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Duffy blames the toss and the clock. New Zealand's 185 in the daylight says otherwise
New Zealand have batted first five times on this tour and defended a total once. Duffy says moisture is doing it. India's seamers and a 37-year-old's pull shot suggest the problem started earlier.
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In Season330 articlesGill says India got the New Zealand tour in the wrong order. He's right
India's ODI captain wanted his World Cup side for all five ODIs. Because the Tests start soon after, his Test players, Gill included, miss the last two. He also made a sharp case for 6'2" fast bowlers in the middle overs.
'No one has supported me': Sarfaraz Khan has heard India's verdict, second-hand
Nobody told him directly. He picked it up in the dressing room: India see him mainly as a batter for home conditions. The evidence for that label is thinner than the label suggests, and it doesn't flatter him either.
Fear isn't in Gambhir's dictionary. 'Drained' is — and he said so in Hamilton
India's coach won a series, lost the last two games, and spoke unusually plainly about all of it: he can take the bullet, his philosophy won't change, and only the result saved India from a very different conversation.
South Africa are No. 1 in Tests, and their coach just called them 'horrendous'
Shukri Conrad has lost one of ten Test series in charge and just beaten Australia from behind. His reaction was to list what's still wrong, tease his best bowler, and start worrying about Bangladesh.
Labuschagne is only the first question. McDonald's 'age profile' line is the real headline
Australia's coach defended the selectors, all but conceded Marnus Labuschagne's spot, and then said what nobody at Cricket Australia usually says out loud: they are asking the same questions about this team's age as everyone else.
Pant failed his fitness test and got a re-sit. Jurel's 105 makes it less urgent
India's most dangerous overseas Test batter has one more chance to board the flight to New Zealand. The man keeping his gloves warm is making the wait easier to tolerate, and the numbers say what India would actually lose.
Harmer promised SA needed 'something spectacular' — then delivered the greatest spin haul Newlands has ever seen
Three weeks ago Simon Harmer was questioning his own form. On Saturday he took 10/120 at Cape Town to win the series decider by 176 runs, becoming the first South African spinner to bag a ten-for at Newlands. Australia, chasing 288, were demolished for 111.
Warner called it 'un-Australian' — and for once, nobody argued with him
Australia's 111 all out at Newlands triggered the most savage public critique of the team in years. David Warner led the charge on Fox Sports, Pat Cummins could not defend it, and the WTC standings tell the rest of the story.
Fakhar said runs in finals 'just feel different' — then proved it with 127 off 99
Pakistan chased 326 in a tri-series final at Gaddafi Stadium. Fakhar Zaman revived Champions Trophy memories with his 12th ODI century, but it was 21-year-old Arafat Minhas — 61 off 31 balls at five down — who turned a collapse into a coronation.
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Phillips scored more than anyone ever has in a bilateral T20I series — and still lost
Glenn Phillips ended on 341 runs, 10 clear of Phil Salt's old record, as New Zealand chased 192 in 18 overs at Hamilton. The 3-2 scoreline shows what the record could not fix: India had already won the first three games, two of them in the final over.
Yuvraj says his six-sixes record 'will break very soon' — blame the apprentice he built
Nineteen years after six sixes off Stuart Broad became cricket's most replayed over, Yuvraj Singh concedes the inevitable. His protégé Abhishek Sharma, the ICC's No. 1 T20I batter, just smashed 11 sixes in 38 balls against New Zealand. The student is coming for the master's throne.
Rickelton and Mulder batted Australia into the dirt — now the tourists need 288 or bust
South Africa started Day 4 effectively 40 for four in a series decider. Twelve hours later, Ryan Rickelton had his third Test century, Wiaan Mulder had his fourth, and Australia were staring at the second-highest successful run chase in 137 years of Test cricket at Newlands. The No. 1 ranking is on the line. So is Pat Cummins's legacy as captain.
Raza scored a century, lost anyway, and then torched his own dressing room
Afghanistan were 5 for 4 in the fourth over. Zimbabwe's fielders were already doing the math on a 130-odd chase. Then Azmatullah Omarzai hit 116 off 50 balls with 12 sixes. Sikandar Raza answered with 106 not out. It wasn't enough. And Raza was not having any of it.
Phillips hit ten sixes, broke every record, and India had no answers whatsoever
Glenn Phillips smashed 107 off 49 balls with 10 sixes. Michael Bracewell clubbed 65 off 25. Together they put on 115 in 34 balls. New Zealand posted 259/7 — the highest T20I total any team has ever made against India. And all of it happened in a dead rubber with the series already lost 0-3.
Duckett's career-best 167 came in a dead rubber — peak England, honestly
Three losses. Already eliminated. Nothing to play for. And then Ben Duckett walks out and plays the innings of his life — 167 off 132 balls, 24 fours, a ground-record 386 for 5. England won by 55 runs. It changed absolutely nothing about their tournament. It changed everything about the questions this team will face going home.
A broken finger couldn't stop Inglis from stealing the Newlands decider
Fractured right index finger. Splint on. First match in seven months. Steve Smith's replacement walked in at Newlands and walked off unbeaten on 85 from 111 balls. While he batted, South Africa's bowling attack fell apart around him — Rabada cramping, Jansen stiffening, and Australia quietly taking control of the series.
Rauf waves his bat at Jacks, cops his fifth demerit point, then hits the winning boundary
Haris Rauf marched towards Will Jacks with his bat raised at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. The umpire tried to hold him back. Joe Root talked him down. Then he smashed the winning runs. The ICC fined him 20% of his match fee and gave him another demerit point — his fifth in 13 months. Pakistan's most talented fast bowler cannot stop starting fires.
Pakistan's batting coach admits '70 per cent'. Then says Babar is fine.
Bowled out for 110 at home — their second-lowest ODI total on Pakistani soil — and the batting coach walks into a press conference to say the top order is running at 70 per cent of where it needs to be. In the same breath, he insists Babar Azam's form is 'no cause for concern'. The final is Saturday. Make it make sense.
Shadab walked off at 97. England celebrated. DRS had other plans. Then came Superman.
At 154 for 9, Pakistan needed 88 from the last wicket. Shadab Khan made 113 not out, broke a 51-year record with Haris Rauf, told the world he 'can't reveal on live TV' what they discussed, and dedicated the greatest ODI heist to his mother and wife. The cricket world called it 'Absolute Cinema.'
Starc admitted he doubted himself all series. Then he took 6-72 at Newlands.
Zero for 62 after 12 overs. Six for 72 by stumps. Four wickets in six balls with the new ball. Mitchell Starc says he reviewed footage with Alyssa Healy and realised he was 'probably looking too far into it.' The series decider just pivoted on a single word: problem solving.
Abhishek Sharma 'manifested' his century. New Zealand never had a prayer.
A 35-ball hundred, 11 sixes, a T20I powerplay record and a series sealed in three games. India's No. 1 ranked T20I batter is playing a different sport to everyone else in Wellington.
Brook called England's 0-3 tri-series 'exceptional'. McCullum is disaster-planning.
Three matches. Three defeats. A world-record last-wicket chase conceded. And England's captain stood in the press conference in Lahore and said he 'couldn't have asked for any more'. Somewhere in the background, Brendon McCullum is reportedly rewriting the 2027 World Cup blueprint.
Lancashire told the greatest fast bowler alive he's not wanted. After 50 wickets at 17.
Sir James Anderson — 704 Test wickets, 25 years at Old Trafford, captain in 2026 — has been informed that Lancashire will not renew his contract. His response was seven words of quiet devastation.
Warner says what the numbers already scream — Konstas at No. 3 is coming
151 not out in the Shield. 149 in the One-Day Cup. All inside four days. David Warner has publicly backed the 21-year-old for the No. 3 spot — and with Marnus Labuschagne averaging 22.80 across 13 Tests since 2025, the selectors are running out of arguments.
Smith walks back into Newlands carrying a bad neck and eight years of ghosts
Four innings without reaching 30. A neck injury that limited him to 20 minutes of gentle throwdowns in the Newlands nets. And tomorrow he steps onto the ground where he sanctioned the act that shook cricket to its core. Head says he'll be fine. Cummins says the team has moved on. The series decider will test both claims.
Head says Australia's batting has been 'one individual each time' — and the numbers are brutal
Renshaw's 190 in Durban. Head's 121 in Gqeberha. Both heroic. Both isolated. As Australia head to Cape Town for a WTC-defining series decider at cricket's most haunted ground, their vice-captain is the first to admit the top order has been playing solo innings — and the data says he's underselling the problem.
Pathan says Tilak Varma 'will lead this side' — and Christchurch just proved why
India were 70 for 5 chasing 181. Gautam Gambhir told Tilak Varma that the whole of India believed in him. What followed was a 51 not out off 26 balls that won a game that had no business being won — and Irfan Pathan now says this 24-year-old will captain India.
Bavuma reminds the world who the champions are — and warns them Cape Town will be worse
After scoring 179 and dismantling Australia by an innings, South Africa's captain delivered the quietest, most dangerous press conference of the series. 'The target is on our back and everyone wants to have a go at us.' Cape Town at 1-1 with the WTC Final on the line. Good luck.
Kotak is sick of the Sooryavanshi hype machine — but injury just handed the kid his chance
India's batting coach told the media what everyone inside the dressing room was thinking: 'You can't make changes to the XI because people like him.' Then Ishan Kishan's adductor gave out, and the teenager walks in through the back door anyway.
Pathan calls the Gambhir pile-on 'everyone's favourite timepass' — and he's not entirely wrong
India just pulled off their highest-ever T20I chase. The coach's reward? Another round of social media prosecution over a batting order change that was caused by an injury. Irfan Pathan has had enough, and his frustration exposes a deeper problem with how India consumes its cricket.
Jaffer says the quiet part out loud — Sarfaraz Khan's exclusion goes 'beyond cricketing reasons'
Eighteen first-class hundreds. A career average north of 62. A double century last Ranji season and an unbeaten 139 this one. And still no Test recall since November 2024. Wasim Jaffer isn't buying the selection committee's silence anymore, and his three words have torn the lid off Indian cricket's most awkward conversation.
Brook's 202 'has no value whatsoever' — the cruellest record in ODI history
Harry Brook broke Shubman Gill's record for the fastest ODI double century, became only the second man after Gayle to complete the all-format 3-2-1, and still ended up shellshocked on the losing side as Sri Lanka chased 430 with one ball to spare.
Dhir's 15-ball carnage seals India's record chase — and exposes everything the impact player rule buried
India chased 226 in Christchurch with four wickets and two balls to spare. Sanju Samson bludgeoned 67 off 33, but Naman Dhir's unbeaten 42 off 15 at No. 7 was the innings that mattered most — a finisher's masterclass from a man the IPL barely lets bowl.
Steyn crowns Jansen the world's best — 85 runs, five wickets, and a few words for the Australians
Dale Steyn doesn't do participation awards. When he says Marco Jansen is the best cricketer on the planet right now, he means it — and after Gqeberha, the numbers are getting harder to argue with.
Cummins can't paper over cracks anymore — now he has to rip up the wallpaper
Bowled out for 99, thrashed by an innings, and heading to the ground where sandpapergate happened. Pat Cummins says a loss 'forces players to ask questions of themselves.' The Cape Town decider will force selectors to answer a few of their own.
McDonald can't defend 99 all out — so he hides behind the No. 1 ranking instead
Australia bowled out for 99, forced to follow on for only the third time this century, and their coach's best defence is a trophy cabinet from 16 months ago. Some problems outgrow their alibis.
Arafat Minhas just did the impossible twice in one afternoon — and he's only 21
A maiden ODI fifty. Six wickets. A direct-hit run-out to finish the job. Pakistan's youngest all-round sensation dismantled England in Rawalpindi and announced himself as the most exciting cricketer you're not watching.
NZ picked 7 pacers to ambush Sooryavanshi — and India might not even let him bat
Rob Walter wants to see the 15-year-old 'under pressure' on bouncy New Zealand pitches. Mitchell Santner has studied his IPL carnage. There's just one problem: Shreyas Iyer keeps telling him to be patient.
Bavuma didn't need Instagram — 179 off 334 balls is the only reply that matters
Travis Head posted an AI meme mocking the South African captain after Durban. One week later, Bavuma walked in at 97 for 5, batted all three days, broke records, and left Australia staring at a 422-run deficit. Some people talk. Some people bat.
PCB silences Atherton and Hussain — the Lord's interview that almost stopped a Test match
An 18-minute conversation with Imran Khan's sons about their father's health in prison has cost two of cricket's finest broadcasters their seats in the commentary box. The PCB won't say why. They don't need to.
Woakes rips the lid off his England exit — 'shabby' treatment, silent phones, and a one-armed goodbye
England's most loyal servant just published the most damning autobiography of 2026. Rob Key told the press before he told the player. The two have barely spoken since.
They keep calling it a 'one-off' — but Lyon has now been dropped three times in 18 months
Australia axed their greatest spinner for the Gqeberha Test. Again, the selectors said it was about conditions. Again, Nathan Lyon disagreed. At 38, the pattern is becoming impossible to ignore.
Fleming's honest confession: 'An Englishman should coach England' — and part-time spinners are the future
England's New Zealand-born Test coach made two bold admissions on BBC Radio: he shouldn't have his own job long-term, and the era of the frontline spinner in Test cricket is dying. One is refreshingly self-aware. The other might start a war.
Shafali studied Australian batters to fix her one flaw — now she's being called the world's best T20I batter
A sleepless night after a four-ball failure. A 2025 off-season spent dissecting how Australians build innings. Then 55 off 25 balls to seal a series. Reema Malhotra says this version of Shafali Verma is the finished product.
Sammy declares the swagger is back — then reminds everyone West Indies still can't afford to sustain it
A 2-2 draw in India. Two Shai Hope centuries. A Keemo Paul five-for. And a coach who used his finest hour to beg for financial investment. That's West Indies cricket in 2026.
Taskin says the quiet part out loud — Bangladesh's batters have skill but no spine under pressure
Three wickets with the new ball, 24 for 3, and his bowlers still lost by 99 runs. Taskin Ahmed is done being diplomatic about Bangladesh's serial collapses.
Rizwan back on the field — but the betting probe hasn't gone anywhere
Pakistan's most bankable white-ball cricketer was quietly cleared to captain SNGPL in domestic cricket today, even as the cybercrime investigation that kept him out of the ODI tri-series remains unresolved. The PCB wants you to move on. The questions haven't.
Ashwin rips into BCCI for 'ruining' Jaiswal's confidence with repeated ODI snubs
Two centuries in six ODIs. A 71.25 average. An unbeaten 110 in his last innings. And yet Yashasvi Jaiswal has been left out of both split squads for the New Zealand tour. R Ashwin says the treatment is 'very unfair' and warns that India are destroying their best young ODI batter's confidence ahead of the 2027 World Cup.
PCB silences Atherton and Hussain — cricket's commentary box becomes a political battlefield
An 18-minute interview with Imran Khan's sons at Lord's has cost two of cricket's finest broadcasters their place at Pakistan's ODI tri-series. The PCB won't say why. Everyone else already knows.
The ECB expanded to 39 contracts and still cut Crawley — Bazball's last man is out
Six years on the ECB payroll. Fifty-seven Tests. That 267 at Rawalpindi. None of it was enough. The ECB found room for an uncapped seamer on a two-year deal but not for the man who launched the Bazball revolution. Zak Crawley is back at Kent, and a six-year ride is over.
Hayden called it 'mediocrity' — Maddinson called it a second chance at life
Fifteen months after finishing chemotherapy for testicular cancer, Nic Maddinson walked out to open for Australia in Durban. His 33-ball duck was the worst possible start. His 48 off 38 in the second innings was the answer nobody could argue with. Matthew Hayden owes him an apology.
Lord's Literally Digs Up Its Own Pitch — The Home of Cricket Can't Make a Cricket Pitch
The MCC steamed the Lord's square at 200°C to create fast, flat Bazball surfaces. They got 40 wickets in 166 overs, an ICC demerit point, and lost the WTC Final to The Oval. Now they've ripped up the evidence.
Stubbs Axed, Verreynne Benched, Opening Spot TBD — Conrad's Selection Reads Like a Panic Room
One Test loss. One. South Africa have dropped Tristan Stubbs, stripped Kyle Verreynne of the gloves, drafted in a man with 14 Test runs, and still don't know who's opening the batting in Gqeberha. Shukri Conrad calls it turning the ship. It looks more like setting it on fire.
Renshaw made 190 at No. 5 — and Cummins says good luck moving him back
Australia's captain dropped his opener four spots down the order for the Durban Test. The result was the innings of Renshaw's career, a 214-run win, and a selection headache that won't go away before Gqeberha.
T20 leagues have 'softened' rivalries, says Harmer — and Durban just proved him right
Before the first Test, South Africa's veteran spinner warned that franchise friendships were taking the sting out of international cricket. Five days later, the defending World Test Championship holders lost by 214 runs in a near-empty Kingsmead. The 2nd Test in Gqeberha starts Saturday — and nobody's sure the stands will be any fuller.
Four years in the wilderness, then a fifer that changed everything — Keemo Paul is back
Keemo Paul's last T20I was in August 2022. West Indies forgot about him. India forgot about him. Then he walked into Hyderabad and ripped through India's chase with 5/41, levelling the series at 2-2 and setting up a decider. Some comebacks don't need a press release.
Cummins' 'that undersells him' — Hazlewood's career-best 6/49 at 35 hands Bavuma first Test defeat
Josh Hazlewood missed the Ashes, turned 35, and just recorded the best bowling figures of his career to seal Australia's 214-run demolition of the world Test champions at Kingsmead. Pat Cummins thinks people are still selling him short.
Head's villain arc is complete — fires at legends, wins big, mocks Bavuma on Instagram
Travis Head spent the week before Kingsmead taking shots at Matthew Hayden and ex-players who questioned Australia's batting. Then Australia won by 214 runs and Head posted an AI meme of the South African captain. Because of course he did.
Pollock to captains: 'Don't be scared' — use the pink ball before bad light kills Test cricket
Forty-nine overs vanished to bad light in three days at Kingsmead. The ICC has already approved a pink-ball trial for day Tests. But South Africa's own coaching staff says the red ball is sacred. Shaun Pollock thinks that's exactly the problem.
Shami Said 'It's Not My Loss' — And 19 Months of Silence Proves He Means It
India's Champions Trophy strike bowler hasn't worn the blue jersey since March 2025. Bhuvneshwar Kumar just got recalled after four years away. Shami's response was the most brutally honest thing an Indian cricketer has said all year.
Abhishek Says Sixes Don't Define Him — His World Record and 18-Ball Fifty Strongly Disagree
India's T20I wrecking ball scored 69 off 30 in Indore, broke Suryakumar Yadav's record for fastest to 2,000 T20I runs, and then had the audacity to tell the press it's 'not about hitting sixes.' The most dangerous thing about Abhishek Sharma in 2026 is that he actually believes that.
Farhan Said Pakistan 'Doesn't Belong to Anyone' — Then Won 2-0 Without Babar and Rizwan
Pakistan's eighth T20I captain in three years made one press conference statement that cut through years of captaincy chaos. Two matches later, a 21-year-old sensation called Maaz Sadaqat proved him right.
Hasan Mahmud 'Let the Ball Do Its Job' — And It Delivered Bangladesh's Most Historic Three Balls
One wicket on Day 1. Five on Day 3. Hasan Mahmud's refusal to panic rewrote Bangladeshi pace bowling history — three wickets in three balls, a 13-year drought broken, and a captain left stranded on a century nobody will remember.
Lyon Calls Smith an 'Absolute Freak' After Catching Clinic Made Reverse Sweeps a Death Wish
Four catches, two off reverse sweeps, one taken one-handed while moving right before the bat made contact — and a record reclaimed from Joe Root. Steven Smith's Day 3 at Kingsmead was the kind of fielding display that deserves its own highlights reel.
Shami Drops the 'Not My Loss' Bomb — While Bhuvneshwar Gets the Call He's Been Denied
Mohammed Shami took 38 Ranji wickets and carried Bengal to a semi-final. The BCCI recalled the man who took 28 IPL wickets instead. Shami's response? 'If I don't play for India again, it's not my loss.' Ashwin thinks the door's still open. The numbers suggest it should be.
Mulder Admits SA Made It 'Too Easy' for Renshaw — Then Cast Doubt on Nortje for Gqeberha
When an allrounder who took 4-88 openly questions his own captain's field placements — and publicly speculates that the express quick who bowled 28 overs shouldn't play next week — South Africa's problems at Durban run far deeper than one man's 190.
