Cricket at an international level has a unique pattern of returning to some of the same players who have been a part of that team from years ago. When it seemed like South Africa would finally accept the loss of Anrich Nortje as a former player (the World Cup failure, his injury lay off; experimenting […]
Cricket at an international level has a unique pattern of returning to some of the same players who have been a part of that team from years ago. When it seemed like South Africa would finally accept the loss of Anrich Nortje as a former player (the World Cup failure, his injury lay off; experimenting […]
Each Ashes series is preceded by two big “what ifs “: do the English actually believe they can win? And will the Australians get tired or back down first? On Day One at the WACA in Perth, one of these questions was answered with an almost shocking clarity. The English team did not simply prove […]
While every auction is filled with its own drama, this year’s WPL 2026 season may be the first to truly smell like it is time to hit the reset button. The top eight will have their usual marquee names, while there are 277 players to choose from in the pool, and only 73 spots on […]
The Ashes has always been cricket’s most brutally truthful truth serum, and for England, that truth has been harshest under the Australian sun. Since their miracle 3–1 triumph in 2010–11, they’ve played 15 Ashes Tests in Australia and have not won a single one, losing 13 and clinging to just two draws like a traveller […]
Indian Test cricket has always flirted with extremes, either the pitch behaves, or it behaves like a Bollywood villain. Kolkata chose the second role. Inside three days, an Eden Gardens surface that was supposed to offer controlled turn instead produced chaotic, uneven bounce that even seasoned batters couldn’t decode. India’s spinners looked overfed, South Africa […]
In days of yore, when we’re not talking about centuries past, a visiting team getting a victory in India in a test match would have been akin to finding a comet. A rare occurrence; a wondrous thing; an event whose timing could only be described as impossible. However, South Africa’s 30-run victory over India at […]
The IPL economy has seen some chaotic overbidding over the years, but few price tags aged as awkwardly as Venkatesh Iyer’s ₹23.75 crore haul at the 2025 Auction. What was meant to be a blockbuster reunion between KKR and one of its most explosive Indian batters ended with a season that felt more like a […]
For a decade and a half, India at home was the closest thing cricket had to a cheat code. You could rotate captains, break in new batters, even misread a pitch – and still walk away with a win. That’s why the current picture under Gautam Gambhir feels so out of place. Four home defeats […]
Every IPL cycle brings a few eyebrow-raising calls, but now and then, a franchise drops a decision that feels like it escaped the quality-control department. Chennai Super Kings, preparing to release Matheesha Pathirana, a bowler they once proudly declared as their next death-overs heir, is exactly one of those moments. With retentions due on […]
Every dominant era eventually reaches its moment of uncomfortable self-reflection, and for India, that moment arrived with a thud in Kolkata. A 30-run defeat, their first home Test loss to South Africa in 12 years, wasn’t just an upset; it felt like a warning letter. The kind you pretend isn’t serious until you realize Simon […]
Every once in a while, cricket tosses up a milestone so absurdly clean, so statistically perfect, that it feels like the sport is showing off. Shai Hope’s unbeaten 109 at Napier was one of those. It didn’t just save West Indies from yet another collapse; it rewrote the geography of ODI batting. With that century, […]