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Does Ranji Trophy count? Examining the logic of picking Gurnoor Brar over Auqib Nabi

May 30, 2026 admin

For the scribes who spend any length of time covering domestic cricket in India, there may be jaded familiarity with a line trotted out by players aspiring for higher honours when probed on matters of selection. “Our job is to just score runs or take wickets, selection will take care of itself,” is the common…

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IPL 2026 | Bumrah had a niggle in the early stages of the season: Jayawardene

May 23, 2026 admin

Mumbai Indians captain Jasprit Bumrah during the IPL T20 Match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene admitted that the five-time champion failed to “galvanise” as a unit through a forgettable IPL season. The Sri Lankan also revealed that premier pacer Jasprit Bumrah had…

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From proud start to mild abuse, the tragedy of the cricket ball

April 21, 2026 admin

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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IPL 2026 MI vs RCB | Mumbai Indians win toss and elect to bowl against Royal Challengers Bengaluru

April 12, 2026 admin

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…

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Varun Chakaravarthy’s dip in form: Analysis of what went wrong for India’s T20 star spinner

April 10, 2026 admin

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…

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Samson, Bumrah nominated for ICC player of the month award

April 6, 2026 admin

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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IPL 2026 Countdown | Sixth sense and the 12 influencers

March 26, 2026 admin

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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Four Indians in Team of 2026 T20 World Cup

March 11, 2026 admin

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….

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Bumrah, Chandra and the electricity of the unorthodox

March 11, 2026 admin

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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Brilliant Bavuma’s message for India: Be careful what you wish for

November 18, 2025 admin

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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