Jaffer Says Kohli Left Tests 'Bitter' — Agarkar Says He Left on His Own Terms
Wasim Jaffer has gone on YouTube and dropped a grenade into the post-Agarkar discourse: Virat Kohli was resentful about the way he was treated before retiring from Test cricket. Agarkar's version? 'He reached out and said he wants to finish.' Both can't be fully right. And 17 months after that retirement, we still don't know which one is closer to the truth.
Renshaw's 190 Solves One Crisis and Creates a Much Better One
Australia were 84 for 4 at Kingsmead when their supposed backup opener walked in at No. 5 and played the innings of his life. Now the selectors have a problem they'll actually enjoy having — where does Matt Renshaw bat when Cameron Green comes back?
Pujara Said 'It's Not About Pace.' Mayank Yadav Disagreed at 149.5 kph.
After going for 1-40 in the first T20I, Mayank Yadav faced public advice from Cheteshwar Pujara to stop relying on raw speed. His response in Ranchi? Two wickets in his opening over, Rovman Powell's stumps cartwheeling to an express thunderbolt, and 3-36 that rewrote the argument entirely.
'Chasing in India Always Gives You a Chance.' Hope's 102* Made That Sound Like a Threat.
At 5 for 2 after four balls, West Indies were dead. Eighteen overs later, Shai Hope had smashed an unbeaten 102 off 45 balls, powered the second-highest T20I chase in history, and said something so casually confident about chasing in India that it should keep Indian cricket up at night.
Gambhir's Pitch Crusade Escalates: 'Bowlers' Careers Are at Stake'
Two pitch tantrums in two weeks. After an 811-run ODI in Guwahati drew 'this is not cricket, this is only batting,' the Ranchi T20I's 501-run, 33-six carnage pushed India's head coach to his bleakest warning yet — that Indian surfaces are actively ending bowlers' livelihoods.
The Comeback Express: Nortje Returns After 1,300 Days to Settle Unfinished Business With Australia
Anrich Nortje's last Test ended with a five-wicket haul in March 2023. Then came the injuries, the reinvention as a T20 specialist, and the long road back. Now, with Kagiso Rabada sidelined and the World Test Championship on the line, the 32-year-old walks back into Kingsmead for the most consequential spell of his career.
The Quiet Part Out Loud: Cricket Australia's CEO Says Test Cricket Is Sending Countries Broke
Todd Greenberg sat down in Durban, two days before Australia's first Test against South Africa, and said what every administrator thinks but nobody with a business card is supposed to admit: the current model of bilateral Test cricket is financially destroying some of its own members. A 12-team WTC is coming. But so is a reckoning about who can afford to stay in the room.
Australia Have 'Moved On' From Sandpapergate. The Evidence Suggests Otherwise.
Usman Khawaja is writing a book with a chapter on the scandal. Steve Smith admits he still has flashbacks. The broadcasters are trolling each other with old footage. And Pat Cummins insists everything is fine. As Australia play their first Test in South Africa since Cape Town 2018, the sport's most notorious wound is wide open again.
De Silva Walked Away. In Sri Lankan Cricket, That Might Be the Bravest Thing He Did.
After 18 Tests, seven wins, eight losses, and a captaincy that never quite caught fire, Dhananjaya de Silva handed the armband to Kusal Mendis with a simple message: it's time for the next generation. In a country where captains get sacked, dropped, or politically manoeuvred out, choosing to leave on your own terms is almost radical.
Exultant. Shreyas Iyer's Maiden T20I Ton Completes Cricket's Greatest Redemption Arc.
From T20I exile to six straight losses as captain to ten consecutive wins and a 43-ball century — Shreyas Iyer answered every critic with the only language cricket understands: a six over long-on to bring up three figures.
Pakistan's Fourth T20I Captain in Two Years Might Be Their First Good Choice
The PCB have done it again — sacked another captain, dropped their biggest names, and started over. But this time, the man they've handed the armband to actually deserves it. Sahibzada Farhan broke Kohli's T20 World Cup run record and led Pakistan to Asian Games silver. Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi? Gone from the T20I squad entirely.
He Beat Cancer, Waited a Decade — Now Hayden Says His Test Recall Is a Joke
Nic Maddinson survived testicular cancer that spread to his lungs, battled mental health crises, lost his state contract, and rebuilt himself from scratch. Now he's back in Australia's Test squad — and Matthew Hayden is calling it the 'greatest pile of mediocrity in a generation.'
Gambhir Praised Kohli and Rohit. Nobody Believes He Means It.
After months of phasing-out rumours and selection chaos, India's head coach suddenly called Gill 'fortunate' to have the two legends beside him. From Chennai to Karachi, cricket's sharpest voices aren't buying it.
Gill Says India Don't Know If They're Attacking or Defending. That's a Problem.
After West Indies chased down 352 at Mullanpur to spoil India's series sweep, the captain pointed to two glaring weaknesses that have followed this team all year. With twelve months to the 2027 World Cup, the honesty is refreshing. The timeline is terrifying.
Nortje Hasn't Played a Test in 1,300 Days — Now South Africa Can't Win Without Him
Four fast bowlers down to hamstring injuries. A WTC series against Australia starting in four days. And the one man South Africa need most has been secretly training for exactly this moment with bowling coach Piet Botha in Gqeberha.
Dhoni Told Him He Had Time — Hope Used Every Second to Humiliate India
Shai Hope kept wicket for 50 overs, opened the batting with a groin injury, and scored an unbeaten 162 off 143 balls to chase down 352 in Mullanpur — the highest successful ODI chase in West Indies history. His secret weapon? A conversation with MS Dhoni.
Chahal Closes the Red-Ball Door at Lord's — Then Kicks the White-Ball One Wide Open
He took 148 first-class wickets, bowled Ben Stokes through the gate, and played his final red-ball match at the Home of Cricket. But at 36, Yuzvendra Chahal isn't mourning the Test cap that never came — he's declaring war on the selectors who forgot him.
Rohit's Not Done: 'I Want That Feeling Back' Before the Clock Runs Out
At 39, with Test retirement behind him and a century alongside Gill's record 223* still fresh, Rohit Sharma delivered his most revealing interview yet — backing his successor's captaincy while admitting he's manifesting one last World Cup ride in South Africa.
From Contract-Less to Gold-Medal Match: Kishan's 'Hits Different' Is an Understatement
Two years ago, Ishan Kishan lost his BCCI central contract for skipping domestic cricket. On Wednesday, he bludgeoned 80 not out off 46 balls on a cracked Nisshin surface, walked India into an Asian Games final against Pakistan, and said playing for a medal 'hits different.' The world's No. 1 T20I batter has earned the right to understate things.
Ashwin's Bold Verdict: Gill Isn't the Next Kohli or Rohit — He's Both
After Shubman Gill smashed the fastest double century in ODI history — 223 not out off 133 balls to chase down 405 against West Indies in Guwahati — R Ashwin delivered the most specific praise any Indian batter has received in years: Gill combines Kohli's placement against pace with Rohit's back-foot dominance against spin. And the numbers say he might be right.
Baby AB Just Got Told He Can't Hack It at Home — by His Own Coach
Shukri Conrad compared Dewald Brevis to Rafael Nadal on clay courts to explain why the CSK star was dropped from South Africa's Test squad for Australia. Four Tests, an average of 23, and a brutal verdict: he's a subcontinental specialist, not a Proteas all-surface answer.
Kohli at 37 Is Unlocking a Version of Himself That Should Terrify Every Bowler Alive
He reached 15,000 ODI runs 74 innings faster than Sachin Tendulkar. Then he told the world he's not done upgrading. The 2027 World Cup just got its scariest batting storyline.
Bahutule Called Jadeja a 'Utility Player.' The Numbers Say He Hasn't Been One.
India's spin coach confirmed the Jadeja-Axar World Cup showdown is live. One averages 30 with the ball in the last year. The other averages 350. Guess which one got called a utility player.
Gambhir Said He Accepts His Failures 'With Both Hands.' That's New.
Three ICC trophies, four captains, a home Test collapse and a T20 whitewash in England. Two years into the job, India's most combative coach drops his guard and admits the ride has not been smooth.
Australia's Middle Order Crumbles to Spin Again — And the Tests Haven't Even Started
Two ODIs, two collapses, one recurring nightmare. Keshav Maharaj now owns 10 wickets against Australia in four innings, and Mitch Marsh sounds like a man who knows what's coming in October.
McCullum Wants England to 'Catastrophise.' Buttler's Hamstring Just Made It Real.
England's greatest white-ball cricketer is out of Pakistan, probably out of Australia, and 14 months from a World Cup. McCullum says that's exactly the crisis England needed.
Kohli Promised Himself He'd Play Positively. Then He Hit 9 Sixes and Rewrote History.
15,000 ODI runs. 74 innings faster than Tendulkar. An unbeaten 139 off 88 balls. And a 37-year-old man who says the best is still coming.
Miller Wore His Mother's Name, Lost His Contract, and Played the Innings of His Life.
A career-best 142 off 93 balls. Nine sixes on Pink Day. His breast cancer survivor mother crying in the stands. CSA said he was surplus. The Wanderers disagreed.
'It's the Last World Cup.' Kohli Just Set the Clock on His Own Legacy.
In a JioStar interview that dropped like a grenade on the eve of the West Indies ODI series, Virat Kohli confirmed what everyone suspected but nobody wanted to hear — the 2027 World Cup in South Africa will be his final act in Indian colours. Oh, and he's 59 runs from another Sachin record.
Kotak Says It's 'Not Unfair' to Bench Jaiswal. His Average of 71 Disagrees.
India's batting coach just told a 24-year-old with two centuries in six ODIs to 'keep working hard and wait.' Meanwhile, Rohit is 37, Kohli is 37, and the World Cup is thirteen months away. At what point do the numbers get loud enough?
Clarke Called Kuldeep the World's Best Spinner. India Made Him Wait 8 Months.
Michael Clarke dropped a truth bomb on his podcast. Then Kuldeep Yadav dropped four West Indian wickets in Thiruvananthapuram to prove exactly why the 45-year-old was right.
Morkel Says 'It Starts Now.' Reddy Just Got Handed the Keys to Pandya's Throne.
India's bowling coach has declared the 2027 World Cup audition open — starting Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram. With Hardik Pandya's body falling apart and Nitish Kumar Reddy ripping through Afghanistan, Morkel isn't being subtle about who's next in line for the allrounder crown.
Pietersen Thought He Was in Trouble. Twelve Years Later, England Gave Him the Keys.
The man Andrew Strauss accused of a 'complete breakdown in trust' just sat down with England's Test batters. Kevin Pietersen says Harry Brook is 'frighteningly' good, admits the ECB environment is 'completely different' to what he expected, and has already spoken to Stephen Fleming about the Ashes. At 46, the prodigal son is back — and this time he's got notes on his phone to prove it.
Gambhir Said '17 Months, Not 17 Years.' He Just Buried His Critics and His Predecessor.
India's head coach broke his silence on the T20I bilateral slump with a line that doubled as a defence and a dig. Five consecutive defeats, a BCCI review meeting, and the most ruthless press conference of his tenure — all 48 hours before the West Indies ODI series.
CWI Kills the Super50 and Cuts Player Pay 25%. Dehring Calls It a 'Brathwaite Moment.'
On the eve of their India tour, West Indies players learned their retainer fees are being slashed by a quarter. The Super50 — the pipeline to the ODI team — is suspended. The Women's T20 Blaze is gone. CWI has burned through US$80 million on domestic flights in 15 years. And the CEO is asking the Caribbean to back 'bold, risk-taking strokes.' The players just arrived in Thiruvananthapuram with 25% less reason to be there.
Sammy Threw Down the Gauntlet — Beat India or Forget the World Cup
West Indies haven't won an ODI series in India since Chris Gayle was 23 years old. Their head coach just told the world that beating this Indian side is the only test that matters before February's World Cup qualifiers.
Jansen Said He'd Slow Things Down. His Bat Didn't Get the Memo.
Before the series, Marco Jansen spoke about calm, composure, and picking the right moments. Then he walked out at 168 for 5, hit a no-look six off Zampa, took a one-handed catch of the year on the boundary rope, and South Africa thumped Australia by 67 runs without four of their best fast bowlers.
Conrad Called It 'Silence of the Lambs'. Breetzke Made It a Prophecy.
The Proteas coach declared Australia's intimidation era dead on the eve of the first ODI. His 27-year-old centurion then walked out at Kingsmead — the very ground where David Warner once had to be restrained on the staircase — and answered every question with 112 off 106 balls.
Pakistan's Own Coach Said the Quiet Part Out Loud About India
Mike Hesson called India 'the benchmark' for Pakistan in white-ball cricket. He meant it as motivation. The scoreline — 0-4 in the last 15 months, 3-14 all-time in T20Is — reads more like a diagnosis.
He Could Have Moaned About Batting at Six — Will Jacks Took Five Wickets Instead
Harry Brook says Headingley will 'witness a new Will Jacks' in today's 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka. After 46 not out and career-best 5-22 at Chester-le-Street — the finest figures by an England ODI spinner since 1984 — Jacks has quietly settled the debate about whether he's a batsman who bowls or something far more valuable.
Five Pacers Down, Zero Answers — South Africa's Hamstring Epidemic Forces Bavuma Into an Identity Crisis
Rabada, Ngidi, Baartman, Maphaka — all hamstrings, all inside three weeks. Now Temba Bavuma is talking about playing two spinners at Kingsmead, a ground that was built for pace. When the most famous fast-bowling production line in cricket can't field a single established seamer, something has gone badly wrong.
Mark Wood's Body Broke Before His Spirit Did — And That's the Cruellest Part
253 wickets. Three ICC trophies. One of the fastest spells in cricket history. And only 38 Tests in 11 years because his body kept saying no. Mark Wood has retired from international cricket — ground down, not beaten.
CSA Took Miller's Contract. He Took the Next Flight to Durban Anyway.
At 37, with 178 ODI caps and ₹77 crore earned in franchise cricket, David Miller has nothing left to prove. CSA dropped him from their books. His response was to show up for the Australia series and say five words that should terrify every young batter in the squad: 'I know what I'm worth.'
Fleming's Message to England: 'I'm More Measured.' Root Is the Standard. Bazball Is Over.
In his first extended interview as England's Test head coach, Stephen Fleming drew a quiet, devastating line under the McCullum era — calling off-field incidents 'disappointing,' naming Root as the benchmark for behaviour, targeting No. 1 Test ranking and WTC glory, and making clear that the age of vibes-over-discipline is done. The most successful IPL coach in history wants to build something that lasts.
He Dislocated His Shoulder From a High-Five. Richardson Wants the BGT Anyway.
On his 30th birthday, Australia's most injury-cursed fast bowler has just four Tests to his name in nine years. He's lost his central contract, averaged 66 in county cricket, and once popped his shoulder celebrating a wicket. His answer? 'I still feel strong in myself.' His coach says he's never looked fitter. This might be cricket's most absurd — and most admirable — comeback story.
Good Enough to Captain India's Best XI. Not Good Enough for India's ODI Squad.
Rishabh Pant will lead the Rest of India in the Irani Cup. He will not play a single ball in India's eight-match white-ball series against the West Indies. Aakash Chopra says the selectors have made up their mind. The most talented keeper-batter of his generation hasn't played an ODI in over two years. Nobody at the BCCI has explained why.
Brook Won't Touch Franchise Cricket. England Just Swept Sri Lanka and Took No. 1 Back From India.
'I want to play as much cricket as I can for England. That is my main priority and why I don't play franchise cricket.' Harry Brook said the quiet part loud after his side demolished Sri Lanka in 9.4 overs to complete a 3-0 T20I sweep at Old Trafford — reclaiming the world No. 1 ranking from India for the third time in two months. Sangakkara called them ruthless. Asalanka called it an eye-opener. Sonny Baker went from debut disaster to Player of the Match. This England machine doesn't need the IPL.
'Le Li — It Was Taken': Rashid Khan Blindsided by His Own Board
Afghanistan's greatest cricketer found out he'd been stripped of the T20I captaincy through a press release. No call. No meeting. No explanation. The man who delivered Afghanistan's first ICC semi-final, who became the first human to take 700 T20 wickets, learned he'd been replaced by Ibrahim Zadran the same way everyone else did — when the board tweeted it. In a fresh interview during the India T20I series, Rashid finally broke his silence. His response? A laugh, a Hindustani shrug, and a grace his employers didn't deserve.
Seven Years, 49 Balls, Nine Sixes: Shafali Verma Finally Has Her Hundred
The most destructive opener in women's cricket waited since her 2019 debut for a T20I century. She chose an Asian Games semi-final in Japan to get it — the first women's hundred in the tournament's history. Her father says she promised him before the tour she'd do it. Shafali doesn't break promises, she breaks bowling attacks.
Pandya Can't Bowl Ten Overs and India's World Cup Blueprint Just Cracked
Gautam Gambhir finally said the quiet part out loud: Hardik Pandya isn't fit enough to bowl a full ODI spell. Four months without competitive cricket. A body that keeps breaking down at 32. A fitness test he still hasn't passed. And an ODI World Cup in February that India simply cannot win without a functioning sixth bowler.
Five Trophies, One Lord's Betrayal — Why India's Greatest Selector Just Walked Away
Ajit Agarkar won every ICC trophy India could win in three years. Two T20 World Cups. A Champions Trophy. Two Asia Cups. Then a selector told Rohit Sharma the Lord's ODI was his last match, the BCCI secretary contradicted it on camera, and Agarkar decided he'd had enough. India's most successful chief selector is done — and the board is pretending they still have 15 days to fix it.
Travis Head's Cheeky Harare Century Was His Answer to Cricket's Dumbest Question
Four consecutive chop-on dismissals. One fifty in eleven innings. Fans asking if his prime was over. Then 112 off 84 balls in Harare with a series of cheeky gestures to the dugout. Rayudu and Finch diagnosed the problem months ago — Head just proved them right by going back to what he does best.
Stokes Told the World Brook Is Better Than KP. Pietersen Was Watching From the Balcony.
'I don't even think the genius of KP could come close.' Ben Stokes dropped a grenade on social media after Harry Brook's 42-ball century against Sri Lanka — and Kevin Pietersen, England's newly appointed white-ball mentor, had a front-row seat. Three unbeaten innings. 288 runs. Zero dismissals. The debate isn't whether Brook is special. It's whether he's the most talented English batter who ever lived.
Abhishek Sharma Just Annihilated the Fastest Century Record. Rohit's Mark Didn't Stand a Chance.
108 off 34 balls. Century off 30. Seventy-six runs in the powerplay alone. The 26-year-old sat down cross-legged on the pitch, closed his eyes, and chanted 'Om Namah Shivaya' while Gambhir smiled from the dugout. India's T20I batting has a new apex predator.
Gambhir Just Told Hardik His Spot Isn't Waiting for Him. Nitish Reddy Has the Keys Now.
'Hardik cannot bowl 10 overs at the moment.' One sentence from India's head coach after the Afghanistan sweep, and the entire pecking order shifted. Sooryavanshi told to wait. Samson backed over the teenager. And Nitish Reddy positioned as the man for the 2027 World Cup. Gambhir's press conference wasn't a recap — it was a manifesto.
Rizwan Is Fighting a Cybercrime Agency in Court. Pakistan Cricket Has Lost the Plot.
Dropped mid-series, summoned by the NCCIA, questioned for two hours, phone confiscated — and no one will tell him what he's actually accused of. Mohammad Rizwan is done being quiet.
Taylor Broke Sachin's Record. Four Years Ago He Was Banned for Cocaine.
Brendan Taylor walked out in Harare on Monday and became the longest-serving ODI cricketer in men's history. The last time he'd played at this ground before 2025, he was hiding a drug test failure, a blackmail plot, and the end of his career. He scored 4. The record doesn't care.
Chahal Has 33 English Wickets and Bowled Stokes. India Haven't Called in Three Years.
The most prolific Indian spinner in English domestic cricket this summer hasn't worn a blue jersey since August 2023. Agarkar's last selection meeting before his tenure ends could finally reunite the Kul-Cha partnership — or confirm that India has permanently moved on from one of its greatest white-ball spinners.
KP Thought McCullum Was Joking. Then Brook Smashed 114* on Day One.
Kevin Pietersen's 12-year exile from English cricket ended with a phone call he didn't believe was real. His first day as white-ball mentor ended with England posting 254/4 and Harry Brook tying the record for England's second-fastest T20I hundred.
Salman Agha's 300 Not Out Is the Most Savage Response to a Test Axing You'll See All Year
Pakistan dropped him mid-series in England and sent him home. Two weeks later, he walked into Abbottabad and smashed 42 fours, six sixes, and a maiden first-class triple century. The selectors have a problem — and it's the kind you can't ignore.
