Consider a Test match situation, and you turn up at the ground without your captain, without your first-choice spinner, and with two debutants in the XI. Yet you are still odds-on to win. That is essentially the game awaiting South Africa ahead of their second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. While Wiaan Mulder may well […]
Consider a Test match situation, and you turn up at the ground without your captain, without your first-choice spinner, and with two debutants in the XI. Yet you are still odds-on to win. That is essentially the game awaiting South Africa ahead of their second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. While Wiaan Mulder may well […]
You’ve arrived home at your day job, comfortably seated in your favorite chair, and switched on the game to see Australia 2 for 4. Hang on! That certainly wasn’t the plan. One constant message Test cricket delivers is this: Don’t get complacent. On a spicy Day 2, West Indies found their rhythm with a fiery […]
Shubman Gill is back – not just as India’s batting golden child but now as a captain. After the ridiculous 269 at Edgbaston, in the second Test against England, the buzz around his batting reached fever pitch. There was plenty of noise around this, but former Indian coach Ravi Shastri spoke the truth and kept […]
Where cricket intersects with family and legacy, emotions run thick. The current Test series between England and India is not just a contest between two cricketing superpowers— it is an emotional tribute to one of India’s greats, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan, his granddaughter, said that she was proud of the […]
Edgbaston is a unique ground. It is a venue where history not only occupies seats in the stands but often walks onto the pitch and bats, too. And on day three of the 2025 second Test between England and India, while Joe Root and Ben Stokes may have come to expect their share of news […]
It might be a batter’s game, but sometimes it is a flat throw and a diving catch that turn things around – just ask Wanindu Hasaranga. In Sri Lanka’s dominant 77-run victory against Bangladesh in the first ODI, it wasn’t just the batters or bowlers who stole the show, but the fielders. From pivotal run-outs […]
Try to picture it. A cricketer who is right at the top of his game, and you are playing in another bilateral ODI series that feels more like a formality than anything else. Imagine being a cricket fan trying to recall who won their last random three-match series: Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Any guesses? […]
There is something surreal about watching a young batter come into his own in front of the biggest crowds. For Indian fans, it’s déjà vu. The year is 2025, the ground is Edgbaston, and Shubman Gill is making England bleed. Former India wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel recently had a quote that prompted the feels: “There is […]
There are some innings that make you sit up, spill your tea, and beam at the screen like a proud cousin from the cheap seats. One of those innings was Shubman Gill‘s 269 at Edgbaston. It wasn’t simply a score. It wasn’t simply a record. This was Gill taking a personal itch and turning it […]
The BBL|15 fixture is out, and no surprise, Ben is already getting people talking. From international stars going to new venues, to sibling rivalries and double-header madness, it is going to be a cricket summer circus. Whether you’re scheduling watch parties, fantasy drafts, or deciding on a jersey to buy, here are seven big takeaway […]
There’s nothing quite like when a player is considered a little bit special. It’s usually at that point where it even links to the other team’s captain becoming a fan of the player. England’s skipper Ben Stokes cut right through some of the pre-Test formalities in the lead-up to the second Test between England and […]