For a league once accused of running on emotion more than economics, the Pakistan Super League just produced its loudest financial statement yet. Hyderabad and Sialkot didn’t quietly slip into the PSL as expansion teams; they arrived kicking the auction doors off. When franchise fees crossed PKR 1.8 billion. This wasn’t just two new […]
For a league once accused of running on emotion more than economics, the Pakistan Super League just produced its loudest financial statement yet. Hyderabad and Sialkot didn’t quietly slip into the PSL as expansion teams; they arrived kicking the auction doors off. When franchise fees crossed PKR 1.8 billion. This wasn’t just two new […]
For a franchise that thrives on noise, nostalgia, and near-perfect planning, the Chennai Super Kings have been unusually quiet about Jamie Overton. And that silence is precisely what makes him interesting. IPL 2026 has been framed as CSK’s great reset, with Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran traded out, Sanju Samson traded in, and a youth-driven […]
RCB has long been a paradox of sorts in regards to their “cricket” – massive star power with no major trophy to show for it; they’ve shown much promise, but so far, no payoffs. The opposite appears to be true for the women’s version of the league; this year, the 2026 Women’s Premier League seems […]
There’s something deliciously cruel about the Sydney Test producing 1,454 runs, the highest aggregate in an Ashes Test since Headingley 1948, and still feeling one-sided. In another era, that volume of runs would have screamed batting paradise, moral victories, and drawn contests. Instead, it underlined a harsher modern truth: Australia can now beat you even […]
Sometimes, the loudest story in an IPL auction isn’t about who was bought, it’s about who wasn’t even in the room. Ben Stokes skipping the IPL 2026 auction quietly created exactly that kind of vacuum. Here was England’s Test captain, one of cricket’s great momentum-shifters, absent while franchises scrambled for balance, muscle, and leadership. Ironically, […]
There are Test hundreds that arrive with fireworks, and then there are Test hundreds that arrive like a clenched fist, stubborn, bruised, and earned inch by inch. Jacob Bethell’s maiden Test century at the SCG belonged firmly to the latter category. On a tour where England’s batting has often resembled a highlight reel audition gone […]
The process of selecting ODI squads by India recently is also somewhat ruthless in nature. India does not host large press events for the selection of squads, nor do they recall former players emotionally; rather, they solely select the individuals that will provide the greatest advantage for the team moving forward. Although the 15-player squad […]
Cricket craves certainty. The schedule, the umpire is impartial; there are the Duckworth-Lewis tables to provide mathematically correct justice. However, it isn’t long before the game reminds itself of something that should be obvious – International Cricket does not operate in isolation. It operates in the Real World. Where you have politics, diplomacy, terror warnings, […]
New Zealand cricket has an amusing irony. While we typically equate them with green tops, grey days, and balls that swing round corners, there’s no doubt about it now, the Black Caps have totally ‘gone full subcontinent.’ After being knocked out of the tournament before even getting a game in during 2024, it seems like […]
Cricket has always loved youth, pace, and novelty, but every few seasons, it forgets one inconvenient truth: T20s are won by skill density, not birth certificates. As the countdown to the 2026 T20 World Cup begins, Sikandar Raza, at 39, is quietly performing one of cricket’s oldest magic tricks, making age irrelevant. Although he […]