. The Super Smash lasted two decades. This T20 is being asked to outperform it within two or […]
Lockie Ferguson has taken 51 wickets from 49 IPL matches across his career. That is a wicket per game average that confirms what every Punjab Kings supporter already knows: this is not a squad player absorbing overs at the back end of the attack. He is the bowler PBKS build their pace plans around, the […]
Hyderabad Kingsmen are a new franchise with an aggressive batting identity and a bowling attack that has not yet been tested in a competitive T20 environment at this level. Lahore Qalandars are a title-winning franchise with Shaheen Afridi leading their pace attack, a settled batting lineup built around Fakhar Zaman and Abdullah Shafique at the […]
Three of Kolkata Knight Riders’ overseas selections are settled before the tournament begins. Cameron Green bats in the top four and bowls pace when conditions allow. Sunil Narine opens, takes wickets through the powerplay with mystery spin, and does not require explanation. Matheesha Pathirana, if fit, controls death overs with a sling action that generates […]
New Zealand has produced aggressive T20 openers before. Brendon McCullum redefined the template, Finn Allen carried it forward. The line of succession is clear, and the standard is high. The case for the next name in that line is built on 616 runs across 15 Super Smash innings at a strike rate near 150, an […]
Bangladesh won by 11 runs. Pakistan were 9 wickets down, needing 12 from the final two balls, with Shaheen Afridi on strike. Rishad Hossain bowled down the leg side. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena signalled a wide. Bangladesh appealed for LBW simultaneously. The review went upstairs. UltraEdge showed a spike. The wide was overturned. Shaheen was stumped […]
Sanju Samson scored 321 runs across five innings, the highest tally by an Indian batter in a single T20 World Cup campaign. His 97 not out against the West Indies turned a dangerous knockout moment into a platform for the title run. Abhishek Sharma endured a difficult early tournament before rediscovering his form at exactly […]
David Warner: 6,565 runs. AB de Villiers: 5,162. Chris Gayle: 4,965. Faf du Plessis: 4,773. Jos Buttler: 4,120. Five overseas batters, five completely different batting identities, one common thread: sustained run-scoring across multiple seasons against the best T20 bowling attacks in the world. As the IPL session begins, these five records represent the benchmark that […]
Every CSK playing XI discussion this season starts in the same place and ends with the same unresolved question. Where does MS Dhoni bat, how many overs does he get, and does his presence strengthen or complicate the team’s structure? Chennai Super Kings have enough quality around him to compete regardless, Ruturaj Gaikwad anchoring the […]
Karun Nair’s 89 off 40 balls last season was the kind of innings that keeps a player in selection conversations long after their average says they should not be there. That average, 24.75 across eight matches, is the number Delhi Capitals cannot ignore when building their IPL batting order. Abishek Porel scored 301 runs in […]
Abrar Ahmed has taken 52 wickets in 38 T20I matches at an average of 17.37 and an economy rate of 6.67, with a best of 4 for 9. James Coles became the auction’s most expensive signing when London Spirit secured the uncapped English all-rounder after an extended bidding contest. The contrast between those two transactions […]