Indian cricket has always loved its specialists. Proper batters at the top, fast bowlers who hit the deck hard, and all-rounders carefully rationed like premium imports. But every World Cup cycle rewrites the rules. And quietly, without much noise, Harshit Rana has walked into a conversation India hasn’t fully had since Hardik Pandya’s early years: […]
Indian cricket has always loved its specialists. Proper batters at the top, fast bowlers who hit the deck hard, and all-rounders carefully rationed like premium imports. But every World Cup cycle rewrites the rules. And quietly, without much noise, Harshit Rana has walked into a conversation India hasn’t fully had since Hardik Pandya’s early years: […]
A bold Indian team selection is rare enough; however, the selection process occasionally crosses “bold” and “what?” when you are unsure of the decision being made. Washington Sundar’s unfortunate injury to his side during the first One Day International match against New Zealand in Vadodara has led the selectors to make a reactive decision; as […]
There’s an understated dishonesty to an India at-home One Day International (ODI) cricket series that takes place in January. It seems obvious on paper: flat wickets, well-known playing surfaces, and high-profile batsmen earning money. However, it is usually transformed into a vote of confidence regarding form, dominance, and hierarchy. The attention will obviously be drawn […]
There’s a peculiar irony in T20 cricket: sometimes your best performances arrive precisely when your place is least secure. Nicola Carey’s first two nights in the Women’s Premier League captured that contradiction perfectly. Back-to-back games, minimal recovery, maximum output, and still no guarantee of selection moving forward. Across two matches, Carey scored brisk cameos […]
New Zealand touring India with a “depleted” squad usually triggers confident predictions, bold scoreline forecasts, and the occasional overconfident tweet. History, however, keeps interrupting that narrative. From Nathan Astle’s era to Kane Williamson’s calm assassinations, the Kiwis have made a habit of punching above perceived weight. With India starting their 2026 campaign with an […]
A lot of innings are for winning games, while others can alter history as they go by, quietly doing so; in this case, Kohli’s 93 off New Zealand in Vadodara fell into the latter. While India successfully chased down the target of 300 and were at the end of it four wickets in hand, the […]
Franchise collapses tend to create deep wounds as well as blueprints for success. The 2026 Women’s Premier League will find UP Warriorz with a heavy weight of the 2025 WPL disaster. A team that finished bottom of the standings with only 3 wins and fell apart due to an absence of top players and lack […]
WPL each season opens to an expectation that has become familiar: brand-new teams, louder aspirations, and for every single batter, there is only one prize they all want: the Orange Cap. The first match of WPL 2026 is scheduled for January 9 at DY Patil, and now, the WPL is a pressure-cooker rather than a […]
While cricket is like life in many ways, as much as it needs excitement (drama) to thrive, the 2026 BPL season will have delivered the same in abundance. A few days after being dropped by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2026 IPL, Mustafizur Rahman showed why he’s considered one of the world’s best ‘clutch’ bowlers. […]
For a series supposedly framed around Australia’s “aging” fast bowlers, the 2025 Ashes ended with a familiar image: Mitchell Starc, breath still steady, thunderbolt still lethal, dictating terms on the final afternoon. At a point in cricketing life when most quicks are rationed like vintage wine, Starc instead delivered an Ironman act, five Tests, relentless […]
There’s a peculiar irony in modern Indian cricket: you can be the ODI captain, a three-format superstar, and still find yourself watching a T20 World Cup from the couch. Shubman Gill’s omission from India’s 2026 T20 World Cup squad feels shocking on the surface, but dig deeper, and it starts to look like a calculated […]