One Match, One Breakdown: Varun Chakravarthy's Body Won't Let Him Be Great
India's World No.1 T20I bowler lasted exactly one game in his latest comeback before a side strain ended his Afghanistan series. His fourth injury of 2026 puts the Asian Games in doubt and the BCCI's rehab program under the scanner.
Srikkanth Called Rashid Khan 'Past His Prime.' He Turns 28 in Five Days and Owns 700 T20 Wickets.
One wicketless spell in Delhi was all it took for a former India captain to write off the most prolific T20 bowler in cricket history. The numbers say Srikkanth should probably sit this one out.
Babar Azam Hasn't Played Domestic Red-Ball Cricket in 7 Years — Now He's Begging for a Team
Pakistan's Test captain personally requested the PCB to find him a squad in the President's Trophy. When your country's best batter needs to ask for a game of first-class cricket, something is deeply, structurally wrong.
Srikkanth Rips Into Gambhir: 'What Wrong Did Vaibhav Do?' as India Drops Its Own Prodigy Again
Player of the Series in Zimbabwe. A strike rate of 196. AB de Villiers called him a miracle. And Gautam Gambhir's response? Bench him for the home series opener against Afghanistan. Kris Srikkanth has had enough.
Shafali and Mandhana Didn't Just Win India the Asia Cup — They Rewrote Its Record Books
A 24-ball fifty. A 129-run opening stand. The highest partnership in Women's T20 Asia Cup history. India's eighth title was never in doubt — Sri Lanka were reduced to spectators by the seventh over.
Abhishek Sharma's 32-Ball Answer to Every Critic of India's Batting: 'One or Two Bad Series Won't Define Us'
India's batting approach was called reckless after the UK tour. Abhishek responded with seven sixes, a 22-ball fifty, and the second-fastest 6,000 T20 runs in history. Then he grabbed the mic and dared anyone to question the philosophy again.
Trophy or No Trophy: India Women Win the Asia Cup, Then Walk Away From the Podium
For the second straight year, India refused to accept the Asia Cup trophy from Pakistan's Mohsin Naqvi. The BCCI says it has 'no regrets.' The ceremony descended into a 45-minute political standoff. Cricket's messiest trophy presentation just got a sequel.
Root Admitted It Was 'Chaos' — Then Whitewashed Pakistan Anyway
Ben Stokes retired. Brendon McCullum was sacked. Seven Pakistan players were sent home mid-series. And through all of it, Joe Root picked up the captaincy he'd put down four years ago and steered England to a 3-0 sweep with the calmness of a man who's done this before — because he has.
AB de Villiers Called Him a Veteran. Razdan Called Him a Miracle. Tonight He Chases Sehwag.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi plays his first international on home soil tonight in Delhi. He needs three sixes to overtake Virender Sehwag's all-time India T20I sixes record — in a third of the matches. The cricket world has stopped asking if he's ready.
Babar's Board Fired His Coach, Sent Home His Players, and Didn't Tell Him. He Still Won't Quit.
Pakistan's captain found out about the biggest squad purge in the country's history from a press release. Seven players gone. Two coaches sacked. A selector resigned in protest. And after a 3-0 whitewash, Babar Azam looked into the cameras at Edgbaston and said one word about continuing as captain: 'Yes.'
Razaullah Didn't Have a Passport. Then He Hit Nine Sixes on Test Debut.
A 21-year-old fast bowler who wasn't on the original touring list walked into Edgbaston, dismissed Joe Root with his fourth ball in Test cricket, took a four-fer, then smashed 81 off 63 at No. 9 with nine sixes — equalling records held by Ben Stokes and Tim Southee. Pakistan cricket found something in the wreckage of a 3-0 whitewash.
Afghanistan's New Captain Has a 'Proper Plan' for India's 15-Year-Old Problem
Ibrahim Zadran has singled out Vaibhav Sooryavanshi by name. Naveen-ul-Haq is back after two years. Rashid Khan is there but can't play. Afghanistan are walking into Delhi with something to prove — and a hit-list.
Robinson Now Owns the Best Test Average in 112 Years — Bumrah's Mark Is Gone
Ollie Robinson's 100th Test wicket at Edgbaston gave him a career average of 19.34, the best since Sydney Barnes bowled in the era before World War I. He overtook Jasprit Bumrah. He won Player of the Match in all three Tests. He helped England whitewash Pakistan 3-0. And he did it all in 24 Tests across five years, which is either a testament to his quality or the biggest asterisk in modern cricket.
Akram Said 'I Knew We'd Lose 3-0' — Then Explained Why Nobody Can Save Pakistan Cricket
Pakistan's greatest fast bowler predicted the whitewash before a ball was bowled in England. Now, with the win-loss ratio below 1.00 for the first time in 40 years and the domestic system in ruins, Wasim Akram says the problems are too deep for any one person to fix — and 'there is nothing really left' to rip up.
Kishan Said 'My Best Game Comes Under Pressure' — Then Proved It With 270
They dropped him. Told him to go earn his stripes in domestic cricket. So he scored the highest ever by a keeper in a Duleep Trophy final — with three national selectors in the stands — and Aakash Chopra is now warning Pant and Jurel that Kishan is breathing down their necks.
Shakeel Said 'It's Depressing' — Then Watched Pakistan's Top Five All Fall in Single Figures
Pakistan sacked two coaches, purged seven players, and fielded three debutants at Edgbaston. They lasted 33.5 overs. Saud Shakeel is the only man in the dressing room willing to say what everyone can see: they keep making the same mistakes, and nobody knows how to stop.
'Gone Back 10 Years' — Ajmal Names the Two Men He Says Destroyed Pakistan Cricket
Saeed Ajmal isn't doing diplomacy. The former Pakistan off-spinner has named Aaqib Javed and Mike Hesson directly, calling them a 'team' that is 'controlling everything' and responsible for 'this whole mess.' He says the PCB has humiliated its own players and pushed the team back a decade. When a man whose own career was destroyed by the system speaks this bluntly, it's worth paying attention.
Root Calls Pakistan 'No Fight' Talk Disrespectful — Their Own Board Disagrees
The man who just crushed Pakistan by an innings and then 194 runs says it's unfair to say they didn't fight. Meanwhile, the PCB sent seven players home, sacked the coach, and brought in five uncapped cricketers. Root's being kinder to Pakistan than Pakistan's own cricket board.
Babar Wasn't Told His Own Team Was Being Gutted — Then Told Critics to Check His CV
Pakistan's captain learned about the biggest mid-series squad purge in recent memory from a PCB press release, just like the rest of us. When asked about his own 14 runs in two innings at Lord's, he reminded everyone he was Man of the Series in the West Indies. Welcome to Pakistan cricket, where the captain has no say but plenty of stats.
Robinson Said He 'Wasn't Good Enough' — Then Broke a 112-Year Record
Six months ago, Ollie Robinson was wondering aloud whether he belonged in Test cricket. Today, his bowling average of 19.53 is the best by any bowler with 20+ Tests since the First World War — overtaking Jasprit Bumrah. And he walks out at Edgbaston one wicket from 100.
'No Way Back' Lasted Exactly 12 Years. KP Is Wearing England Again.
In December 2014, the ECB said Kevin Pietersen would never play for England again. In September 2026, he's pulling on the Three Lions as a specialist mentor under Brendon McCullum. The man they accused of destroying dressing room culture has been hired to build one. Cricket's greatest grudge match just ended with a handshake.
'Cosmetic Surgery Won't Fix This' — Misbah Walks Out as Pakistan Burns
Pakistan's most respected modern captain resigned as selector, told the PCB to learn from India, and called out double standards in coaching — all while the board dropped seven players mid-tour, sacked two coaches, and sent five uncapped players into a Birmingham Test match they've already lost the series for.
'Used to Chaos' — Hesson Admits Pakistan Don't Even Know What Their Test Team Is
Pakistan's white-ball coach was in Japan preparing for the Asian Games. Then he was supposed to meet the King. Instead, the PCB handed him a Test team he didn't pick, a dressing room he's never managed, and a dead rubber at Edgbaston with five uncapped players — and his press conference was the most honest thing to come out of Pakistan cricket in years.
Robinson Has Taken Sixteen Wickets in Two Tests, Root Is One Fifty From Tendulkar's Record, and Pakistan Are Playing for Something Beyond the Scoreboard
The series is decided at 2-0. But dead rubbers have their own logic — Root's pursuit of Tendulkar, Abbas' case for greatness, and Shakeel's 97 that changed nothing about the result and everything about the narrative.
Five Days Ago They Scored 445 Runs in Forty Overs — Now the Same Ground Asks a Completely Different Question
The format shifts from T20I to ODI at Windhoek. Namibia stunned South Africa in the opener and pushed them to the final over in the 445-run thriller. Can the fearlessness, the crowd, and the altitude translate into fifty overs?
Yousuf's Devastating Theory: Beating India in 2021 Was the Worst Thing to Happen to Pakistan
The 10-wicket demolition of India at the T20 World Cup was supposed to be Pakistan cricket's launchpad. Instead, Mohammad Yousuf says it bred arrogance, triggered a captaincy war, and started a five-year spiral that has left Pakistan with more Test defeats than wins for the first time since 1987.
'It's a Hypothetical, Isn't It?' — Bailey's Six Words That Tell Labuschagne Everything
George Bailey was asked the simplest question in Australian cricket: is South Africa Marnus Labuschagne's last chance? The chief selector said no, then immediately admitted the answer was a hypothetical. Forty-three innings without a century. Dropped from ODIs. Cooper Connolly in the squad. The hypothetical is getting very, very real.
The PCB Took Their Phones. Now Nobody Knows What Pakistan's Real Crisis Actually Is.
Seven players sent home. Two coaches sacked. Phones confiscated from Rizwan and Imam. Data extracted. A disciplinary inquiry into 'discipline and conduct.' Match-fixing whispers. Shahid Afridi calls it the most shocking decision he's ever seen. Pakistan cricket has gone from sporting disaster to something nobody can quite name.
55 All Out. Pakistan's Women Just Hit Rock Bottom Against India.
The lowest T20I score in Pakistan Women's history. Six wickets shared between two spinners most fans can't name. India chased it in 8.4 overs. Former players are asking why this fixture even exists.
Imam Can't Bat at Lord's but Walks Fine at Home. The PCB Smells a Rat.
Pakistan's opener sat out both innings of the second Test with a 'low-grade calf tear,' was caught doing batting drills the next day, then strolled through Lahore looking perfectly healthy. Aaqib Javed says he 'can't say he faked it, but...' — and this isn't even the first time. A potential 2-year ban looms.
Pakistan's New Coach Says They're 'Used to Chaos.' His Predecessor Says Look in the Mirror.
Mike Hesson was in Japan prepping for the Asian Games. Now he's coaching Pakistan's Test team because the last guy got sacked mid-tour. Jason Gillespie, the guy before that, says 'they change their mind like they change their pants — daily.' Pakistan's all-time win-loss ratio just fell below 1.00 for the first time in 40 years. This is fine.
Mandhana Broke Two All-Time Records in One Innings. She Says It's Just the Start.
124 off 64 balls against Hong Kong in the Women's Asia Cup. That one knock took Smriti Mandhana past Mithali Raj as the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket history and past Meg Lanning as the all-time century leader. She's 30. She's not done.
150 T20Is as Captain. No Man Has Even Reached 91.
Harmanpreet Kaur just became the first cricketer in history to lead 150 T20 Internationals. The men's record holder, Gerhard Erasmus, has 91. She did it against Pakistan, in Dubai, with every Indian watching.
Pakistan Nuked Their Own Squad Mid-Series for a Dead Rubber. Afridi Is Stunned.
Seven players sent home. Two coaches sacked. Five uncapped replacements flown in. All for the third Test at Edgbaston that means absolutely nothing in the series. Shahid Afridi called it 'the most shocking decision ever.' Mohammad Yousuf called the whole system poison. Welcome to Pakistan cricket's annual panic cycle hitting a whole new low.
Mandhana Broke Four World Records in One Innings. She Didn't Even Know.
124 off 64 balls. Most runs in women's cricket history. Most centuries ever. Highest Asia Cup score. Highest T20I score by an Indian. And when someone told Smriti Mandhana what she'd just done, she shrugged and said: 'I didn't know all of this happened.' Mithali Raj — whose decade-old record just fell — called it a moment she was genuinely proud of.
Imam-ul-Haq's Injury Was 'All for Show.' Now He Faces a Two-Year Ban.
Stuart Broad watched Imam hobble around Lord's in shorts and tape on Day 4 and said what everyone was thinking. The PCB is now investigating whether their opener faked a calf strain to avoid batting in a Test match Pakistan lost by 194 runs — and it's not the first time he's been accused of this.
They Told Rohit to Retire. He Walked Out and Scored 138 at Lord's.
A selector — not Agarkar — told India's greatest white-ball opener that the panel wanted to 'move on.' Rohit was furious. Then he agreed. The BCCI's September 3 review meeting may have just rubber-stamped the end of an era nobody is willing to announce properly.
The Day Pakistan Was Ruined: Basit Ali Names the Babar-Shaheen Rift as Ground Zero
Five captains since the 2023 World Cup. A 2-0 surrender in England. Seven players axed mid-series. And now a former Test batter says it all traces back to one fracture — the captaincy war between Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi that split the dressing room in half.
Misbah Walks Out: Pakistan's Greatest Test Captain Couldn't Survive the PCB
First they bypassed him on the squad overhaul. Then they served him a show-cause notice for the original selections. Misbah-ul-Haq lasted six months as selector before the PCB's chaos machine chewed him up.
Six Months, Zero Matches, Another Injury: India Has Already Moved Past Hardik Pandya
The man who won India back-to-back T20 World Cups can't get his body right. A fresh leg setback rules him out of the Afghanistan series — and the coaching staff have publicly named his replacement.
Pakistan Fired Their Coach, Hired the Dinner Guest, and Used 24 Players in Three Tests
Sarfaraz Ahmed lasted four months and six Tests as Pakistan's head coach. He won one. The PCB's solution? Bring in white-ball coach Mike Hesson, who happened to be in London for a King Charles reception. Salman Ali Agha went from captain to 12th man to released in three consecutive matches. Twenty-four players for a three-Test series. The revolving door spins faster.
SKY Finally Speaks: 'I Smiled, Then I Couldn't Stop Thinking For 50 Days'
The most successful T20I captain in history — 42 wins from 52 matches, back-to-back ICC titles, an 80.77% win rate — was dropped from the squad entirely three months after lifting the World Cup. India then lost 0-4 to England under his replacement. Suryakumar Yadav has broken his silence, and the quotes are devastating.
Labuschagne Axed: From No. 1 in the World to 'There Just Wasn't Space'
Three years ago he scored an unbeaten 58 in a World Cup final. Now he averages 22 in ODIs, has fallen to 38th in the Test rankings, and Australia's selectors have replaced him with a 19-year-old who broke Ricky Ponting's debut record. Marnus Labuschagne says he understood the axe was coming. The numbers suggest he's right.
PCB Burns It All Down: Seven Players Axed Mid-Series as Pakistan Hit Historic Low
Two Tests, two thrashings, seven players sent packing, coaches sacked — and Pakistan's Test losses now outnumber their wins for the first time in 39 years. The circus doesn't stop.
Sri Lanka's Politicians Just Killed Their Women's Champions Trophy. Again.
The ICC has stripped Sri Lanka of the inaugural Women's Champions Trophy hosting rights — the third time in 11 years that government meddling has cost their cricket board an international event. The worst part? Sri Lanka only qualified as hosts. Without the tournament, they might not even make the field.
Robinson Has the Best Test Average in 112 Years. He's One Wicket From 100.
Five years ago Ollie Robinson debuted at Lord's, took seven wickets, and was suspended for racist tweets before the champagne went flat. Now he's back at the same ground with the best bowling average since SF Barnes, 99 Test wickets, and the Player of the Match award in a series-clinching win. The man he just overtook? Jasprit Bumrah.
Broad Called It 'All for Show.' Wasim Said the Physio Warned Him. Imam's Lord's Injury Has Become Pakistan's Ugliest Crisis.
Pakistan lost the 2nd Test by 194 runs with their opener sitting in the pavilion. That alone would be a problem. What happened next — Stuart Broad questioning the display on live television, a former chief selector alleging a pattern of faked injuries, and six emergency call-ups for the dead rubber — turned a sporting setback into a full-blown institutional crisis.
Nine Losses, No Semis, No Jemimah — and Muzumdar Says India Women Are 'Hungry'
India's women have won exactly as many T20Is as they've lost this year. Their best batter is injured. They just crashed out of another World Cup. And their coach thinks the word 'hungry' covers it. The Women's Asia Cup opens today — appetite alone won't be enough.
Miandad Broke Down Crying. Moin Khan Followed. Pakistan's Cricketers Have Finally Found Their Voice
For three years, Pakistan's cricketers stayed silent while their greatest captain rotted in prison. Twenty-two foreign legends signed a letter. Pat Cummins backed it. And still — silence from Pakistan. Then Javed Miandad went on a podcast, started talking about his old teammate, and couldn't hold it together. Within hours, Moin Khan posted a video demanding action. The dam has broken.
Archer Says the Speed Guns Are 'Dodgy' — Pakistan's Batters Disagree
Jofra Archer bowled the fastest spell of his Test career at Lord's, averaging 90.7 mph and touching 94. His explanation? The speed guns are broken. Ollie Robinson took 4-11. Pakistan were razed for 110. Only 20-year-old Azan Awais had the nerve to stand in the fire — and even Archer tipped his hat.
Cummins Breaks Ranks — First Serving Captain to Stand Up for Imran Khan
Twenty-one former international captains wrote the letter. None of them are currently playing. Pat Cummins is. Australia's Test and ODI captain posted on X backing the petition for Imran Khan's medical care, becoming the first active cricketer to put his name — and his career — beside the cause. Greg Chappell has gone further, revealing on podcast that Khan is moved by wheelchair, kept in darkness, and denied the right to read.
PCB Threatened a Lord's Walkoff to Stop the World Hearing Imran Khan's Sons
Sky Sports aired Mike Atherton's 18-minute interview with Suleiman and Kasim Khan during the lunch break of the 2nd Test. The PCB tried to kill the broadcast, threatened to keep their players off the field, and filed a formal complaint. Cricket and Pakistan's political crisis just collided at the Home of Cricket.
Abbas Hits 900 First-Class Wickets at Lord's — Pakistan's Most Underappreciated Bowler Ever
Mohammad Abbas dismissed Gay, Duckett and Root in the opening session at the Home of Cricket to reach 900 first-class wickets. He was dropped by Pakistan five years ago. He went to county cricket, took hundreds of wickets nobody watched, and came back better than ever. At 36, he's fifth on the 21st century's all-time list. The man is a monument to patience.
'A Thorn in the Flesh' — Dinusha's Four Innings Against India Belong in a Museum
Sonal Dinusha has scored 100, 84, 103, and 98* in the Sri Lanka–India series. Only Everton Weekes and Zaheer Abbas had ever managed 80+ in each of their first three Test innings against India. India's spin bowling coach called him a thorn. He's 25, left-handed, and has just played one of the great debut Test series in cricket history.
Fifteen Years, 445 Wickets, and Mitchell Starc Is Finally World No.1
At 36, with a clearer head and a body he intends to 'milk for all he can,' Starc has dethroned Bumrah to reach the summit of Test bowling for the first time. He says nothing has changed. The numbers say everything has.
'Just 90 Per Cent' — Babar Returns to Lord's With a Promise Pakistan Can't Keep
Pakistan's captain declared himself 90% fit for the second Test at Lord's, insisted 'as a team we always step up,' and promised 'different cricket' after the Headingley humiliation. The problem? Pakistan have said exactly this before every one of their nine consecutive away defeats. At some point, the promise itself becomes the pattern.
Gambhir Says 'Rankings Don't Matter' — India Are Fifth in the WTC
India's head coach told a Colombo press conference his job is to win trophies, not views and likes, and that rankings are irrelevant during a transition. India have won 5 of their 10 WTC Tests, sit fifth in the standings, and Gambhir's Test trophy cabinet contains exactly nothing. The transition defence is 18 months old. At some point, results have to arrive.
Pakistan Became 'Grief-Proof' — Eight Away Defeats and They're Still Laughing
After an innings humiliation at Headingley, Pakistan's players were filmed smiling and joking in the dressing room. Pakistani media called them 'grief-proof.' Stand-in captain Salman Ali Agha laughed about handing the captaincy back. The record books say this is the worst away run in Pakistan's history. Nobody in the squad seems bothered.
