India’s T20I lead-up is usually more of an experimental lab that has lost its way, with a new combination for each game, role changes during the series, and so many “trial periods” that even India’s selectors are confused. This series, however, seems to be a little different. Behind the typical rotation noise, there is a […]
India’s T20I lead-up is usually more of an experimental lab that has lost its way, with a new combination for each game, role changes during the series, and so many “trial periods” that even India’s selectors are confused. This series, however, seems to be a little different. Behind the typical rotation noise, there is a […]
Each T20 World Cup comes with neatly stacked predictions and leaves with those predictions destroyed. The 2026 tournament will take place in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8 and will have a total of 20 teams competing over four different groups. Across nine previous editions, the Men’s T20 World Cup has […]
The game of cricket is always portrayed as being about meticulous planning. From selection meetings, workload charts, and World Cup roadmaps, it looks like everything is in order, and then the telephone starts ringing. Ravi Bishnoi was one of those players who got that call from England at a time when he had been quietly […]
There are moments in cricket press conferences when silence says more than a cover drive. Litton Das cutting off a journalist with a sharp “It’s not safe [to answer]” wasn’t petulance; it was self-preservation. Bangladesh’s T20 captain wasn’t dodging tactics or form; he was navigating a political minefield disguised as a cricketing question. This […]
Jay Shah’s appearance was less a courtesy visit than a traveling checkpoint of world cricket authority, with a red pocket square and a sports jacket, and an unmistakable presence. Cricket is generally low-key about announcing who has power and prefers to work behind closed doors, firm handshakes, and the soft click of a camera snapping […]
There was a time when Suryakumar Yadav didn’t just play T20 cricket; he bent it to his will. Field placements felt optional, bowling plans felt theoretical, and even Virat Kohli once looked like a spectator at the non-striker’s end. So, when Surya recently insisted, he is “out of runs, not out of form,” it sounded […]
When Rashid Khan begins to approach the crease, you can sense in the stands an almost palpable fear, for we know that he will be quick, we know he always aims at the stumps, and we know he never turns it over much. Nevertheless, after over ten years playing first-class cricket, batters continue to walk […]
Australia’s T20 World Cup build-up feels less like a smooth runway and more like an air-traffic control room during bad weather. Big names circling, some cleared to land, others delayed, all while the clock ticks toward February 11 in Colombo. Tim David’s “minor setback,” Pat Cummins delayed arrival, and Josh Hazlewood’s cautious rehab have turned […]
For generations, Indians have been enthralled by their own poetic and cinematic portrayals of a “sporting sorrow”. Cinema has provided us with the endless tragedies of kings, and, for years, music has allowed us to turn our heartbreaks into chart-topping songs, which are, in many ways, a celebration of our despair. For decades, Indian cricket […]
For a nation that treats its openers like sacred scripture, Rohit Sharma’s quiet ODI series against New Zealand felt almost unsettling. Three matches. Sixty-one runs. An average barely scraping past 20. On paper, it read like a decline. On social media, it read like prophecy. India lost the series 1–2 despite winning the opener, […]
Indian domestic cricket has a delicious habit of embarrassing the IPL auction table. Every year, a handful of players walk out unsold, heads down, tags removed, only to let their bats and balls do the talking when no one’s bidding. The Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025–26 was a classic reminder that the auction hammer doesn’t always […]