Every World Cup cycle has its sacrificial lamb, a player who does almost everything right, but still ends up wearing the unlucky tag because the team room suddenly gets crowded. For India in late 2025, that player is Rinku Singh. The same Rinku whose strike-rate reads like an IPL highlight reel. The same Rinku who […]
Every World Cup cycle has its sacrificial lamb, a player who does almost everything right, but still ends up wearing the unlucky tag because the team room suddenly gets crowded. For India in late 2025, that player is Rinku Singh. The same Rinku whose strike-rate reads like an IPL highlight reel. The same Rinku who […]
The Gulf Giants have an element of showmanship. They can go from being champions one year and a bit off in their second year, but then suddenly – boom – they are back at it again with the confidence and style of a franchise that always seems to know the way up to the top […]
Now and then, cricket delivers a month that feels less like a statistical chapter and more like a thesis statement. November was exactly that, a stretch where three men from three nations reminded the world that spin bowling isn’t a dying art in an era of power-hitting; it’s the sport’s oldest form of disruption. South […]
Every IPL cycle brings one domestic pacer who rises quietly, refuses to fade, and suddenly becomes the auction room’s most whispered name. This time, it’s Jammu & Kashmir’s Auqib Nabi, the right-arm seamer whose work in the 2025-26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy has been nothing short of a fast-bowling audition for the big stage. […]
Every U19 World Cup has had an incredibly alluring promise: somewhere in those 41 games, there will be a new superstar creating history and sharpening their legend. But the 2026 version of the World Cup (a 50-over ODI tournament running from January 15 to February 6) comes with an added element; for the first time […]
Cricket loves its debates: Bradman vs the universe, Tendulkar vs Lara, Warne vs Murali. But few arguments evoke as much tribal passion as: Who is the greatest left-arm fast bowler of all time? For decades, that conversation began and ended with three words: Wasim. Akram. Period. And then at the Gabba, Mitchell Starc did […]
The exclusion of Rinku Singh from the Indian T20I team facing South Africa seems like the latest example of the kind of puzzling selections that seem to be typical of this current Indian national side. A player who averages 89 in T20I cricket, having played internationally for less than a year, has a T20I batting […]
There are centuries, and then there are Virat Kohli centuries, the kind that arrive in pairs, generate headlines before stumps are even drawn, and force every expert in the studio to sit up with the urgency of a last-over DRS call. His 135 in the first ODI set the mood; his 102 in the second […]
Every IPL cycle reveals one story that feels scripted for a cricket documentary: a young domestic talent, a franchise in transition, and a single innings that changes everything. For Karan Lal, that scene might have arrived the moment he launched his 10th six in a 43-ball hundred during this season’s Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. A […]
T20 leagues love drama, but now and then, the script writes itself. ILT20 2025-26 just got its first jolt, and unsurprisingly, Rashid Khan is at the centre of it. MI Emirates, the defending champions and perennial playoff regulars, suddenly find themselves welcoming the world’s best T20 leggie but only on a limited-time offer. Rashid has […]