Root Said 'Be Adults' — Then Carse Got Handcuffed While Stokes Hid Behind a Pillar
Joe Root abolished England's curfew on August 13. On August 23, Brydon Carse was in police handcuffs outside a Derby nightclub. Ben Stokes — who sparked the curfew in the first place — was right there, ducking behind a pillar. Carse is out of the Lord's Test. The pattern isn't new. The denial is.
'Face the Ball, Not the Bowler' — From Golden Duck to Sri Lanka's Last Stand
Pasindu Sooriyabandara walked out for a golden duck as a concussion sub in Galle. Two weeks later, he has scored 80 and 88* in Colombo and is the only reason India haven't wrapped up the series. The man with 4,973 first-class runs at 53 finally looks like a Test cricketer — and his batting philosophy is absurdly simple.
'Poor Side' to '250 From Babar': Broad Can't Decide If Pakistan Are Terrible or Dangerous
Stuart Broad branded Pakistan 'a very poor side' before Headingley, stood firm after a three-day innings defeat, then casually suggested Babar Azam could score 250 at Lord's. Salman Butt reminded him England lose 5-0 in Australia. The Lord's Test starts Wednesday, and nobody's covering themselves in glory.
Farmer's Grandson, Soldier's Son, Kobe's Disciple: Jurel's 115* Was More Than a Century
His father fought at Kargil. His grandfather ploughed fields. His mother pawned her only gold necklace to buy a kit bag. Now Dhruv Jurel has Kobe Bryant's philosophy tattooed into his identity and a Test century that tells the most Indian story in world cricket right now.
Two ICC Trophies, One 'Punching Bag': The Gambhir–Agarkar Rift That May Not Exist
Dinesh Karthik says there's 'conflict and friction' between India's coach and chief selector. A counter-report says they talk twice a day and the real problem is selectors 'trying to hog the limelight.' Someone's wrong. Possibly everyone.
Five Cricket Legends, One Verdict: Padikkal Has Solved India's No. 3 Problem
Two centuries in two Tests. An average of 60. Ashwin says it's 'very difficult to keep him out.' Kaif says Sudharsan 'will struggle to replace him.' Pujara wants to see him in New Zealand. India's most contested batting spot might not be contested any more.
She Ranked Him Last. He Took 6/12. Then She Had to Interview Him at Lunch.
Alyssa Healy placed Mitchell Starc fifth out of five in a blind bowler ranking days before Mackay. His on-field answer was the most devastating spell of the summer. The producers' answer was handing Healy the microphone at lunch. What followed was pure cricket gold.
He Missed the Darwin Miracle. Then He Made Sure Mackay Would Remember His Name.
Shoriful Islam sat out Bangladesh's historic first Test win in Australia with a hamstring injury. On his comeback at Mackay, he watched his team collapse for 64 — then ripped through Australia's middle order with career-best 6/35. The man who wasn't ready for Darwin was always ready for this.
No One in 149 Years Did What Starc Did Today. He's Done It Four Times.
Mitchell Starc's 6/12 demolished Bangladesh for 64 in Mackay, made him the first bowler in Test history to take four first-ball wickets, and pushed him past Dale Steyn into the all-time top 10. At lunch he told Alyssa Healy: 'Can't beat that.'
Green Wrote Himself a Note in March. Five Months Later, It Was Worth 104*.
After a Sheffield Shield hundred in March, Cameron Green scribbled down what felt right — stance, trigger, game plan. Twenty-two white-ball matches later, with his red-ball game drifting and an 11-innings drought without a fifty, he opened that five-month-old diary entry before the Darwin Test. 'I just went back to how I used to play,' he said. The result was the only thing Australia got right all week.
They Took 16 Wickets Between Them. Then They Cut the Match Ball in Half.
Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue couldn't decide who deserved the Headingley match ball after both claiming five-fers in Pakistan's first innings. Their solution — have the groundstaff saw it through the seam — was as creative as the bowling that earned it.
Sri Lanka Lost Three First-Choice Batters. Their Coach Called It a 'Good Opportunity.'
Mendis is out with a hamstring. Chandimal is locked out by a concussion rule. Nissanka's wrist still isn't right. Gary Kirsten's response? That's a feature, not a bug. India's spin attack respectfully disagrees.
Pakistan Dropped Shaheen for 'Lacking Pace.' He Responded With 7/36 and a Hat-Trick.
While the Test team he was axed from crumbled for 171 at Headingley, Shaheen Shah Afridi was producing career-best figures in a domestic final — then quietly reminding everyone he's still the ODI captain.
Root Claims He's a Different Captain. Headingley Gave Him the Easiest Way to Prove It.
Joe Root said he had spent four years watching Test cricket 'through a different lens' under Stokes and McCullum. His first captaincy decision — bowl first at Headingley, trust Robinson and Tongue, let the seam do the talking — worked perfectly. But beating a Babar-less Pakistan on a green pitch is not the exam that will tell us whether the lens actually changed.
Robinson Was Exiled for Two Years. He Needed One Ball to Make English History.
Ollie Robinson traps Azan Awais LBW with the first delivery of the series — a feat never before achieved in England — then rips through Pakistan with 4-39 as the post-Bazball era opens with a statement at Headingley.
Suthar Didn't Replace Ashwin. He Outbowled Him — In His Second Test.
Manav Suthar's 10/131 at Galle is now the best match haul by an Indian in Sri Lanka, surpassing both Ashwin and Harbhajan. The 24-year-old left-arm spinner from Rajasthan has 17 wickets in two Tests, two five-fors, and a captain who says he can play for India 'for a very long time.' The succession question just answered itself.
Stokes Told England to Give Brook the Captaincy. They Gave It to Root Instead.
Seven weeks after endorsing Harry Brook as his successor with '100% support,' Ben Stokes sat on Stuart Broad's podcast and asked the question the ECB hoped nobody would ask out loud: 'Why is Brooky not captain? He's vice-captain.' Brook's response? The diplomatic masterclass of a man who knows his time will come. Root's first Test as captain starts today at Headingley. The politics started weeks ago.
Kaif Called It Reckless. Pant Made It Historic — 100 Test Sixes, Faster Than Anyone Ever.
Mohammad Kaif wanted common sense. Rishabh Pant gave him a world record instead — becoming the first Indian and the fastest batter in 147 years of Test cricket to smash 100 sixes, reaching the milestone in 31 fewer Tests than Ben Stokes and 1,660 fewer balls than Adam Gilchrist. The man hits a six every 49.2 balls. Nobody else in the 100 club is even close to that frequency.
Pakistan Brought Babar Back to Fix Everything. His Right Hand Disagrees.
The PCB reinstated Babar Azam as captain in July to rescue a Test side that had won four of twenty matches under Shan Masood. Now, forty-eight hours before the most consequential Test series Pakistan will play this year, their talisman is batting briefly in the nets at Headingley, his right hand still swollen from a Manny Lumsden delivery, and Mohammad Abbas is telling reporters that 'whether he plays or not will be a decision taken on match day.' Pakistan's gift for self-inflicted drama remains unmatched.
'Be Adults': Root Scraps the Curfew, Divides the Pundits, and Walks Back Into the Fire
Joe Root once said the England captaincy 'sucked the life out of me.' Four years later, he has volunteered for a second dose. His first act? Telling grown men they no longer have a bedtime. Mark Butcher thinks it is a mistake. Nasser Hussain thinks it is exactly right. The first Test against Pakistan starts tomorrow at Headingley, and England's post-Stokes identity crisis is already louder than the toss.
Spin at Headingley? Saud Shakeel Thinks Pakistan Can Rewrite the Script.
The top seven all-time wicket-takers at Headingley are all seamers. Pakistan's No. 3, fresh off a warm-up century and armed with memories of a Yorkshire stint, is telling anyone who will listen that England's heatwave will turn the most pace-friendly ground in the country into a spinner's playground. It is either the boldest pre-series tactical play of the summer or the kind of delusion that gets you bowled out for 130 on the first morning.
'Calm the Situation': Trescothick Tells England to Grow Up and Stop Batting Like It's a T20
The man running England's coaching box for the Pakistan series has used four words that Brendon McCullum never would have uttered. Marcus Trescothick wants patience, tempo management, and — whisper it — a tweak to the Bazball philosophy that defined and then devoured the Stokes era. Joe Root agrees. The revolution is over. The renovation starts tomorrow at Headingley.
Ponting Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Australia Must Drop Players After Darwin
The greatest captain in Australian cricket history stood in the Channel 7 commentary box, watched Bangladesh win by nine wickets on Australian soil for the first time in history, and said what selectors have been afraid to say for two years: this squad needs surgery, not another chance. Pat Cummins, for once, did not disagree.
Only Botham Got There Faster: Jadeja's 350th Wicket Puts Him in Cricket's Most Exclusive Club
Ravindra Jadeja reached 350 Test wickets at Galle on Sunday — the fifth Indian ever, the first Indian left-arm bowler, and only the fourth player in 147 years of Test cricket to pair 4,000 runs with 350 wickets. The other three are Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, and Daniel Vettori. That's the company he keeps now, and only Botham got there in fewer matches.
'Ultimately It's 31': McDonald's Defence of Labuschagne Sounded Like a Eulogy
The Australian coach stood at the press conference podium, looked into the cameras after the most humiliating home defeat in a generation, and tried to say something reassuring about Marnus Labuschagne. What came out was six words that read like a selection verdict delivered early: 'Ultimately it's 31. It is not a big score.' The selectors meet on Monday. The 2nd Test in Mackay starts Saturday. The century drought is at 42 innings and counting.
Padikkal Walked Into Galle as a Replacement. He Walked Off as the Answer.
Seven batters. Nineteen Tests. An average of 27.28. India's No.3 position has been a revolving door since September 2024. On Independence Day, in India's 600th Test, a 26-year-old left-hander who wasn't even first choice made the most eloquent case for the job — 131 not out off 178 balls, the first left-handed Indian century from No.3 this century since Sourav Ganguly in 2002.
'You're Not in Bangladesh Now' — Starc's Taunt Ages Instantly as Tigers Humiliate Australia
Mitchell Starc lost his cool at Mehidy Hasan Miraz over a pitch-running incident and delivered the most self-defeating sledge of 2026. Bangladesh, bowled for 54 in the warm-up, now lead by 153 at Marrara. Ashwin's verdict: 'Couldn't have been on anyone's script.'
600 Tests, Independence Day, and a WTC Lifeline: Gill's Date with History
India become the first Asian team to play 600 Tests — and their 26-year-old captain carries the weight of a flatlining WTC campaign into Galle's spin fortress.
Hayden Says Gill Has a 'Job to Do' — and 157 Runs From WTC History Kohli Never Reached
The man who coached Gill at Gujarat Titans calls him 'a wonderful young man and a good leader' — but adds that India 'have some work to do' in Tests. The numbers say Gill is already doing it: 2,843 WTC runs, five hundreds at 79.16 this cycle, and a milestone that neither Virat Kohli nor Rohit Sharma ever touched.
Cummins Sneers at Bazball's Funeral While His Own Batting Order Flatlines for 198
The Australian captain told reporters he 'don't really care' about England's existential crisis. Then his top order delivered their fourth first-innings horror show in four series openers — a Groundhog Day loop that makes Bazball's problems look quaint.
From 54 All Out to History: Tanzid Hasan Becomes the First Bangladeshi Centurion on Australian Soil
Nine days ago, Bangladesh folded for 54 at Marrara against a CA XI. On the same ground, in just his second Test, the 25-year-old left-hander batted nearly six hours for 101 — and told Fox Cricket he 'wasn't trying too much.' The understatement of the summer.
Root's First Act as Captain: Scrap the Curfew That Ended Bazball
After the Rex Rooms nightclub incident benched Stokes and Atkinson, contributed to a captain's retirement and a coach's sacking, Root's response is startling: fewer rules, more trust. 'Curfews don't work,' he says. Welcome to the post-Bazball era.
Shanto Says 'Prepared Pretty Well' — Five Days After Being Bowled Out for 54
Bangladesh's captain was unfazed by his team's warm-up collapse against an uncapped 22-year-old quick. His solution for Darwin? Two spinners on a bouncy deck against Cummins, Starc, and Hazlewood. Either it's brave or it's Bangladesh.
'County Cricket Made Me Ready' — Mahmud's 6/55 Just Demolished Australia
Hasan Mahmud told everyone his Kent stint would pay off in Australia. On Day 1 in Darwin, he delivered career-best figures as Bangladesh's fast bowlers took all 10 wickets to roll the hosts for 198. The county cricket pipeline is no longer a theory.
'Technology Saved Me' — Smith's Lucky 71 Sparked a Cheating Row in Darwin
Steve Smith was walking off on 7 when the Snicko flatlined. He survived, scored Australia's only meaningful innings of 71, and then admitted he felt the nick. The internet did what the internet does.
Hazlewood's Body Keeps Breaking Down — He Keeps Coming Back for More
Five wickets from 300. Thirteen months since his last Test. A hamstring tear that became an Achilles flare-up that wiped out the entire Ashes. Josh Hazlewood doesn't care about the milestone — he's already looking past Bangladesh to the wars that actually matter.
Taskin's Favourite Place to Bowl Is the One Country He's Never Tested
Australia is my favourite place to bowl, says the man with nine white-ball caps and zero Tests on Australian soil. Fourteen years after dismissing Travis Head at the U-19 World Cup, Taskin Ahmed finally gets to bowl with the red ball in the country he grew up idolising.
Webster's Numbers Are Screaming What He's Too Polite to Say About Green
Beau Webster averages 41 with the bat and 24 with the ball in eight Tests. Cameron Green averages 27.3 in his last eight. One of them says he doesn't see it as competition. The other should be worried.
Weatherald Averaged 22 in the Ashes — Now His Hometown Gets to Watch
Darwin's first-born Test cricketer comes home for only the third Test ever played in the city. He's made batting tweaks in County cricket and hopes someone notices. Mark Waugh has already noticed the average needs fixing. Bangladesh arrives in two days.
Root Averaged 57 Under Bazball — Now He Has to Lead Whatever Comes Next
He called the last four years 'the most fun I've had in cricket.' He won't rip it up. But Bazball never beat India or Australia in a series, Stokes and McCullum are gone, and Pakistan arrive at Root's home ground in eight days.
A 22-Year-Old With One Shield Match Just Bowled Bangladesh Out for 54
Campbell Thompson took 8/25 in Darwin. He's not even in Australia's Test squad. Bangladesh have four days to figure out how to face Starc, Cummins, and Hazlewood. Good luck with that.
Two-Time Champions, Third-Time Qualifier Beggars: West Indies' Freefall Is Complete
Rashid Khan's 6/34 against Ireland sealed Afghanistan's World Cup 2027 spot — and mathematically ended West Indies' direct-entry hopes. Daren Sammy is already resigned to the qualifier grind. The team that invented World Cup dominance can't even get invited to the party anymore.
England Dropped Ollie Pope. 510 County Runs Later, He Got the Call Over Bao Buns.
Nine months after being axed mid-Ashes for averaging 20.83, Pope went back to county cricket, rebuilt his game, and earned a recall he didn't see coming. His message? Don't write him off before 30.
Dropped, Forgotten, Recalled. Shafique Played the Innings of Pakistan's Year.
Abdullah Shafique hadn't played a Test in nearly a year. He replaced a sacked captain. Then he scored 160* — the first 150+ by a Pakistani in the West Indies since 1977 — and ended Pakistan's longest away losing streak in history.
'Habit of Losing': When Your Own Franchise Owners Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
Hyderabad Kingsmen owner Fawad Sarwar didn't hold back at the PSL 12 meeting — Pakistan's coaching staff need media training, the management lacks competence, and the team's failures are tanking the league's brand value.
He Broke Imran Khan's Record. Pakistan Dropped Him for the Must-Win Test.
Mohammad Abbas took 8 wickets, surpassed Imran Khan's all-time pace bowling average, and got benched five days later. Babar Azam's three-word defence — 'down to conditions' — might be the most Pakistan cricket sentence of 2026.
Root Won't Rip Up Bazball. The Question Is Whether the Captaincy Rips Up Root.
In his first press conference as England's returned Test captain, Joe Root promised evolution over revolution — keeping the best of Bazball while adding tactical discipline. He says he's 'hugely different' at 35. His batting average says the captaincy has always made him worse. One of them is lying.
Eight Away Tests, Eight Defeats. Babar Azam Is Still Talking About the New Ball.
Pakistan head into the 2nd Test at Port of Spain carrying the worst overseas losing streak in their history, minus the one batter who actually competed, and the captain's post-match clichés have gone from stale to viral.
'I'm Not Representing Daren Sammy' — Alzarri Torches the Dressing Room Narrative
West Indies' best fast bowler says his body wasn't ready for Tests after a recurrent stress fracture. The head coach told the press he 'declined selection'. The board said 'personal reasons'. Three different stories, one very public rift — and Alzarri Joseph is done staying quiet.
Cap 278 Signs Off — Rahane Was Never Underrated, You Just Weren't Paying Attention
Ajinkya Rahane retired from all cricket in tears. Sehwag called him 'underrated.' The BCCI said his legacy 'goes beyond numbers.' But the numbers were always there — you just had to look past the noise.
Pant Out, Bhuvi In — Ashwin's World Cup Squad Is the Bravest Take Going
R Ashwin sorted India's 2027 contenders into yes, no, and maybe. The headline: a 36-year-old who hasn't played an ODI in four and a half years is in. India's most marketable wicketkeeper is out. The reasoning is uncomfortable, data-backed, and impossible to ignore.
Root Said 0.1% Chance — Now He's England's Captain Again Through the Ashes
The creased blazer retrieved from a garage cupboard. The vice-captain bypassed over a Wellington nightclub incident. Geoffrey Boycott saying he's 'learnt nothing.' Joe Root's second spell as England Test captain is the comeback nobody — least of all Root himself — saw coming.
33, No IPL, Father's Cancer Note in His Kit Bag — Saransh Jain Finally Gets the Call
India's selectors rewarded a domestic grind that most would have abandoned years ago. Saransh Jain has 188 first-class wickets, zero IPL deals, and a handwritten note from a father battling cancer that reads: 'If you just play better, I will get well sooner.' He's the oldest maiden India Test call-up this century.
A 15-Year-Old Vice-Captain, a 35-Year-Old's Last Chance — One Duleep Trophy Squad
East Zone named Vaibhav Sooryavanshi vice-captain and included Mohammed Shami in the same Duleep Trophy squad. One is the youngest Orange Cap winner in IPL history. The other has been told his India career is over. Ishan Kishan captains the whole thing while being informed there's 'no slot' for him in Tests. This is Indian cricket's generational handoff, distilled into one team sheet.
Ninety Runs, Ninety Years — Seales Delivers the Birthday Tribute Sobers Never Got
Sir Garfield Sobers died on July 17, eleven days before his 90th birthday. On July 28 — the day he would have turned ninety — Jayden Seales took 5/20 to seal a 90-run West Indies win at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Some coincidences are too perfect to be coincidences.
Abbas Breaks Imran Khan's Record, Then Asks the ICC for More Tests to Break
The 36-year-old seamer — dropped, discarded, and rebuilt in English county cricket — surpasses the greatest all-time Pakistan bowling average in Test cricket. His first instinct isn't to celebrate. It's to ask why Pakistan don't play enough of the format he just conquered.
Five Wickets, Zero Runs: Greaves Just Bowled the Most Absurd Spell in Test History
Pakistan were 244/3 with Shan Masood on a century. Then Justin Greaves bowled five consecutive wicket maidens — something nobody had ever done in 147 years of Test cricket — and reduced them to 282 all out. The man who saved West Indies with a double hundred in Christchurch just saved them again with the ball.
India's WTC Plan: Sacrifice Bumrah's ODI Career and Pray His Knees Survive Nine Tests
The BCCI will pull Jasprit Bumrah from ODIs entirely to protect him for Tests. India are 6th in the WTC standings and need seven wins from nine remaining matches — four away, five at home against Australia. The squad announcement is tomorrow. The physio's report is doing the selecting.
Eleven Years, 188 Wickets, Zero Caps — India Finally Runs Out of Excuses on Saransh Jain
The BCCI announces a 15-member squad for the Sri Lanka Tests and the biggest story isn't Jadeja's return or Bumrah's fitness drama — it's the 33-year-old Madhya Pradesh off-spinner who waited more than a decade for a phone call that everyone in domestic cricket knew was overdue.
Sacked as Captain, Freed as a Batter: Masood's 88* Is Pakistan's Most Telling Innings of 2026
Shan Masood lost 12 of his first 16 Tests as captain — no skipper in history had done worse. He apologised to Pakistan's fans, got replaced by Babar Azam, and then walked out at Tarouba without the armband and played the most liberated innings of his career. Sometimes the demotion IS the promotion.
