Rohit still makes sense for 2027 because his output has not dipped, whatever the birth certificate says. He has scored 604 ODI runs in 2026 after 650 in 2025, and a Lord’s century in July plus a hundred against West Indies in Guwahati show the power is intact. At 40, he will be an outlier […]
Rohit still makes sense for 2027 because his output has not dipped, whatever the birth certificate says. He has scored 604 ODI runs in 2026 after 650 in 2025, and a Lord’s century in July plus a hundred against West Indies in Guwahati show the power is intact. At 40, he will be an outlier […]
Pakistan can survive without Usman Tariq, but they cannot afford to be careless with the spin balance he leaves behind. The new captain Sahibzada Farhan, inherits a team that dropped seven of its World Cup players and the leading wicket-taker from that tournament. Tariq took 18 T20I wickets at 11.16, the best average among the […]
KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and Ruturaj Gaikwad all sit ahead of Naman Dhir for the middle slots, and his route in is a role rather than a ranking. He has batted once in ODIs, making 30 off 21 balls in the third West Indies match, but his off-spin hands India a sixth bowling option the […]
India’s best answer to Shimron Hetmyer is Kuldeep Yadav, though that is a judgment rather than a statistic. Hetmyer’s pace of scoring leaves bowlers little time to adjust. Hetmyer hit a record 19 sixes at the T20 World Cup and rejoined West Indies for the T20I leg in India. Head-to-head data on India’s bowlers is […]
Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan carry the biggest question, while Sanju Samson has already lost his wicket to Akeal Hosein. Hosein reaches the five-match T20I series in India on 99 caps, with a plan built on data rather than history. His left-arm spin has met few of India’s top order often, so this piece tests […]
India’s calendar asks for up to 17 matches in 57 days, but that is a ceiling, not a plan. Between 6 October and 1 December, India play five T20Is against West Indies, then 12 matches in New Zealand. Only the T20I squad is confirmed, so full workloads cannot yet be counted. The schedule demands careful […]
Liam Scott is the best-placed candidate because he offers the most useful blend of seam bowling and batting in the touring group. The 25-year-old has no Test cap, and rivals who do sit ahead of him. Australia A are in Puducherry preparing for the five-Test series that begins in Nagpur on 21 January 2027. His […]
Kohli needs 484 runs at the 2027 tournament to pass Tendulkar’s all-time total, and he has said it will be his last for India. He trails by 483 now. Kohli already owns the single-tournament record with 765 runs from 2023, while Tendulkar’s 2,278 across six tournaments remains the benchmark. At his career rate of 48.5 […]
Hope’s unbeaten 162 from 143 balls beat India because West Indies attacked a pace attack that leaked 7.5 an over, not because they cracked the spinners. They chased 352 at New Chandigarh on 3 October, their highest successful ODI chase. Hope kept wicket for 50 overs, then opened and batted through the whole innings. The […]
The best pace trio for Durban is Marco Jansen, Dane Paterson and Kagiso Rabada, as long as Rabada convinces the medical staff he is ready. Picking them gives South Africa a leader with the new ball, a left-armer for variety and one bowler who squeezes the scoring at the other end, a blend that suits […]
Virat Kohli is the most dangerous of the three because he combines the biggest run total with the strongest record whenever India chase a target. KL Rahul scores faster and is a strong second as a finisher, while Rohit Sharma has two hundreds from 12 matches. Across the home ODIs played since the 2023 World […]