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While watching the cricket ball being ill-treated with such consistency in the IPL we could forget that cricket is meant to be a form of conversation. It would be a pity if one side stopped speaking. A total of 300 seems to be just around the corner, with nearly every side capable of that score. As often…
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From left, Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah, Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Virat Kohli and former cricketer and commentator Ravi Shastri before an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 T20 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Sunday, April 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya won the toss and…
A tournament of two parts: Varun Chakaravarthy finished as the T20 World Cup’s joint-highest wicket-taker but, in the last five matches, conceded an alarming 11.84 runs per over. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The notion of balance between bat and ball in a T20 contest is like logic in a Bollywood potboiler. It simply isn’t…
India’s Jasprit Bumrah and Sanju Samson. File | Photo Credit: ANI India opener Sanju Samson and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah were on Monday (April 6, 2026) named among the nominees for the ICC Player of the Month award for March following their success at the T20 World Cup. South Africa batter Connor Esterhuizen completes the…
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Hot commodity: Samson, who delivered a masterpiece at the ICC T20 World Cup and won the Lead Actor honours, is primed to extend his purple patch in Chennai’s Yellow. | Photo Credit: CSK History warns us of the paradox of choice and we are often reminded that an overabundance of excellent options is its own…
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Player of the Tournament Sanju Samson leads the winning quartet, after the opener’s 321 runs from just five innings. | Photo Credit: AP Jasprit Bumrah, Sanju Samson, Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya were the four Indians named in the ICC’s Team of 2026 T20 World Cup after their team coasted to a record third title….
India’s Jasprit Bumrah celebrates the wicket during ICC T20 World Cup final match between India and New Zealand at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini In over half a century of obsessing over cricket, dreaming of it, playing it, watching it, writing about it, travelling for…
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In the 2012-13 series against England, when skipper M.S. Dhoni asked for a turning track at Eden Gardens, the curator Prabhir Mukherjee told him this was “immoral.” Coach Gautam Gambhir’s instructions, however, were taken on board by Mukherjee’s successor, but India lost again, making it four in six at home. Visiting spinners claiming more wickets than Indians on home tracks…
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Sanju Samson (L) and Tilak Varma during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Oman at Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on September 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP When India skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and opted to bat against Oman in a Group-A fixture of the Asia…
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The selection of Shubman Gill for the Asia Cup might be debatable. Not because he is not good enough, but because the Test series against the West Indies commences three days after the final there. He will soon be an all-format captain. T20 has evolved quickly thanks to the domestic franchises, and what, in another…
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