Six Defeats, Zero Excuses, Then a Sweep: Shreyas Iyer's Captaincy Finally Makes Sense
He lost to Ireland. He got whitewashed by England. He became the fastest Indian captain to five T20I defeats. Then he told his team to stop fearing failure — and they swept Zimbabwe 3-0 with the kind of fearless cricket nobody thought this group could play.
Srikkanth Asked the Question India's Selectors Can't Answer: Why Not Samson?
Abhishek Sharma scored 1, 8, and 2 across three T20Is in Zimbabwe — his fifth failure in six innings since the World Cup. Sanju Samson, the tournament's MVP with 321 runs at a strike rate of 199, wasn't even on the plane. Kris Srikkanth wants to know why one player gets an endless rope and the other gets erased.
Sooryavanshi Was Dropped in England. Harare Gave Him His Crown Back.
Forty-two runs in three T20Is. Replaced by Sanju Samson. Then the 15-year-old returned to the ground where he once scored 175 in a World Cup final, broke a T20I record, and walked away with Man of the Series. Harare is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's fortress.
Mayank Yadav's First Ball Back Did What Two Years of Suffering Couldn't: Make It All Worth It
A stress fracture. Surgery in Christchurch. Zero wickets in IPL 2026. Then Mayank Yadav ran in at Harare, hit 149kph, and dismissed Brian Bennett with his very first delivery. 'That first-ball wicket summarised everything from two years.'
Akhtar Told Pakistan the Truth About Babar. Now Tarouba Will Tell Us If He's Right.
Shoaib Akhtar called Babar Azam 'a superstar who cannot win you a game.' Pakistan handed him the captaincy back anyway. Today he walks out at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy carrying 7 consecutive away Test losses, Pakistan's worst Test record since the 1960s, and a warm-up century that proves he can still bat — just not that he can still lead.
'We're Missing a Trick.' Gill Just Told India Its World Cup Is Already in Danger.
Five players down by the third ODI. Bumrah's knee. Sundar's hamstring. Pandya ruled out before the tour started. India's captain stood at Lord's after a series loss and said what nobody at the BCCI wants to hear — his team can't survive a three-match series, let alone eleven World Cup games.
Ashwin Broke His Silence. 'Don't Make Rohit Feel Unwanted — It Happened to Me Too.'
On his YouTube show, India's greatest modern spinner called out the BCCI, the selectors, and the system that pushes legends toward the exit without telling them. He would know — they did it to him in Australia eighteen months ago.
Duckett Just Erased the King From Lord's Honours Board. Viv Held It 47 Years.
Ben Duckett's 141 at Lord's didn't just win England the series decider against India — it dethroned Viv Richards' iconic 138 not out from the 1979 World Cup final as the highest individual ODI score at the Home of Cricket. Three Lord's records fell in one afternoon. India's summer of pain is complete.
Everyone Gambhir Brought In Has Left. Lord's Today Is the Funeral.
Morkel, ten Doeschate, Nayar, Dilip — all gone or going. In 24 months, Gautam Gambhir built an entire coaching staff in his image and watched it disintegrate. The BCCI is 'worried.' The Lord's ODI isn't just a series decider — it's the last rites of a coaching project nobody survived.
'They Don't Need a Bridge.' But Someone Had to Build One Anyway.
India's batting coach denied being a go-between for Kohli and Gambhir after cameras caught them avoiding each other at practice. The series decider is at Lord's today. The elephant in the dressing room is wearing a Team India blazer.
Bradman Called Him the Greatest. Nobody Has Argued in 26 Years.
Sir Garfield Sobers is gone at 89. The man who could bat like a dream, bowl three different styles, and field like a panther died in Barbados on Thursday. Bradman settled the GOAT debate in 2000 — and the cricket world has spent two days proving the Don right.
Rohit Lost 11kg to Save His Career — The Selectors Said No Anyway
He shed the weight. He overhauled the diet. He believed Lord's would be a launchpad for one last World Cup tilt. Instead, it will be a farewell he never chose. Rohit Sharma's parents have landed in London, and the BCCI has already moved on.
A Finger Spinner Is Humiliating West Indies at Home and They Have No Answers
Jayden Lennox has taken 9 wickets in two matches — every dismissal bowled or lbw — and West Indies have collapsed twice below 150 in their own backyard. The spin crisis is no longer a talking point. It's an emergency.
Root Was One Run Away From History and Hugged the Man Who Denied Him
Joe Root anchored the entire chase with 99* off 133 balls, only for Gus Atkinson to finish it with a boundary that left Root stranded. He didn't blink. He just won the game.
ICC Rewrote the World Cup So India and Pakistan Can Play Three Times
The format overhaul announced in Edinburgh promises to kill dead rubbers — but it also engineers a 72-match ODI World Cup, 13-game marathons for finalists, IPL-style eliminators in T20s, and a qualification system that forces Associate nations to prove themselves twice. The real winner isn't cricket. It's the broadcast deal.
Ashwin Has an 'Issue' With How India Treat Kuldeep — And the South Africa Numbers Prove He's Right
Kuldeep Yadav has 31 ODI wickets against South Africa at an average of 16.58. The 2027 World Cup is in South Africa. India have benched him for three of their last four ODIs. Ashwin wants to know why.
Every Coach Gambhir Picked Is Either Fired or Walking Out — He Built a Unit, Now He's Alone in It
Batting coach Abhishek Nayar was sacked after eight months. Fielding coach T Dilip is being replaced. Bowling coach Morne Morkel and assistant Ryan ten Doeschate are both weighing exits as contracts expire this week. In two years, Gambhir's entire hand-picked coaching staff has either been fired or is heading for the door.
Gill Called Them India's Backbone — Edgbaston Said Otherwise
Virat Kohli's milestone 300th ODI innings lasted six balls. Rohit Sharma crawled to 11 off 21. India chased 259 with 28 balls to spare. Sourav Ganguly says neither is a certainty for the 2027 World Cup. The math is doing its own talking.
'It's a Joke' — Srikkanth and Badrinath Torch Dube's Selection While India's Real All-Rounders Watch From Home
Shivam Dube dropped Harry Brook on 3 — he made 95 not out. Dube's bowling economy in the T20I series was 16. His batting average was 21. Two former India players want to know: what exactly is the system protecting him?
McCullum Says Sorry — But Bazball's Biggest Crime Was Wasting Four Years
Brendon McCullum fronted up one last time to apologise for failing to beat India or Australia across four years and 49 Tests. The ECB backed him three months ago. Now England have no Test captain, no Test coach, and a home Ashes twelve months away. The revolution ate itself.
Lord's Waited 142 Years. The Women Who Forced Open the Gates Were Watching.
Seven survivors of the 1976 squad that first played at Lord's rang the bell before the first women's Test in the ground's history. Harmanpreet said it was 'late but not too late.' Beaumont announced her retirement. And Muzumdar, who watched Ganguly's debut here in 1996, coached India Women onto the same turf thirty years later.
Brook Called Whitewashing India 'Pretty Special.' He Wasn't Wrong.
England's captain wants to beat India 4-0, steal their No.1 ranking, and celebrate a 'sporting double' with the football team — all at Southampton on Friday. India have never been whitewashed in a T20I series of 3+ matches. They've also never looked this helpless.
BCCI Called It a 'Bad Phase.' Then They Quietly Replaced Gambhir for the Next Tour.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia announced a formal review of India's T20I team, called the worst losing streak in India's T20I history a 'purely bad phase,' and then arranged for VVS Laxman to take over coaching duties for the Zimbabwe series while Gambhir takes a 'break.' The corporate-speak is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Iyer Called It 'Transition.' Brook and Salt Called It Target Practice.
England's captain smashed 79 off 35 balls, chased 159 in 13.5 overs, and clinched his country's first-ever T20I series win over India. Shreyas Iyer, the only Indian batter who showed up, responded by calling five straight defeats a 'transition phase.' At some point, transition becomes freefall.
'Reset Takes Time.' Gambhir Asked India to Be Patient While Fans Screamed Sanju's Name.
Four months after lifting the T20 World Cup, Gautam Gambhir stood at a Trent Bridge press conference defending a 5-match winless streak, calling out his own middle order, and offering 'clarity' on Sanju Samson that clarified nothing. Outside, fans were chanting. Inside, the questions were getting sharper.
'They Will Always Have My Full Support.' SKY's Response to Being Sacked Is the Classiest Thing in Indian Cricket.
A fake statement went viral claiming Suryakumar Yadav wasn't given clarity or respect after losing the T20I captaincy. His actual words? Support for the team, encouragement for a 15-year-old debutant, and a quiet request to stop spreading lies. Four months from World Cup glory to squad omission, and the man with an 80% win rate as captain chose dignity over drama.
'He's Not a Hoarder.' Archer and Tongue's Pace Bromance Just Shattered India's T20I Record.
Seven wickets for 57 runs. A 'C' celebration neither will explain. And a 90mph new-ball partnership that turned India's 202-chase into an 11.4-over demolition. Jofra Archer calls Josh Tongue someone who shares everything — lengths, cross-seams, information. 'It's really enjoyable,' he says. India, bowled out for 76 at Trent Bridge, would use a different word.
Nahid Rana Broke Mashrafe's Record. Zimbabwe Said Thanks And Defended 141 Anyway.
The fastest South Asian alive just bowled the best ODI spell in Bangladesh's history — 6/21 off 10 overs. His team still lost by 25 runs chasing 142. Richard Ngarava, captaining Zimbabwe for the first time, called it fighting 'as a pack.' He wasn't wrong.
'Not Embarrassing, But Depressing.' Iyer Has Zero Wins From Four Games And India's T20I Crisis Is His Now.
Suryakumar Yadav got sacked for this? Shreyas Iyer's India have lost three completed T20Is in a row for the first time since 2021 — blanked 0-2 in Ireland, then outplayed at Old Trafford. His post-match speech split the internet, Dinesh Karthik says Bishnoi 'looked pale under pressure,' and the 3rd T20I at Nottingham today is already must-win. Four games in, the rebuild looks more like a demolition.
'Since When Has Representing India Become So Easy?' Ashwin Is Done Watching India Eat Its Own.
Gambhir is 'misunderstood.' Bishnoi trolling is 'very disrespectful.' One former India spinner has had enough of the social media pile-on — and he's the only one saying it out loud. While Iyer pointed fingers in his press conference and Karthik called Bishnoi 'pale under pressure,' Ashwin drew the line: criticise, don't destroy. With Bishnoi about to be axed for the 3rd T20I at Nottingham, his defense may already be too late.
'Most Bizarre Selection.' Samson Got Dropped Three Games After Winning Player Of The Tournament.
Sanju Samson scored 321 runs at a 199 strike rate, smashed 24 sixes, and dragged India to a third T20 World Cup title. Three innings later, he was watching from the dugout as a 15-year-old took his spot. Manjrekar and Rayudu want to know: are you kidding?
Three Stints, Twelve Losses, And A Pace Attack Without Shaheen — Pakistan's Reset Is Pure PCB
Babar Azam takes charge of Pakistan's Test team for the third time in three years. Shan Masood departs with the worst captaincy record in Pakistan history. Shaheen Afridi is told to stay in white-ball cricket. Four uncapped players are thrown into squads for tours of the West Indies and England. Welcome to the most predictably chaotic rebuild in world cricket.
'As Talented As Sachin And Virat.' Then Kapil Asked The Question Nobody Wants To Hear.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi broke Tendulkar's 37-year-old record at Old Trafford, becoming India's youngest-ever international debutant at 15 years and 99 days. Hours before the cap ceremony, Kapil Dev delivered the compliment of a lifetime and the warning of a career — in the same sentence.
Five Years, 13 Overs, One Stokes-Shaped Hole — Curran's Quiet Audition Has Begun
Sam Curran hasn't played a Test since August 2021. He's bowled 13 competitive overs since returning from a groin injury. And now Ben Stokes has walked away from the biggest batting all-rounder's seat in world cricket — the one Curran once owned at age 20. His pre-match press conference before England face India today backed Brook for the captaincy. The subtext backed himself for everything else.
Brook has tactics. Iyer has secrets. The 15-year-old has 72 sixes and no cap.
England's captain has just told the world his team spent weeks preparing to stop Vaibhav Sooryavanshi. India's captain says the selection is 'very private.' The cricketing world is at war over a teenager who may or may not play — and the absurdity of it tells you everything about the scale of what's coming.
'Belfast wasn't a stadium' — Iyer blames the ground, hides behind secrecy, and calls it a fresh chapter
India's captain just told the world that the venue where his team got whitewashed by Ireland wasn't a proper stadium. The outfield was uneven. The dimensions were 'squarish.' Setting the field felt 'outlandish.' But here in Chester-le-Street? The ground is flat, the vibe is right, and everything will be fine. Accountability can wait — there's a new chapter to write.
'Absolutely ready' but absolutely benched — India's coaching logic defies gravity
Ryan ten Doeschate says there are 'no questions' about how good Sooryavanshi is. Then he explains why the 15-year-old who broke Gayle's six-hitting record must sit behind a player who scored 5 off 4 balls in Belfast — because 'process.' India's England tour starts tonight with the same XI that just got swept by Ireland.
'Under Gambhir, it's too many' — Manjrekar torches India's all-rounder addiction
Sanjay Manjrekar has said what the dressing room won't: India's obsession with cramming all-rounders into every slot has left them without a specialist middle-order batter, without a plan B, and — after the Ireland whitewash — without their 16-series T20I winning streak. The England series starts tonight. The coach is under more pressure than the captain.
Ngarava walked in thinking about history — Zimbabwe's pace pack wrote it in three days
The third Black captain in Zimbabwe's Test history said he wanted to make history. Then Innocent Kaia scored 140, Newman Nyamhuri took six wickets at age 20, and the fast bowlers claimed all 20 wickets. Zimbabwe won by an innings and 85 runs — their biggest Test win ever — and nobody outside Harare noticed.
'I'll watch the Ashes in a hospitality box' — Stokes shuts every door and opens one for Brook
Ben Stokes could have played one more Ashes. His contract ran to the end of 2027. Instead, the 35-year-old sat in the Trent Bridge press box and closed every door in a single press conference — no comeback, no farewell tour, no second thoughts. Then he opened one: '100% support behind Harry Brook.' McCullum tried to talk him out of retiring. Root said it was 'the most Ben Stokes thing ever.' And buried in the middle of it all, five words that tell you everything: 'decisions I was not part of making.'
Bazball dies where it was born — NZ seal historic series at the scene of the crime
In June 2022, Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes chased down 299 at Trent Bridge and English cricket declared a revolution. In June 2026, New Zealand won by 160 runs on the same turf, Stokes walked off for the last time, and the revolution was buried where it began. Seven defeats in nine Tests. First home series loss since 2012. The symmetry is devastating.
'Show the world it wasn't a one-off' — Ireland showed them a clean sweep
Lorcan Tucker challenged his team after their first-ever win over India. Two days later, Ireland defended 154 by a single run in Belfast to complete a 2-0 sweep of the T20 World Champions — snapping a 16-series winning streak that had lasted nearly three years. Shreyas Iyer's captaincy experiment lasted two matches and produced one crisis.
'The reasons can wait' — with Stokes, the moments never could
Ben Stokes told the England dressing room this was his last two days as their captain and as an international cricketer. He said the reasons could wait. Then he walked onto the field, took a wicket with his first ball after the crowd learned the news, and proved one final time that he writes scripts no screenwriter would dare pitch.
Shai Hope got hurt — his replacement smashed 233 and broke a world record
Amir Jangoo was a morning-of-match replacement for the injured Hope. Three Test innings into his career, the Trinidadian left-hander scored 233 off 373 balls and shared a 401-run stand with Roston Chase — the highest sixth-wicket partnership in 147 years of Test cricket. Some injuries create opportunities. This one created history.
'Samson needs to be careful' — but it's India's selectors who should worry
Sanjay Manjrekar says Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 'breathing down Samson's neck.' Mohammad Kaif wants India to 'move on' from the opening combination. But Samson averaged 50 in IPL 2026, Abhishek Sharma just became the fastest Indian to 1000 T20I runs — and the 15-year-old Orange Cap winner with 72 IPL sixes sat on the bench while India lost to Ireland by 34 runs.
Stokes joins the Kallis club, Duckett blitzes 113 — and suddenly England believe again
Twenty-four hours after a wicketless Day 1 and a nightclub apology, Ben Stokes ripped through New Zealand with 4-70 — including a contentious 250th Test wicket — as the tourists collapsed from 317-0 to 438 all out. Then Ben Duckett hammered 113 off 98 balls at his home ground. The series decider has swung.
India's 'tremendous players' didn't need Sooryavanshi — Ireland's debutants begged to differ
Jai Moondra left Rajasthan for a degree in Dublin. His first international delivery castled Sanju Samson. Matt Hollard dismissed Kishan and Iyer on debut. Ireland beat India for the first time ever — by 34 runs in Belfast — while the teenager who might have changed everything sat on the bench because India said they had enough talent already.
Latham promised 'old-school' grit — then NZ batted all day without losing a wicket
Tom Latham (148*) and Devon Conway (153*) put on 311 for the first wicket on Day 1 of the Trent Bridge decider — New Zealand's highest opening stand in Tests in England. Ben Stokes returned as captain after the nightclub suspension and bowled 11 overs for 0/51. The redemption arc lasted about two sessions.
'Not my first rodeo' — Stokes said sorry, but that one line said everything
Ben Stokes apologised to his England teammates, confessed that watching Joe Root absorb the public backlash 'hurt me,' and acknowledged the debutants lost their moment to his mess. But when he told Gus Atkinson 'it's not my first rodeo,' the captain confirmed what everyone already knew — he's been here before, and the pattern hasn't changed.
Agarkar Said Dropping Suryakumar Wasn't Easy — Tilak Just Made It Look Obvious
India's new vice-captain smashed 136* off 56 balls in a 259-run chase the night before flying to Ireland. Suryakumar Yadav averaged 17.73 in IPL 2026. The numbers are writing the captaincy story for the BCCI — and it's not even close.
India Picked an Unfit Kohli Over a Century-Scoring Jaiswal — That Tells You Everything
Twenty-four hours after Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed 110* to become the fastest Indian to two ODI centuries, the BCCI dropped him from the England squad to accommodate Virat Kohli — who hasn't cleared his hamstring fitness test. Jadeja's ODI career is effectively over. Pandya is injured. The selectors say they're building for 2027. The squad says otherwise.
'Separate the Actions From the Man' — Stokes Walks Back In as Captain
The ECB cleared him of violence. The Cricket Regulator agreed. Atkinson was the victim, not the instigator. Two weeks of chaos, one written warning for a curfew breach, and Ben Stokes has his armband back for a series decider at Trent Bridge. McCullum says the vision hasn't wavered.
Root Just Joined a Club of Two — and He Got There Faster Than Tendulkar
Joe Root crossed 14,000 Test runs at The Oval during England's forlorn chase against New Zealand, becoming only the second player in 147 years of Test cricket to reach the mark. He did it in 165 Tests. Tendulkar needed 171. Darren Lehmann has already called him 'the greatest player outside of Bradman.' The numbers are starting to agree.
Six Innings, Two Centuries — Jaiswal's Record Arrival Is Rohit's Gentle Goodbye
Yashasvi Jaiswal smashed Shikhar Dhawan's long-standing record to become the fastest Indian to two ODI hundreds, doing it in just six innings. He did it at the non-striker's end of a man who is 38, retired from two formats, and running out of innings to prove he still belongs. The 170-run partnership at Chepauk was beautiful. It was also a farewell rehearsal.
Nicholls Averaged 96 in Domestic Cricket for Two Years. Nobody Picked Him. Then Williamson Retired.
Henry Nicholls spent two and a half years on the fringes of New Zealand cricket, scoring 870 Plunket Shield runs at 96.66 while the selectors looked elsewhere. When Kane Williamson retired mid-series, Nicholls walked in at No.3 at The Oval and made an unbeaten 119. He wasn't trying to replace a legend. He was just trying to contribute.
Henry's Oval Five-For Was Really Blundell's Revolution — and England Still Have No Answer
Tom Blundell stood up to the stumps for a seamer clocking 84mph for almost the entirety of his 24-over spell. All five wickets fell with Blundell crouching right behind the batsman. Matt Henry called it 'some of the best keeping I've seen in a long time.' Three series running, England's middle order has been dismantled by this tactic. Nobody has found a counter.
