Bangladesh’s Women’s World Cup began with a bang, a win over Pakistan giving way to an air of calm assurance and growing belief. Since then, that belief has been smashed by successive collapses. This looked to be a team set to rock the boat in the top four is now wobbling under the heavy burden […]
Bangladesh’s Women’s World Cup began with a bang, a win over Pakistan giving way to an air of calm assurance and growing belief. Since then, that belief has been smashed by successive collapses. This looked to be a team set to rock the boat in the top four is now wobbling under the heavy burden […]
When someone has 11,000+ ODI runs, three double hundreds to his name, and a batting style made for bounce and pace, it is never easy to say goodbye. But with Shubman Gill taking over the captaincy chores in ODIs, has the whispering of Rohit Sharma’s international dusk started? What if it was not the end […]
So, when Shubman Gill held aloft his bat again in Delhi for another century, it was not only his own triumph. It was a statement of intent about an era. Five Test hundreds in a year, running to the fact that he captained India for the first time this season, is not supposed to come […]
Every time Sri Lanka faces England, one question echoes louder than the crowd at Khettarama: can Chamari Athapaththu break free from England’s script? The Lionesses have lost 17 of their 18 clashes against England, and every glimmer of hope seems to depend on one bat, one player, one mood, Chamari’s. But this time, the English […]
Three games into the Women’s World Cup, India’s most feared batting lineup looks strangely… fragile. Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Jemimah Rodrigues’ names usually set scoreboards ablaze, but have instead been putting out sparks. It’s not for lack of talent or experience; it’s that puzzling disconnect between promise and performance. India’s campaign has been […]
Ravichandran Ashwin, Test cricket’s mad scientist and T20’s underrated alchemist, just went unsold in the ILT20 auction. But within days, he flipped the snub into a masterstroke: a full-season Big Bash League deal with Sydney Thunder. At 39, Ashwin will become the first Indian men’s international cricketer to feature in the BBL, following his […]
How does a player go from Test discard to irresistible Ashes contender in a matter of weeks? Marnus Labuschagne seems to have cracked that riddle. Written off as “out of rhythm” not long ago, the Queenslander is suddenly making more noise with the bat than a Kookaburra off a fresh middle. With two centuries in […]
What happens when the cricket world’s most popular franchise meets its biggest test of loyalty? The Women’s Premier League’s looming mega auction is threatening to dismantle the chemistry that took RCB from underachievers to champions. For once, it’s not just about who bats well or bowls tight; it’s about who stays. Can a team built […]
Every IPL winter brings the same excitement – spreadsheets are opened, whispers are spread, and fans become armchair general managers. But this December’s auction could have a twist sharper than a Kuldeep Yadav wrong’un. With the retention deadline on November 15 and whispers of major exits from Chennai and Rajasthan, the familiar power-brokering of the […]
Pat Cummins’ back has been the silent villain of Australian cricket this summer. The man who has so often had the side on his shoulders now might miss the very beginning of their greatest fight, the Ashes. As the Perth Test approaches, it is not only whether Cummins plays that is in doubt. It is […]