One of the most disconcerting examples of cruel fate in the way that teams manage the dynamics of an IPL auction is that a player can go from being a god for his team to being a burden for his team in one season. Enter David Miller, the South African left-handed batsman who was once […]
One of the most disconcerting examples of cruel fate in the way that teams manage the dynamics of an IPL auction is that a player can go from being a god for his team to being a burden for his team in one season. Enter David Miller, the South African left-handed batsman who was once […]
The First Pink Ball in Test Cricket Ten years ago, Mitchell Starc bowled the first ever pink ball (to Martin Guptill) at the Adelaide Oval. For one instant, it felt as if we were watching the beginning of an inevitable trend toward the use of pink balls in all test cricket. The elements of the […]
The IPL mini-auction usually throws up a surprise or two, but this year’s shocker didn’t come from the 1,355-player registration pile or the 43 names parked at the ₹2-crore bracket. It came from the one name missing. Glenn Maxwell, a man who has treated the IPL like his personal chaos laboratory, has pulled himself out […]
India opted for a six-bowler strategy and placed Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana at the top of their batting lineup, but they were still concerned about who would provide reliability in the middle order. There seemed to be less of a thought process behind this selection and more of a puzzle without the last piece […]
For every year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), we see one particular move that has fans questioning if they made the right call, statistics experts evaluating player performance data to justify the team’s selection decisions, and social media (Twitter/X) erupting with opinions on the team’s selection choices. And so it was again, but much earlier than […]
In franchise cricket, leadership changes usually come with drama, diplomacy, or a thin veil of “strategic restructuring.” But MI Emirates’ decision to hand the ILT20 captaincy to Kieron Pollard feels more like a return to an old religion, one where experience, muscle memory, and big-match temperament outweigh every futuristic algorithm. At 38, Pollard isn’t just […]
Every time Virat Kohli summons a century, cricket collectively asks the same philosophical question: what’s left for a man who has already outrun history? In Ranchi, the answer arrived in the form of a 135-run masterclass, an innings so assertive, so oddly aggressive, that it felt like Kohli decided to remix his prime years with […]
Cricket has seen some curious innovations over the years, aluminium bats, switch-hits, even Rishabh Pant’s babysitting banter, but Steve Smith turning to Major League Baseball for batting clarity at the Gabba might be the most delightfully unexpected of the lot. Ahead of the Brisbane day-night Test, Smith found himself fighting an unusual opponent: glare. […]
There’s a certain chaos that arrives when a franchise releases every wicketkeeper on its roster. Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t just flirt with unpredictability; they embraced it like a philosophy. After chopping 10 players and freeing up a massive ₹64.3 crore purse, KKR have quietly positioned themselves as the most dangerous bidder at the IPL 2026 […]
Two unfamiliar “dog-throwers”, essentially human bowling machines with whip-like arms, were drafted in from the Sunshine Coast. Their mission? Fling left-arm angle, pace, and movement at England’s batters until the muscle memory kicks in. The Lions squad was busy in Canberra, the Test bowlers were resting, and Stokes was the lone senior quick bowler. So […]
Once upon a time, the ODI six was a special-occasion event, a festival firecracker rather than a daily routine. Today? It’s the opening act, the plot twist, and the grand finale. In a format where 300 is par, and 350 barely buys confidence, hitting sixes is no longer a bonus skill; it’s basic survival. The […]