Phillips Put on Sunglasses to Face Archer's Thunder — Then Scored a Maiden Test Century
He survived an 8-over bouncer barrage at 90mph, gave Archer a cheeky thumbs-up from the ground, scored nothing for 36 minutes, then came back on Day 2 and became only the third New Zealander to hit centuries in all three formats. Archer tapped him on the back at 100.
England's Adults Broke Curfew, Got Hurt, or Had Babies — So Three Kids Walk Into the Oval
Sonny Baker is playing his 14th first-class match. Jordan Cox scored 204 six days ago. James Rew got the call because Jamie Smith's partner went into labour. England haven't fielded a Test XI this inexperienced since 1993.
Connolly Scored 149 in Dhaka's Furnace — And Still Needed Zampa to Save Him
Cooper Connolly hit three consecutive sixes off Taskin Ahmed, fought through cramps, carried Australia to the doorstep of victory — then watched four wickets fall for five runs. Adam Zampa's cover drive with one wicket left kept Australia off the 3-0 column.
The Fab Four Cracks — Williamson Walks Away Mid-Series With Nothing Left to Prove
New Zealand's greatest batter retired effective immediately after Lord's, leaving 19,346 runs, a WTC title, and a generation-defining rivalry that will never feel the same again.
England's Emergency Call: Root Gets the Armband Again Because Stokes Burned It
Three years after they stripped him of the captaincy for the Bazball revolution, Joe Root is back leading England — because the man who replaced him broke curfew, got caught in a nightclub brawl, and may never captain again.
Kohli's Seat Is Empty — Morkel Has Three Candidates and Zero Favourite
India's bowling coach just turned the Afghanistan ODI series into a casting call. Three batters, one legendary batting position, and Morkel isn't picking sides.
World Champions Humbled — Australia's 0/3 Collapse Hands Bangladesh Their Greatest ODI Moment
Josh Inglis could only say 'Bangladesh have outplayed us' after the Tigers sealed a maiden bilateral ODI series win over Australia. The five-time World Champions lost three wickets without scoring a run for the first time in 1,024 ODIs — and the real crisis runs far deeper than one bad morning in Mirpur.
Rob Key's Verdict: 'Dumbstruck to Anger' — But Now He Wants to Ban the Booze Entirely
The ECB's managing director admits he's still not over his fury at Stokes and Atkinson, yet defends them as victims of someone else's aggression — and floats a policy that would end English cricket's centuries-old drinking culture overnight.
England's Captain and Vice-Captain Both Compromised by Nightclubs — So Root Gets the Armband Back
Ben Stokes dropped, Gus Atkinson suspended, Harry Brook passed over for his own nightclub shame — and Joe Root, who stepped down after winning one of his last 17 Tests as captain, is somehow the safest pair of hands England have left.
Hardik Went to Prove His Fitness — and Broke Down During the Test Itself
India's most fragile superstar picked up a fresh quadriceps strain while bowling 10 overs at the BCCI's Centre of Excellence. He was there to get cleared for the Afghanistan ODIs. Instead, he's out for three weeks. With Kohli already gone, India's World Cup prep just lost its two biggest names.
Ashwin Says Keep Kohli and Rohit for South Africa — but Calls It a Marriage
The recently retired off-spinner sees 'no reason' why India's two greatest modern batters shouldn't be at the 2027 World Cup. The caveat buried in his argument is the most honest assessment anyone has given of their twilight years.
The ECB Found Out Their Captain Might Quit Via Instagram
Ben Stokes meets his advisors on Wednesday with retirement, resignation, and an indefinite break all on the table. The ECB held an emergency board meeting after realising the breakdown in communication had become so severe that they might learn England's greatest modern captain was done through a social media post.
Iyer's First Words as India Captain Are a Shot Across Gambhir's Bow
Two and a half years without a T20I cap. Zero international centuries in the format. And yet the first thing Shreyas Iyer does after being handed the India captaincy is draw a line in the sand — one that leads straight to the coach's office.
Shami Took Hat-Tricks for Nothing — Harshit Rana Walked In on Crutches
Sadagoppan Ramesh asked the question the entire cricket world was thinking: how does a player who hasn't bowled a single ball since February get selected ahead of a man who ran the domestic circuit all year on the selectors' own orders?
Stokes Wasn't the Aggressor — But He Might Lose the Captaincy Anyway
A Saracens rugby player threw a punch, hit an ECB security guard instead, and now England's most successful Test captain since Michael Vaughan is fighting to keep his job. Nine years after Bristol, the nightclub has come for Ben Stokes again.
Four Years in the Wilderness, 70 Balls to Rewrite History
Mosaddek Hossain hadn't played an ODI since August 2022. He walked into Mirpur against Australia and produced the innings of a lifetime — career-best 86*, two wickets, and Bangladesh's second ODI win over Australia in 21 years.
His Legs Were Numb, His Career Was Dead — Then Robinson Took Three in His First Over
At Christmas he thought he'd never play for England again. Six months later, Ollie Robinson walked off Lord's with the match ball, career-best figures, and a Player of the Match award that rewrites every lazy narrative about his temperament.
'A Bowler Like You Is Not Born Often' — Saleem Just Proved Afghanistan Right
A 23-year-old from Baghlan who quit cricket because his family couldn't afford it just became the first Afghan pacer to take a five-for against India in Tests. His 6/140 in extreme Chandigarh heat wasn't just historic — it was defiant.
Nayar Sees 'Different Rhythm,' Then Rahul's Curse Strikes Again on Exactly 100
KL Rahul scored a century in his first game as India's vice-captain at New Chandigarh — then got himself out for exactly 100 for the third time in Test cricket, a quirk shared only with Len Hutton. Meanwhile, the man he replaced as VC smashed three sixes in a single over to close the day unbeaten.
Nathan Smith Never Dared Dream of Lord's — Now His Name Lives There Forever
Back-to-back six-wicket hauls, a Bond record shattered, Stokes clean bowled for a duck, and 27 wickets in just six Tests. The NZ backup who stepped up when Henry broke down is writing cricket history at 27.
His Sister Said 'It's Official' — Then Suthar Rewrote India's Spin Future in One Spell
Cap No. 319, a wicket on his fourth ball, three scalps on debut, and the first home Test without Ashwin or Jadeja in 15 years. Manav Suthar didn't just fill a void — he announced the succession.
Lord's Steamed Its Pitch at 200°C — And Cooked Test Cricket Instead
Thirty-three wickets fell in two days at the Home of Cricket's 150th Test. Not one of them to spin. Nasser Hussain called the surface 'substandard.' The MCC blew steam onto the square to fix it — and somehow made it worse.
He Played for Italy, Rejected the Windies, Then Scored a Fifty on Debut at Lord's
Emilio Gay's path to an England Test cap wound through Entebbe, Grenada's cricket board, Bedford School's alumni network, and a Durham dressing room shared with Ben Stokes. Two days into his first Test, he's produced the highest score of the match — and he's not done daydreaming.
Agarkar Drops the Tendulkar Bomb: 'Good Enough? Then You're Old Enough'
Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi becomes the youngest player ever selected for India, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's 36-year-old record. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar called him a 'game-changer who picked himself' while confirming Shreyas Iyer as India's new T20I captain and Suryakumar Yadav's axing.
England Left Robinson Home for the Ashes — He Just Took 4/8 at Lord's
Two years in exile, fitness doubts, and one very pointed question from Stuart Broad: if Robinson is world-class now, why wasn't he in Australia? His Lord's comeback tells the whole story.
Shaheen Won the Series on Dust — But Pakistan May Lose the World Cup on Grass
Pakistan rolled out three square-turners to beat Australia 2-1 at home. Shaheen's defence is blunt: 'You cannot offer them green wickets.' But with the 2027 World Cup in South Africa, the pitch strategy that wins bilateral series may be building a team unfit for the tournament that actually matters.
Twelve Matches. Three Formats. One Rivalry. NZ Just Landed the Tour of a Lifetime.
New Zealand Cricket announced the largest inbound tour in their history — 12 matches against India across 40 days. NZC called it 'once in a generation.' Given what this rivalry has produced since 2019, that might be underselling it.
Stokes Admits England 'Contributed Towards Losing' — Crawley Axed, Lord's 150th Test Awaits
In his first press conference since the Ashes humiliation, Ben Stokes ditched the catchphrases and demanded deeds. Meanwhile, Kane Williamson cracked up the press room before what will be his final walk through the Long Room.
World Cup Winner, IPL Failure: BCCI Axes SKY as T20I Captain
Two months after lifting India's third T20 World Cup trophy, Suryakumar Yadav is out — not just as captain, but potentially out of the squad entirely. Agarkar and Gambhir can't even agree on who replaces him.
'Who Makes These Decisions!?' — Van der Dussen vs the ICC's Pink Ball Gamble
The ICC just approved swapping red balls for pink in Test matches when bad light threatens. One international batter snapped. Zero draws in 24 day-night Tests suggest he's not wrong.
The Hundred 2026
In Season11 articlesSeifert Turned Lord's Into a Launch Pad and Won a Title Nobody Saw Coming
A New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter playing his first season in The Hundred hit seven sixes, recorded the fastest fifty in a men's final, and dragged Manchester Super Giants from the brink of group-stage elimination to their maiden title — all inside a month. Trent Rockets had everything: the form, the table-topping run, the three-time champion captain. They had everything except an answer for Seifert.
4-9 at Lord's and Archer Won't Even Call It a Comeback
Three surgeries, three years in rehab, and the most destructive Hundred spell of the season — and Jofra Archer's post-match reaction was to shrug and note it was 'the first time I've got more than two wickets for the tournament.' Southern Brave were 0-3. Lord's saw the Archer of 2019 again. He'd rather you didn't make a fuss.
The Hundred Rejected Moeen Ali. Two Weeks In, It Came Crawling Back.
No team nominated him for the auction. The ECB refused to add him. He called it 'unfair' and warned IPL-owned franchises about a player backlash. Now Southern Brave — co-owned by GMR — need him as an injury replacement. The irony writes itself.
Three Tournaments, Three Batters, One Accusation — Tariq Is Done Explaining
Usman Tariq has been called a chucker in the ILT20, in international cricket, and now in The Hundred. He was born with two elbows in one arm, has been cleared twice by ICC-approved labs, and his elbow flex measures 13.8 degrees — well inside the 15-degree limit. He is tired of apologising for his anatomy.
World-Class Cricket, Empty Seats — The Hundred's IPL Rebrand Is Driving Fans Away
Attendance down 18% in the opening week. Ben Duckett is stunned. Ali Tareen blames league fatigue. The ECB calls it a 'transition'. But the numbers tell a simpler story: rename the teams, change the colours, and the fans stop showing up.
Langer Hasn't Heard a Word From the ECB — and That Tells You Everything
The man everyone assumed was the frontrunner for English cricket's biggest vacancy says nobody has called him. Andy Flower said no. McCullum was fired. Stokes is gone. The most prestigious coaching job in the world is begging for candidates.
Stokes Scored a County Century While The Hundred Launched. That's the Whole Point.
Three weeks after retiring from international cricket mid-Test, Ben Stokes turned down £250,000 from The Hundred and scored an unbeaten 108 for Durham at Derby — on the exact same evening MI London debuted at The Oval with the Ambani family watching from the stands. Michael Vaughan blames a 'fall-out with the ECB.' The ECB's most marketable cricketer just chose county cricket over their flagship product. On purpose.
Sammy Called It What CWI Wouldn't. Alzarri Said No to the Sobers Tribute Test.
Cricket West Indies told the world their best fast bowler was unavailable for 'personal reasons.' Then Daren Sammy walked into a press conference and said the quiet part out loud: 'Mr Joseph has declined selection. That's the reality of the situation.' One week after Sir Garry Sobers died, 124 Test wickets stayed home. The coach wants answers from the directors. The directors are saying nothing.
Cook Said What Everyone Was Thinking. Karthik and Bobat Weren't Having It.
Jacob Bethell warmed the bench at RCB, came home with a busted knee, and now England might be without their No. 3 for the Pakistan Tests. Alastair Cook said English cricket matters more than the IPL. Dinesh Karthik and Mo Bobat told him he's living in the past. The franchise-vs-country war just got personal.
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English Cricket Sold Its Soul for £975 Million. The Hundred Opens Tomorrow.
Three teams renamed. Four franchises under IPL control. Pakistan players shadow-banned. The Oval will host MI London tomorrow night — and the Invincibles are gone forever. The biggest transformation in English cricket history starts with a rebrand nobody at Surrey wanted.
320 Caps, One Lord's Farewell — Knight Leaves the Ground That Made Her
Heather Knight won a World Cup at Lord's in 2017. Nine years later, she walked off the same ground for the last time — on the losing side of a 270-run defeat, with tears in the dressing room and an India guard of honour waiting at the boundary. England's greatest women's captain chose the most historic occasion in the women's game to say goodbye. The timing was deliberate. The emotion was not.
Lanka Premier League 2026
In Season4 articlesPakistan Broke Shaheen Afridi. Now He's Playing LPL T20s While They Start Tests Without Him.
The man who bowled Pakistan to a T20 World Cup final can't crack 140 kph anymore. His last 16 Test innings averaged 40.11. The selectors said they needed 'more pace' — from the bowler they ran into the ground since he was 18. Today Pakistan play their first Test in the West Indies. Shaheen Afridi is in Sri Lanka, playing franchise cricket for Kandy Royals. The PCB signed the permission slip themselves.
His Own Players Turned Him In — The Spectacular Fall of Manjot Kalra
He scored an unbeaten century in a World Cup final at 17. He survived an age-fraud scandal. He reinvented himself as a franchise owner. Then, hours before the LPL season opener, Sri Lankan police arrested him in a Colombo hotel with cash meant for the players of his own team. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Avishka Fernando, and Dunith Wellalage had already told the authorities everything.
Manjrekar Said Drop Sooryavanshi — The Kid Smashed the Fastest List A Fifty in History
A week after a shoving match with Sri Lanka A's Vishen Halambage, and with Sanjay Manjrekar publicly calling for his axing, 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi walked out in the Dambulla final and blasted 94 off 29 balls — reaching his fifty in 11 deliveries, the fastest in List A cricket history. Clive Lloyd watched and offered three words of advice: 'Don't try to change it.'
Sooryavanshi Shoved a Sri Lankan Player — Eleven Days Before His India Debut
The 15-year-old IPL Orange Cap winner got into a physical altercation with Vishen Halambage after India A's chaotic Super Over loss in Dambulla. He's the youngest player ever named to India's senior squad. The talent isn't the question anymore.
Major League Cricket 2026
In Season7 articlesAt 38, Narine Reinvented Himself as a Powerplay Destroyer — Then Won a Title With It
Sunil Narine doesn't open with the new ball in the IPL or the CPL. But in Oakland on Saturday night, bowling with field restrictions and 10,000 screaming people, his 3-13 ripped the spine out of Washington Freedom's chase before it began. The Knight Riders franchise has its first American title — won by a single run on the last ball.
Three Centuries, 51 Sixes, and the Biggest T20 Chase in History — Oakland Just Broke Cricket
Steve Smith had 'the best seat in the house' while Andries Gous hit 132 off 51 balls. Nicholas Pooran smashed 106 off 33 and still lost. This wasn't a cricket match. This was an extinction-level event for bowling attacks.
Powell Hit Five Sixes in One Over. Shanaka Denied Him the Sixth.
One ball away from joining Yuvraj Singh in cricket's most exclusive club. Rovman Powell bludgeoned Dasun Shanaka for five consecutive sixes in Dallas — then a clever slower ball at short third-man ended the assault and kept the record books unchanged. The 17th over of MLC 2026's sixth match was 19 years of T20 history compressed into 36 seconds.
Pollard Just Dethroned Gayle. Nobody Even Noticed.
At 39, Kieron Pollard became the highest run-scorer in the history of men's T20 cricket — 14,582 runs across 736 matches and 19 teams over 20 years. He did it with a century, in a losing cause, on a night when a 24-year-old's 155 was the headline. The most Pollard thing imaginable.
Owen Smashed 155 Off 68 Balls — IPL Said No, Australia Said No, Dallas Said Otherwise
Mitchell Owen was deemed surplus by Punjab Kings and ignored by Australia's World Cup selectors. On a Friday night in Dallas, the 24-year-old Tasmanian answered with the highest individual score in MLC history — 155 off 68 balls, 13 sixes, two of which left the stadium. He was on pace for a double century. Not that anyone who snubbed him was watching.
Faf du Plessis Is 41 and Just Became the Oldest T20 Centurion in History — Driven by Fear
He walked away from the IPL, chose the PSL and MLC over comfort, and opened the fourth season of Major League Cricket with 113* off 52 balls in Dallas. At 41 years and 340 days, Faf du Plessis broke Paul Collingwood's record and proved that his terror of unfulfilled potential is the most dangerous fuel in T20 cricket.
Ashwin Retired From Everything India Had — Now He's Cricket's American Explorer
He quit Tests, walked away from the IPL, survived knee surgery, and hasn't played a competitive match in nearly a year. Today, as MLC 2026 opens, R Ashwin becomes the first Indian-capped player in American cricket history — and he'll share a dressing room with Pakistan's Haris Rauf.
IPL — Business, Rules & Archive
Archive28 articlesLancashire showed Anderson the door after 25 years — so he bought a cricket team in Italy
Stuart Broad called it 'disrespectful.' James Anderson called it a new beginning. The greatest fast bowler in English cricket history, 704 Test wickets and a quarter-century at Old Trafford, is now co-owner and captain of Napoli Knights in Italy's inaugural T10 league. At 44, he refuses to stop.
Mumbai Indians torch the coaching staff — Malinga, Mhambrey and Hopkinson follow Jayawardene out the door
Five IPL titles. Six years of decline. One ninth-place finish. And now a complete coaching purge: head coach, both bowling coaches, fielding coach — all gone. Kieron Pollard inherits the rebuild of cricket's most successful franchise with nothing but goosebumps and a December auction.
WPL said no to Tanisha Singh — she answered with 119 off 47 balls and a world record
Five franchises passed on her name at the WPL 2027 auction in Kochi on Wednesday. Twenty-four hours later, Tanisha Singh smashed the joint third-fastest century in women's T20 history and powered Delhi to 262/6 — the highest total ever recorded in domestic women's T20 cricket. God's plan, she called it.
Buttler picks SA20 and IPL over England — and may not play a single international for eleven months
England's greatest white-ball cricketer had hamstring surgery, says he 'definitely' won't rush rehab, is targeting franchise returns in January and April — and might rock up to the World Cup with barely a game of international cricket in a year. England just went 0-3 without him.
Morkel tells Bhuvneshwar 'just be you' — but 1/99 in two T20Is says the game has moved on
Four years away from international cricket. Twenty-eight IPL wickets. And then two T20Is against New Zealand that produced figures of 1/99 at an economy of 12.37. India's bowling coach Morne Morkel stood before the press in Wellington and asked the world to be patient. The numbers are asking a different question entirely.
Batty won three County titles at Surrey. Now he's someone's assistant at CSK.
The most successful county coach in a generation has traded The Oval for Chennai, swapping the top job for a support role under Zaheer Khan. CSK's post-Fleming rebuild tells you everything about where the power lies in modern cricket.
Pollard says he 'understands what MI stands for' — does MI still know?
Sixteen years. 189 matches. Five IPL titles. 3,412 runs. And now the most impossible promotion in franchise cricket — from batting coach of a team that won four out of fourteen games to head coach tasked with restoring a dynasty that hasn't lifted the trophy since 2020. Kieron Pollard's MI journey was never going to end quietly.
Three titles bought Jayawardene a decade — four wins bought him the door
Mumbai Indians and Mahela Jayawardene have mutually agreed to part ways after IPL 2026's ninth-place catastrophe. The man who delivered three trophies in four years couldn't survive a season of four wins in fourteen. The coaching carousel hasn't spun this fast since the mega-auction era.
MI's coaching audition has five legends — and a Rohit-shaped elephant in the room
Jayawardene walked out on Saturday. By Sunday, Mumbai Indians had a shortlist that reads like a Hall of Fame ballot — Hussey, Finch, Boucher, Morgan, Dravid. But the real question nobody at the Ambani camp will answer: is Rohit Sharma about to take the armband back from Hardik Pandya?
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Shai Hope just played the greatest IPL audition innings — for the fourth time this tour
Four centuries in seven white-ball matches. Two ODI hundreds. Two T20I hundreds. All in India. And the man who did it went unsold at two straight IPL auctions. The December mini auction suddenly looks very interesting.
The impact player rule refuses to die — and now PM Modi has delayed its funeral
The BCCI just postponed tomorrow's IPL 2027 stakeholders' meeting because the Prime Minister decided to honour Asian Games cricket medallists on the same day. The most divisive rule in IPL history lives to fight another round.
