Mohit Sharma should fix wicket-taking at the death before anything else, because Chennai Super Kings were never short of control. They finished eighth in IPL 2026, conceding 9.43 runs an over against 9.71 for the playoff teams, yet they took 5.43 wickets an innings against 6.39. That is almost one fewer breakthrough every single game. […]
Mohit Sharma should fix wicket-taking at the death before anything else, because Chennai Super Kings were never short of control. They finished eighth in IPL 2026, conceding 9.43 runs an over against 9.71 for the playoff teams, yet they took 5.43 wickets an innings against 6.39. That is almost one fewer breakthrough every single game. […]
West Indies lost because their bowlers had no answer, not because 405 was too small. India raced to 92 without loss in the powerplay, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added 255 for the first wicket, and a short boundary was attacked throughout the chase in Guwahati. Campbell, Hope and Jangoo all scored hundreds, yet the […]
Gill built his unbeaten 223 off 133 balls in Guwahati on 30 September in four near-equal blocks of 27 to 33 balls, not one late burst. India completed the chase of 406 in 43.3 overs, winning by eight wickets with 39 balls to spare. The 255-run opening stand with Rohit Sharma set the platform early, […]
Kuldeep Yadav got there fastest, in 123 matches to Anil Kumble’s 147, with Harbhajan Singh needing even longer. He took his 200th ODI wicket in Guwahati on 30 September 2026, dismissing Keemo Paul, and became the fourth Indian spinner past that mark. Kumble’s record stood for 28 years. The headline is clean, though the numbers […]
Deepti Sharma holds the record today, but Thipatcha Putthawong has the stronger claim on efficiency. The women’s T20I wickets changed hands repeatedly during the Asia Cup, and the two spinners are separated by only a handful of wickets. The answer depends on whether you reward the rate at which wickets arrive or the quality of […]
West Indies dropped their teenager for the second ODI in India, and the decision was easy to defend. He made 0 at No. 6 in the first match, caught at slip off Kuldeep Yadav’s googly. The men around him then piled up a record 405/7. Andrew is 19, and West Indies have handled him carefully […]
The Warriorz will shape the mini-auction in Kochi on 28 October because they’re the only franchise with real money and real holes. They have ₹3.65 crore left, 44.8% of the ₹8.15 crore remaining across the league, and seven slots to fill. Gujarat Giants are next on ₹1.25 crore. No rival can match a bid the […]
Marco Jansen should lead South Africa’s attack if Kagiso Rabada misses the first Test, with Anrich Nortje or Gerald Coetzee alongside him. Jansen has 89 wickets in 21 Tests at 21.12, a far more proven record than any other option. Rabada hurt his right hamstring in mid-August, and Lungi Ngidi, Ottneil Baartman and Kwena Maphaka […]
West Indies became that team because Kohli kept finding new ways to score there for 15 years, then ended a seven-year wait in Thiruvananthapuram. His unbeaten 139 off 88 balls on 27 September, alongside Shubman Gill’s 110, matched the 10 he has against Sri Lanka. No other batter has reached double figures against even one […]
Because medical clearance has already failed Pandya once this season, and only a completed spell in a real match proves anything. Selectors asked for 10 overs in competitive cricket, and within days a fresh shin injury knocked him out of the October audition built to test exactly that. Three setbacks in four months make the […]
The format, not form, is the obstacle, and it was stacked against India before the tournament began. India were seeded straight into the quarter-finals, so their batters get three matches at most, and the opener against Afghanistan was washed out without a ball bowled. Associate Nation batters, meanwhile, banked group-stage innings before India’s campaign even […]