From BCCI President to IPL Dugout — Ganguly Assembles Cricket's Most Loaded Coaching Staff
Sourav Ganguly has been named Delhi Capitals head coach for IPL 2027, and he's brought his entire inner circle — Yuvraj Singh, Chaminda Vaas, Amit Mishra. It's the most star-studded coaching setup the IPL has ever seen. But 17 years without a title don't care about résumés.
CSK Can't Escape Fixing Shadows. A Tehelka Sting Just Reopened the Wound.
Thirteen years after the 2013 spot-fixing scandal banned them for two seasons, Chennai Super Kings are back in a corruption investigation — this time accused of having their playing XI leaked to London bookmakers for Rs 60 lakh a match. The named player says it's lies. The franchise says 'zero tolerance.' The BCCI says nothing at all.
Vihari Says Dhir's ODI Call-Up Is 'Shocking' — And He Has a Point
Naman Dhir has 14 List A matches, a modest domestic average of 39, and exactly zero Vijay Hazare Trophy hundreds. He also has 655 runs at a strike rate of 217 in a Punjab T20 league, a 173 off 64 balls that broke the internet, and now a maiden India ODI call-up. Hanuma Vihari wants to know how. So does Wasim Jaffer. The answer tells you everything about where Indian selection is heading.
CSK's Biggest Gamble: Replacing 18 Years of Fleming With Zero Days of Zaheer
Chennai Super Kings have appointed Zaheer Khan as their head coach for IPL 2027 — his first head coaching role at any level, anywhere. He replaces Stephen Fleming, who oversaw five titles in 18 years before leaving for the England Test job. CSK finished bottom of the IPL table in back-to-back seasons. The most storied franchise in IPL history is starting over, and they've handed the keys to a man who has never driven this car before.
Latif Called Hesson an 'Indian Agent' — Pakistan's Real Spy Thriller Is Self-Sabotage
Former wicketkeeper Rashid Latif implied on camera that Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson's four years at Royal Challengers Bengaluru make his loyalty suspect. He offered no evidence. Hesson's white-ball record with Pakistan reads 35 wins from 52 completed matches. The conspiracy theory tells you more about Pakistan cricket's dysfunction than it does about its coach.
Cox Broke His Thumb, Lost His Debut to Bethell, Found Kohli. Now He Has No. 3.
Two years ago, Jordan Cox was three days from his first England cap when a broken thumb ended everything. Jacob Bethell walked in, took his place, and made the position his own. Now Bethell is injured, Cox is at No. 3 for the Pakistan series, and the advice he carries into Headingley came not from an England coach but from Virat Kohli over four months at RCB: 'There are billions of people who don't even know who I am. The sun will come up in the morning.' Cricket's cruelest full circle just became its most poetic.
Fleming Got Five IPL Titles and Zero National Team Games — Now He's England's Test Coach
The most decorated franchise coach in cricket history replaces the man he used to open with for New Zealand. His first day on the job? December. The Pakistan series? Someone else's problem. England's 'wasted summer' just found its punchline.
Gambhir Built India's Coaching Staff From KKR — Now KKR Has Taken Them All Back
Ryan ten Doeschate exits India, walks straight into KKR's global empire as Head of Cricket Strategy. T Dilip is also gone. Abhishek Nayar was already there. Every single support staff member Gautam Gambhir personally installed has now left — and the franchise world swallowed them whole.
England Need Their Tuchel — But RCB Won't Let Flower Go
Michael Vaughan says England's Test team needs a disciplinarian like Thomas Tuchel. Nasser Hussain says Andy Flower is the man 'by a country mile.' Dinesh Karthik, who actually works with Flower at RCB, says he'd be 'very surprised' if it happens. Welcome to English cricket's most impossible coaching search.
Eighteen Years, Five Titles, One Press Release — Fleming's CSK Era Ends
Stephen Fleming said '18 years is a lifetime in sport.' CSK said 'enduring legacy.' Neither side said 'we tried everything to make it work.' The most successful franchise partnership in IPL history ended the way CSK's last three seasons did — quietly, inevitably, and with Dhoni nowhere in the frame.
Two Prime Ministers, One T20 Match, and Cricket's Biggest Land Grab Just Landed at Chepauk.
The Big Bash League is coming to Chennai — the first foreign cricket league to ever stage a match in India. Modi and Albanese announced it at the MCG like a trade deal. Because that's exactly what it is.
'Back to Normal.' Archer Just Told India's Batters That the IPL Was a Video Game.
Jofra Archer took 3/29 and told the press that bowling in England is 'back to normal' after the IPL's 'easy wickets and small boundaries.' India's response? Getting bowled out for 76. The most uncomfortable truth in Indian cricket just got said out loud by a man who plays in the IPL himself.
Seven Franchises Are Fighting For Pandya. The Real Story Is Why He's Running From MI.
Hardik Pandya won't be at Mumbai Indians next year. He told them before the season even ended. Now every franchise except RCB and SRH wants him — but the backstory of mental exhaustion, a fractured dressing room, and senior players who stopped caring is the part IPL fans need to hear.
Seven Franchises, One 'Rock Bottom' — Pandya's MI Exit Is the IPL's Biggest Trade War
Hardik Pandya was mentally broken midway through IPL 2026. Mumbai Indians finished ninth. Senior players stopped listening to coaches. Now seven of ten franchises want him — KKR are dangling Rinku Singh and captaincy, CSK's CEO is publicly denying interest that multiple reports insist is real, and the biggest trade battle in IPL history is only getting started.
Kaif Called It DC's Biggest Mistake. They Did It Anyway.
Rishabh Pant is back at Delhi Capitals — at half his record price — while Mohammad Kaif is furious that Kuldeep Yadav was the collateral. The IPL's most dramatic trade in years tells you everything about how franchises value loyalty, leadership, and spin.
Pant Took a 12-Crore Hit Just to Get Out of Lucknow
The most expensive player in IPL history agreed to nearly halve his salary to go home. Kuldeep Yadav heads the other way. Ganguly takes charge. Yuvraj starts coaching. Delhi Capitals are building something — or burning money trying.
Cummins Drops IPL 2027 Bombshell: 'Something Has Got to Give'
Australia's Test captain is willing to walk away from ₹18 crore at Sunrisers Hyderabad to play 21 Tests in 12 months. In an era where franchise cricket devours schedules, Cummins just chose country over cash.
IPL 2026
Archive172 articlesFour Years, 350 Wickets, One Phone Call. Bhuvneshwar Kumar Is Back.
India's swing king earns a sensational T20I recall after being frozen out since November 2022 — and his first assignment is the same country where he last wore the blue jersey.
They Dropped Him in England. He Came Back to Harare and Broke Tendulkar's Record.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi scored 4, 13, and 15 in three T20I innings in England. Critics circled. Selectors benched him. Five weeks later, the 15-year-old walked out at the Harare Sports Club — the same ground where he smashed 175 in the U19 World Cup final — and hit an 18-ball fifty to become the youngest player to score a men's international half-century.
₹12 crore, a blank cheque, and no sticker — cricket wasn't built for a 15-year-old
Brands are offering Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 24 times his current bat deal. The BCCI is sending his parents on tour because he can't navigate an adult dressing room alone. No child mascot stood beside him during the anthem in Belfast — because he is the child. And when he walks out to bat for India, his bat will carry no sticker at all.
The BCCI Finally Admitted What Everyone Already Knew — The IPL Schedule Is Broken
After the first-ever washout in IPL history, player complaints about extreme heat, and a final played in brutal May conditions, BCCI Secretary Saikia has ordered a full schedule overhaul for IPL 2027. The 20th edition starts March 10.
They Called Kishan a Filler — He Scored 125, Then His Shoulder Gave Way
Ishan Kishan hadn't scored fifty in an ODI for 1,019 days. He'd lost his central contract, missed a World Cup, and only got recalled because Virat Kohli tore his hamstring. The media called him a filler. He responded with 125 off 79 balls — then injured his shoulder diving for a catch in the same match. Cricket's cruelest single-day arc.
England's Million-Pound Man Skipped Lord's for the IPL — And Nobody Can Do a Thing About It
Jofra Archer chose Rajasthan Royals over England's first Test at Lord's, got called 'absolutely ludicrous' by every pundit alive, spent a week in Barbados, and now he's casually walking back into the squad for The Oval like nothing happened.
Kohli Tore His Hamstring in the IPL Final and Played On — Now India Pays the Price
A rare tendon tear for Kohli, a no-show at the NCA for Rohit, and a BCCI quietly lining up Ishan Kishan as backup opener. India's two greatest modern batters are both limping into the World Cup 2027 cycle — and the IPL is the common denominator.
'You Need the Big Boys' — Kohli's Post-Final Interview Reads Like a Dynasty Manifesto
Virat Kohli says he dreamed of this exact moment 'many times,' admits the pressure was nothing like last year, and drops a line about big-match temperament that should terrify every franchise in next year's auction. Meanwhile, Krunal Pandya quietly has five IPL trophies in 11 years, and a fugitive billionaire just called them 'our big lions' from a London apartment.
Sooryavanshi Told Shastri He Doesn't Drink Milk. His ₹80-Lakh Complan Deal Was Watching.
Five awards, ₹55 lakh in prize money, an SUV he can't drive for three years, and one offhand answer that turned a brand partnership into a punchline. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's IPL 2026 awards night was the most authentically teenage moment in cricket history.
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'They Are Family' — Patidar's Trophy Dedication Hits Harder Than Any Six
RCB's captain honoured the 11 fans who died in last year's Chinnaswamy stampede, wore No. 11 all season, and then calmly announced the three-peat is on. Elsewhere, a 15-year-old collected a car he can't legally start for three years. IPL 2026's afterglow is equal parts heartbreak and absurdity.
'If Not Now, When?' — Jadeja Confronted Agarkar. The Selectors Are Cornered.
Ajay Jadeja walked up to India's chief selector at the IPL final and asked point-blank why a 15-year-old with 776 runs at a 237 strike rate hasn't been picked. Tendulkar, Pathan, Gavaskar, and the BCCI secretary have all said the same thing. Ajit Agarkar's response? 'Step by step.' The cricket world isn't buying it.
Five Awards, One BCCI Promise: Sooryavanshi Owns the IPL Now
BCCI Secretary Saikia vowed to 'do everything' to fast-track the 15-year-old's career, Kohli acknowledged the generational shift on the field, and an India A call-up made it official. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi isn't a prospect anymore — he's the present.
GT Lost the Final, Then Their Bus Caught Fire. Literally.
Gujarat Titans' nightmare night in Ahmedabad: a five-wicket defeat to RCB, a short-circuit scare on the team bus, an hour stranded on the roadside, and a director of cricket who almost — almost — blamed fatigue. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, chose grace over grievance.
Patidar Wants No India Talk — Gill Says Mental Strength Trumps Everything
Two captains walked into their pre-final press conferences with completely different energy. One shut down every question about India selection. The other conceded his opponent's physical edge — then quietly reminded everyone that finals are won in the head, not the legs. Sunday in Ahmedabad is a collision of philosophies.
Kohli Sells Smart Glasses. The BCCI Just Banned Them from the IPL.
Days before the biggest match of the season, the BCCI classified smart eyewear as banned communication devices. The poster boy for the product they outlawed walks out to bat in the final tonight. The IPL's anti-tech crackdown has officially arrived.
Tendulkar Wants to Blow Up the IPL Rulebook. The Numbers Say He Should.
On the eve of the most bat-dominated final in IPL history, Sachin Tendulkar stood at the ESPNcricinfo awards and told the tournament its rules are broken. Three proposals. Zero diplomacy. A season's worth of carnage as evidence.
'Poison to the Game' — Lalit Modi Wants Goenka Banned After Pant Walks Away
Rishabh Pant resigned as LSG captain saying it would be 'selfish' to continue after back-to-back disasters. IPL founder Lalit Modi responded by calling Sanjiv Goenka a 'joker' and demanding a lifetime ban from cricket. Two captains gone in three years. The franchise is bleeding leaders.
Gill Was 'In a Zone' — And He Put Sooryavanshi's Season to Bed in Tears
Shubman Gill's 47-ball century chased down 215 — the highest target in IPL playoff history — to send Gujarat Titans into the final. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's devastating 96 ended with a 15-year-old crying into a towel. The IPL's most poetic Qualifier 2 sets up an Ahmedabad revenge final against RCB.
Kohli's 2026 Might Be Better Than His Legendary 2016. Gill's Home Fortress Says It Won't Matter.
ESPNcricinfo's analysis drops a bombshell: Kohli's impact per ball has gone up from 2016 to 2026, his strike rate against good-length balls is 1.6 runs per over higher, and he's 'putting a smaller price on his wicket.' But Gill just said he knows exactly what cricket to play in Ahmedabad — and the numbers back him up terrifyingly well.
Archer Said Don't Be PBKS. Parag Demanded 260. RR Aren't Messing Around.
Jofra Archer invoked the most spectacular collapse in IPL history as a warning to his own team. Riyan Parag looked at 243 in the Eliminator and saw failure. And the captain is playing Qualifier 2 on one good hamstring. Rajasthan Royals aren't just confident — they're paranoid and hungry in equal measure.
Parthiv's Grand Plan to Stop Sooryavanshi? 'Hopefully We Get Him Out Early.'
Gujarat Titans' assistant coach admitted the strategy to handle a 15-year-old with 65 sixes and 680 runs is basically crossed fingers. Shubman Gill wants to forget the 92-run Q1 mauling. Chris Gayle called the kid 'New Six machine.' Tonight in Mullanpur, GT's four-man pace battery meets the teenager who has made every bowling attack in the IPL look like net bowlers.
'God's Gift' or God-Sized Gamble? Gavaskar Wants Sooryavanshi in India's T20I XI.
Sunil Gavaskar compared Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to a teenage Sachin Tendulkar, called him 'God's gift to Indian cricket,' and demanded his selection for the England tour — even if it means breaking up a T20 World Cup-winning opening pair. The kid has 680 runs at a strike rate of 242. The debate is no longer hypothetical.
ABD Said 'Not Yet.' A Decade of RCB Pain Arrives at May 31.
AB de Villiers watched Kohli go full Ronaldo and Patidar silence the 'spin basher' label with 93* off 33 against GT's pace attack. Then Mayanti Langer asked if he was emotional. His answer — two words, heavy as a decade of hurt — told you everything about what May 31 means to this franchise.
Cummins Ran Out of Options. Tendulkar Explained Why Nobody Has Any.
Pat Cummins sat in the Mullanpur press room after his season ended and confessed he couldn't bowl to a 15-year-old. Sachin Tendulkar broke down the biomechanics. Ian Bishop called the stroke quality 'rare.' Yuvraj just called him 'Boss baby.' Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 97 off 29 in the Eliminator didn't just end SRH's season — it ended the debate about whether this kid is for real.
Bhogle Said It 'Destroys the Whole Team.' Kohli Made It a Masterclass.
Three independent voices — Harsha Bhogle, Mohammed Kaif, and Mo Bobat — arrived at the same conclusion after RCB's 92-run Qualifier 1 demolition: the reason Rajat Patidar is captaining a team into consecutive finals is that Virat Kohli chose to be a soldier, not a shadow. Meanwhile, other franchises burned.
He Never Complains. SRH Never Lose. Welcome to RR's Eliminator.
Sangakkara backed Archer's all-round brilliance to drag RR into the playoffs. Now they face their worst matchup in tournament history — and a 15-year-old needs to deliver in his first knockout game.
Gill Wants to Forget. India's Selectors Can't Afford To.
Shubman Gill called the 92-run Qualifier 1 hammering 'one of those games we would like to forget.' But Rajat Patidar's 93* off 33 — the highest strike rate for any 90-plus innings in IPL history — just made India's T20I middle-order debate impossible to postpone. BCCI selector RP Singh was in Dharamsala. He noticed.
Arshdeep Burned His Instagram Down — The Season Finally Caught Up
Over 200 posts gone. The 150-million-view Kohli reel gone. The vlogs that got him banned — gone. After colourism scandals, vaping leaks, fan abuse, and the worst economy rate of his career, Arshdeep Singh's Instagram purge is the full-circle ending to IPL 2026's messiest individual arc.
Phillips Calls It a Terrible Question. Then Calls Patidar Fabulous.
A reporter asked if Gujarat Titans admitted defeat after conceding 254. Glenn Phillips erupted — 'That is a really silly question. Why would we do that as professional cricketers?' Minutes later, he praised the man who destroyed them. Welcome to the strangest press conference of IPL 2026.
Patidar Says 'Not in My Control.' GT's Bowling Attack Disagrees.
The RCB captain shrugged off the final being stolen from Bengaluru and admitted 220 isn't safe anymore. Gujarat Titans, humiliated by RCB a month ago, have reinvented themselves into a pace-bowling juggernaut. Qualifier 1 at Dharamshala is the season's biggest collision.
Kohli Scored 557 Runs and Still Got Dropped. Welcome to IPL 2026.
S Badrinath picked his best XII of the league stage and left out Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Abhishek Sharma. In their place: a 15-year-old with a 232 strike rate. The numbers are uncomfortably on his side.
Siva Said 'I'll Name Them' — Indian Cricket's Colourism Crisis Has Zero Consequences
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan offered to expose India legends who called him 'dark boy' for decades. He demanded Arshdeep Singh be banned for targeting Tilak Varma's skin colour. The BCCI banned Arshdeep's vlogs instead. Nobody took Siva up on his offer. And Arshdeep — a repeat offender — plays on.
Cummins Called Them 'A Captain's Dream' — Then Admitted They'd Taught Him
Pat Cummins went for 0/48 against RCB. Eshan Malinga took 2/33. Sakib Hussain foxed Kohli with a slower ball. Then the ₹18-crore captain sat down and said he'd 'learned a lot' from two bowlers who cost SRH ₹1.5 crore combined. That's not humility. That's the truth.
Kohli Left Head's Hand Hanging — The League Stage Ended With Bad Blood
RCB lost by 55 runs but still finished top of the table. Virat Kohli didn't care about either fact. He walked through the SRH handshake line, greeted Cummins and Abhishek Sharma warmly, then looked straight through Travis Head like he wasn't there. The Australian's hand hung in the air. The cameras caught everything.
Vaughan Said One Word About Pandya's MI Future. Then He Drew Up the Trade.
Hours after Hardik Pandya was fined for knocking bails off in frustration at Eden Gardens, Michael Vaughan went on Cricbuzz and delivered a one-word verdict — 'Release' — then sketched the swap deal between MI and KKR that half the cricket world has been too polite to say out loud.
Gaikwad Said 'Transition Phase.' Dhoni Went Home to Ranchi.
Gujarat Titans posted 229 and bowled CSK out for 140 to end their IPL 2026 season. The captain gave a brave speech about growth. The franchise's greatest legend wasn't even in the stadium.
Sudharsan Called Gill a 'Mastermind.' Then They Rewrote the Record Books.
Ten century stands in 46 innings. Kohli and de Villiers needed 77. Gayle and Kohli needed 63. Gujarat's opening pair just equalled them both — and they're only getting started.
Mukund Named Four CSK Overseas Flops. Every Win Was Against the Bottom Half.
Abhinav Mukund didn't just criticise CSK's season — he itemised the failure. Matt Henry, Matt Short, Zak Foulkes, Dian Forrester: none of them will be back. And the 12 points? All from beating teams ranked fifth or lower.
Sooryavanshi Doesn't Read Papers. He Just Rewrites the Record Books.
Fifty-three sixes at age 15. The first Indian past 50 maximums in a single IPL season. Six short of Gayle's all-time record. And when asked about the hype? 'I don't read papers and all.' This kid is built different.
Pandey Sat Padded Up for Four Matches. Then He Buried Mumbai Indians.
At 37, Manish Pandey anchored KKR's chase at Eden Gardens with a match-winning 45, partnered with Rovman Powell to eliminate the five-time champions, and kept alive the most absurd playoff run since KKR's own 2014 miracle. The man who scored the IPL's first Indian century still has something left.
Samson Gave Klaasen the Death Stare. Two Days Later, They Were Hugging.
A razor-sharp stumping at Chepauk turned into IPL 2026's angriest confrontation. Then Sanju Samson and Heinrich Klaasen did something the tournament rarely allows: they publicly admitted they like each other.
Parag Told Commentators to Talk Cricket. Sooryavanshi Made Them.
The RR captain used his post-match presser to fire back at TV pundits over personal attacks. Meanwhile, his 15-year-old opener was busy joining Gayle's 50-sixes club and dragging Rajasthan into the top four.
Kishan Whistled at Chepauk. Ashwin Said He Crossed the Line.
Ishan Kishan's match-winning 70 took SRH into the playoffs. His post-match whistle podu taunt at the Chepauk crowd took him into a controversy. R. Ashwin wasn't amused. The internet couldn't agree on anything.
Dhoni Told Raina 'My Body Is Weak.' Raina Said He's Coming Back Anyway.
Suresh Raina caught Dhoni during his Chepauk lap of honour on live television and got the closest thing to a retirement confession the man has ever given. Then Raina immediately told the world to ignore it. Welcome to the most contradictory farewell in sport.
IPL's Rs 230 Crore Man Says He Still Feels Like a Fraud at Practice
Virat Kohli just became the highest earner in IPL history. Then he sat at the RCB Innovation Lab and told the world he battles imposter syndrome, nobody checked on him for nine years, and the money young players chase can ruin them. The contradiction is the point.
Pant Lost the Vice-Captaincy, the ODI Spot, and His Cool on Live TV
Stripped of India's Test vice-captaincy. Dropped from the ODI squad. LSG eliminated after a seven-wicket humbling in Jaipur. And then Rishabh Pant went on national television and said exactly what he was feeling. Uncensored.
'Side Ho Jaa' — Parag Pushes Away a Kid and RR's Playoff Hopes in One Night
A viral video of the Rajasthan Royals captain brushing off a young fan in a hotel lobby has divided the internet. But it was his post-match press conference — raw, blunt, almost defeated — that told the real story of IPL 2026's most embattled skipper.
Dhoni Did a Lap of Honour at Chepauk. Nobody Knows If It's the Last.
MS Dhoni arrived at a cricket stadium for the first time in IPL 2026 — not to play, not to announce, just to exist. Harbhajan said goodbye. Ashwin said maybe next year. CSK lost. And the most confusing farewell in cricket history rolled on for another chapter.
'I'd Lie If I Said I Wasn't Frustrated' — Then He Sent RCB to the Playoffs
Venkatesh Iyer took a 70% pay cut, sat on the bench for most of IPL 2026, and watched teammates bat in his spot. When RCB finally gave him a full innings at Dharamsala, he smashed 73 off 40 alongside Virat Kohli and sealed the first playoff berth of the season. The most expensive discard in IPL history just became the most valuable.
Fleming Says 'Management's Call' — CSK's 17-Year Dynasty Ends With a Shrug
Stephen Fleming stood at a press conference after CSK's loss to SRH and did something he's never done in 17 years: he openly questioned whether his captain was producing enough. Then he told the world his own future wasn't up to him. This is what CSK's decline sounds like.
SKY's Two-Year Wrist Secret Is Out — And So Is His Captaincy
A World Cup-winning captain played through a 'completely damaged' wrist for two years, hiding it from the BCCI with injections and tape. Now the selectors have run out of patience — and Shreyas Iyer is the new man.
Rayudu Wants the 'Chit Business' Banned — Steyn and McClenaghan Agree
Akash Singh took 3-26 and celebrated each wicket by whipping out a handwritten note. The cricketing old guard responded with the kind of venom usually reserved for bad LBW decisions. IPL 2026's celebration culture war has a new front line.
'No Debate Left' — Sehwag Crowns Kohli the Greatest White-Ball Cricketer Ever
After back-to-back ducks, Kohli smashed 105* off 60 to take RCB top of the table. Then the legends lined up to deliver their verdict: above Richards. Above ABD. Above Sachin. The GOAT debate is over, says Sehwag — and for once, nobody's arguing.
'Be Quiet and Let Me Play' — Kohli Fires at Gambhir and Agarkar
Three days after smashing his ninth IPL century, Virat Kohli sat on the RCB podcast and told India's head coach and chief selector exactly what he thinks of their communication, their environment, and their right to question him. The 2027 World Cup just became conditional.
Ashwin Called It — Dhoni Ghosted, CSK's Fate Is Being Decided Without Him
CSK's CEO booked Dhoni's ticket. The IndiGo flight took off without him. Today is the exact date Ashwin said CSK's playoff destiny would be settled — and Chennai are walking into Lucknow without their greatest player, without their best all-rounder, and with arithmetic that refuses to cooperate.
Arshdeep Called Him 'Andhere' — Tilak Varma Answered with 75* Off 33 Balls
Hours before Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians met in Dharamsala, Arshdeep Singh posted a Snapchat video mocking Tilak Varma's skin colour. By stumps, Tilak had smashed an unbeaten 75 off 33 balls to destroy PBKS — their fifth straight loss — while Arshdeep's franchise burns from every direction imaginable.
PBKS Called Out 'Sports Journalists,' Then Deleted the Tweet — the Meltdown Is Real
From 7-0 to 7-4, Punjab Kings are now fighting on two fronts: the playoff race and a social media war they started, edited, and still lost. Preity Zinta's intervention hasn't stopped the bleeding.
Kohli Said the End Is Coming — Then Played Like It Hasn't Even Started
Two consecutive ducks. A record-extending ninth IPL century. A quiet admission that 'it is going to finish one day.' Virat Kohli gave Raipur everything and RCB the top of the table — then told the world to start thinking about the post-Kohli era.
Kaif Called Axar 'Immature' for Naming Kuldeep — Then DC Dropped Him Anyway
The captain publicly blamed his spinner. The pundits publicly blamed the captain. And then Delhi Capitals benched Kuldeep Yadav for a must-win game — and won. The autopsy of IPL 2026's most painful individual collapse.
Badrinath Said Three Words. Cricket Twitter Lost Its Mind.
A colloquial Tamil phrase meant to praise sportsmanship got clipped, twisted, and turned into a commentary scandal. The real story is more interesting than the outrage.
KKR Won Four Straight Games — Now Their Best Weapon Can't Walk
Varun Chakravarthy was spotted on crutches at the team hotel. Shane Watson is crossing his fingers. KKR's miracle run just hit a wall called reality.
Gill Posts, GT Rolls, SRH Folds for 86 — and the Trolling Has Only Just Begun
Shubman Gill's viral Instagram dig at Sunrisers came after Gujarat Titans dismantled Hyderabad's batting for their lowest-ever IPL total. Five wins in a row. Top of the table. And a captain who won't let you forget it.
The IPL Fined Andy Flower 15% and Called It Discipline
Eight code of conduct breaches, an eight-page advisory, owners in restricted zones, players vaping in dressing rooms — and the BCCI's biggest weapon is a fine that wouldn't cover dinner in Raipur.
Tim David Scored 0 and Still Found a Way to Make Headlines
A golden duck, a middle finger at his old team, 30% of his match fee gone, and one demerit point between him and a playoff ban. RCB's finisher is finishing his own season.
Jayawardene Says MI Were 'Not Good Enough' — Then Defends Everyone Responsible
Three wins from eleven matches, Bumrah's worst-ever IPL, Pandya's body breaking down — and the coach's big takeaway is that the 'core group is valuable.' Five-time champions deserve harder questions.
'I Won't Beat Around the Bush' — Iyer Has Said the Same Thing Four Losses in a Row
Punjab Kings were 7-0 and cruising toward a top-two finish. Four losses later, Shreyas Iyer is still diagnosing the same disease at every press conference: fielding and bowling. The question is no longer what's wrong — it's why nothing has changed.
Unsold at Auction. ₹30 Lakh Pick. Now He Owns IPL's Fastest Fifty Record.
Urvil Patel smashed six sixes in his first eight balls, equalled a record that stood since 2023, then held up a note to his father that reduced Chepauk to tears. CSK's ₹30 lakh gamble just paid off in history.
Krunal Killed His Brother's Team. Then Wept Hugging the Man They Both Love.
An emotional 73 through cramps, a last-ball win that ended MI's season, and a tearful embrace with Kieron Pollard — Krunal Pandya just wrote the most bittersweet chapter of IPL 2026 while Hardik sat out injured.
Bhuvi Hit a Six, Took Four Wickets, and Called Motivation Overrated
At 36, Bhuvneshwar Kumar is leading the Purple Cap race, hasn't played for India in three years, and just delivered the most Bhuvneshwar interview imaginable — all substance, zero theatre.
Hardik Unfollowed MI, Rohit, and SKY. Then the Kasi Video Resurfaced.
Hours after Mumbai's playoff exit, Hardik Pandya's Instagram briefly scrubbed the franchise and three teammates. A viral video of him chatting with CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan — whose identical 'casual chat' with Samson preceded a trade to Chennai — has turned off-season speculation up to eleven.
'Behind Bars' — A Former India Spinner Wants Chahal in Jail, Not Fined
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan isn't asking for a bigger fine or an extra demerit point. He's asking why a cricketer who allegedly broke Indian law on a domestic flight is still bowling leg-spin instead of answering to the DGCA. And he's not wrong to ask.
Gill Had Nothing to Prove. GT's Four-Win Streak Proved It Anyway.
Dropped from India's T20 squad, dismissed by critics, written off at the halfway mark. Shubman Gill's response? An 84 off 44, four straight wins, and Gujarat Titans sitting second. Sometimes the best revenge is the points table.
The IPL Is Bleeding Viewers. The BCCI Says Everything Is Fine.
A 26% viewership crash. A franchise owner's brother writing open letters. Advertisers fleeing. And the IPL chairman calling it 'perfectly balanced.' Someone is lying — and the numbers have receipts.
Finn Allen Got Dropped. He Came Back With 47 Balls of Violence.
Scores of 6, 9, and 1 earned him a seat on the bench. A 47-ball century with 10 sixes against DC earned him a place in KKR's history books — third behind McCullum and Russell. Sometimes the best thing a franchise can do is hurt your ego.
Axar Patel Said 'Next Year' Out Loud — DC's Season Died on the Mic
Delhi's captain dropped Kuldeep, blamed spinners, got hammered by Finn Allen's century, and then told the press conference he's already thinking about 2027. Irfan Pathan's review was merciless.
Arshdeep's Camera Caught Chahal Vaping — So the BCCI Killed the Camera
Instead of punishing the player caught breaking the law on a domestic flight, the BCCI's first move was to silence the man whose vlog exposed it. Arshdeep Singh has been told to stop vlogging. Yuzvendra Chahal has received a warning. The message is clear — and it's not the one the board thinks it's sending.
Ponting Called It a 'Virus' — PBKS Are Dropping the IPL, One Catch at a Time
Punjab Kings have the worst catch efficiency in IPL 2026. Ricky Ponting nearly threw his microphone onto the field. Katey Martin called it an infection. Three straight losses for a team that was unbeaten. The butter fingers aren't just an embarrassment — they're a title threat.
The BCCI Just Banned the IPL's Open-Door Policy — and Named the Reason
An 8-page directive sent to all 10 franchises on May 7 targets 'girlfriend culture,' honey-trap risks, and betting-linked influencers gaining access to restricted zones. IPL Chairman Arun Dhumal says the ACSU has flagged anomalies. The gloves are off.
Connolly's 'Tempo Game' Is Making the IPL's Power Hitters Look One-Dimensional
At 22, the youngest overseas centurion in IPL history has 377 runs at 171 strike rate for Punjab Kings — and he's done it by modelling himself on Shaun Marsh, not Chris Gayle. His coach already sees an Australian future. The IPL should see a warning.
Kohli Gave Prince Yadav the Blueprint — Prince Used It to Castle Him
After a previous match, Virat Kohli advised the LSG pacer to trust his length as long as the ball was moving. Prince Yadav took the advice, delivered a 140 kph inswinger that uprooted Kohli's off stump for a two-ball duck, and woke up to 18,000 new comments on his Instagram. This is the story of the ball of IPL 2026.
Badani Will 'Rally Around' Kuldeep — But 24 Sixes and 3% Don't Rally Back
Delhi Capitals' coach is publicly backing his two biggest underperformers after CSK's eight-wicket humiliation. The words say faith. The numbers say funeral.
'Child Labour' FIR Against RR — While Sooryavanshi Averages 40 at 237 SR
A Karnataka activist wants Vaibhav Sooryavanshi pulled out of IPL 2026 to 'study'. The 15-year-old has responded by being the most destructive batter in the tournament. The law, the precedent, and the absurdity — unpacked.
'Painful 15 Years Ended Today': Raghu Sharma's Note Is IPL's Rawest Moment
A 33-year-old leg-spinner who taught himself from Shane Warne YouTube videos pulls out a handwritten message after his maiden wicket — while Rohit and Rickelton destroy LSG's season in MI's highest-ever chase.
'He's Our Backbone Now' — Samson Chooses Win Over Century, CSK Stay Alive
Ruturaj Gaikwad's declaration says it all. In the biggest chase of CSK's playoff push, Samson made 87* off 52, refused to be selfish about a hundred, and extended the most dominant individual run in IPL 2026.
Politicians Wanted Freebies. Bengaluru Lost the IPL Final. Ahmedabad Keeps Winning.
Karnataka MLAs demanded VIP tickets to the showpiece event. The BCCI said no — then handed it to the Narendra Modi Stadium for the second consecutive year. The pattern is impossible to ignore.
Jitesh Called Him 'Unprofessional' — Sooryavanshi's Response? 404 Runs at 237 Strike Rate
RCB's Jitesh Sharma set the internet on fire by calling IPL 2026's youngest sensation 'unprofessional' on AB de Villiers' podcast. Then came the clarification: ice cream, cartoons, and the most wholesome defence of a 15-year-old you'll read this season.
'Above My Pay Grade': Simmons Dodges the Dhoni Question, Rohit Turns Back Time
CSK's bowling coach refused to give a Dhoni injury update — 'He will be ready when he is ready' — while 800km away, another 39-year-old proved that comebacks don't need press conferences. They need Wankhede and a short boundary.
'Not Acceptable': Gavaskar Rages as Bumrah's No-Ball Disaster Caps a Broken Season
Eight no-balls in one match. Three wickets in ten games. An average of 132. India's greatest fast bowler is unrecognisable — and Gavaskar just said what everyone's been thinking.
'Fake a Composure': Bangar's Brutal Advice Exposes the Pant Captaincy Crisis
When your captain asks for 'luck and blessings' instead of presenting a plan, and experts start telling you to act composed even if you're not — the mask has slipped completely at LSG.
Narine's 200th Wicket Club — KKR's Spin Twins Flipped SRH's Off Switch
Sunil Narine became the first overseas bowler to 200 IPL wickets — and the first in history to reach the milestone with one franchise. He celebrated by combining with Varun Chakravarthy to engineer SRH's most humiliating collapse of the season: 105/1 became 165 all out. Nine wickets. Ten overs. A five-match winning streak, gone.
'Plastic Captain' — The Punditry Class Is Done Being Polite About Pandya
Kris Srikkanth called it 'dubba captaincy.' Ambati Rayudu said drop the arrogance and rotate strike. Harsha Bhogle said three years and one playoff is an experiment that isn't working. After Hardik Pandya's 18 off 23 balls buried MI at Chepauk, the commentary box went from analysis to autopsy.
Fleming's Confession: CSK's Captain Was Drowning — Then He Batted
Stephen Fleming admitted Gaikwad's seven-game drought was eroding his captaincy. Then came back-to-back 70-plus knocks, and suddenly a squad missing Dhoni, Ellis, Khaleel, Mhatre, and Ghosh started winning again. The lesson MI refuse to learn: when your captain can't bat, nothing else works either.
Three Months, Three Wickets, Zero Apologies: Starc Comes Back Swinging
Mitchell Starc's controversial absence became IPL 2026's biggest off-field saga. His return was even louder: 3/40 in four overs, DC's record chase completed, and a teammate admitting he was terrified of a teenager. The critics went quiet. The fast bowler did not.
Rahul Says He Never Dreamt of What These Kids Are Doing
At 33, the IPL's leading run-scorer isn't threatened by the revolution — he's studying it. KL Rahul's post-match reflections reveal a veteran who knows the game has changed forever.
Saikia Just Put Every IPL Franchise on Notice
The BCCI secretary isn't content with pocket-change fines for individuals anymore. Devajit Saikia's threat to hold entire teams accountable for misconduct is the biggest governance escalation in IPL 2026 — and Rajasthan Royals are Exhibit A.
'Not the Season' — Pandya Surrenders as Kartik Pulls the Trigger
A 20-year-old CSK debutant channelled MS Dhoni with a premeditated gun celebration after hitting the winning boundary. Across the ground, Hardik Pandya muttered the most honest three words of IPL 2026. Suryakumar Yadav walked off averaging 10.71 against pace — worse than 51 of 53 qualified batters. Mumbai Indians' season died at Chepauk on a Friday night.
Ashwin Demanded Accountability — Parag Let His Bat Do the Talking
Ravichandran Ashwin said the vaping saga 'cannot be brushed under the carpet' and called for real consequences. Hours later, Riyan Parag walked out at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium under the heaviest scrutiny of his career and hammered 90 off 50 balls. The controversy isn't over. But for one night in Jaipur, the captain chose violence — with the bat.
Jamieson Roared at a 15-Year-Old — That's the Real Compliment
Kyle Jamieson's aggressive send-off to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has Twitter screaming 'bullying.' But when international bowlers forget you're a teenager, you've already won something bigger than any single innings.
'Release Him,' 'No Hope,' 'Very Ordinary' — The World Has Given Up on MI
In the space of 48 hours, Simon Doull called for Pandya's release, Ashwin wrote off MI's playoff chances, and Srikkanth told Bumrah to go watch Jofra Archer. When everyone outside the dressing room agrees, the problem isn't the outside.
Sangakkara Says It's 'Addressed' — Everyone Else Says It's a Joke
The BCCI fined Riyan Parag 25% of his match fee for vaping on live broadcast in a country where e-cigarettes are illegal. Kumar Sangakkara wants to move on. Mothers Against Vaping wants a criminal probe. And the IPL code of conduct doesn't even have a defined sanction for it. Welcome to cricket's accountability theatre.
Kohli Raged, Bishop Called Foul, and Gill Had the Last Laugh
Virat Kohli gave Shubman Gill the send-off of the season — then watched GT chase down 155 with four overs to spare. Ian Bishop believes Patidar's catch dismissal shouldn't have stood. And Gill? He rewrote RCB's slogan on social media just to twist the knife.
Pathan Warned Bumrah About the Slower Ball Addiction. Wankhede Just Proved Him Right.
Irfan Pathan diagnosed it weeks ago: 44% slower balls, pace down to 130kmph, no contrast left. Then Travis Head smashed Bumrah for a 99-metre six at the Wankhede. The world's best bowler is fighting a battle his own data says he's losing.
Pandya Admits MI Have Lost Their Identity — And 243 Runs Proved It
Mumbai Indians posted their highest-ever total batting first. SRH hunted it down with 8 balls to spare. Hardik Pandya confessed the franchise can't do what it stands for. Rohit Sharma is out for two more games. The five-time champions need 5 wins from 6 just to dream of playoffs. This is what rock bottom looks like in blue and gold.
AB de Villiers Called Klaasen 'Absolutely Ridiculous.' Pietersen Wants Him Un-Retired.
414 runs at an average of 59. Four fifties. An unbeaten 65 off 30 balls to chase down 244 at the Wankhede. AB de Villiers is in awe. Kevin Pietersen wants South Africa to pick up the phone. And Heinrich Klaasen still doesn't care about your strike rate debate.
Iyer Slams His Own Bowlers as Ferreira-Dubey Bury PBKS's Invincibility Myth
Punjab Kings posted 222 and still lost. Donovan Ferreira kept his mind 'clear like a kid with a toy truck' and smashed an unbeaten 52 off 26 balls. Shreyas Iyer isn't hiding — he called out his bowling unit's execution in the post-match press conference.
Parag Caught Vaping on Live TV — And the BCCI Has Nowhere to Hide
Rajasthan Royals just pulled off the chase of the season to end PBKS's unbeaten run. Nobody is talking about that. They're talking about their captain casually hitting a vape in the dressing room while broadcast cameras rolled. With e-cigarettes illegal in India, this isn't just a code of conduct issue — it's a legal one.
Gavaskar Declares the Safe Total Dead — IPL 2026 Has Broken Cricket's Last Boundary
Two 260-plus chases completed. A 223 hunted down with four balls to spare against the table-toppers. Sunil Gavaskar has seen enough: 'Teams believe that no target, even 220 or 240, is beyond reach.' The man who once batted 60 overs for 36 runs in a World Cup now endorses full anarchy.
Axar 'Cannot Understand' — But 75 All Out Needs No Translation
Delhi Capitals posted the lowest powerplay score in IPL history, got demolished by 9 wickets before the floodlights mattered, and handed Virat Kohli the gentlest path to 9000 runs he could have dreamed of. Hazlewood and Bhuvneshwar didn't just humiliate DC — they may have killed their season.
Patidar Says 'Bowlers Win Tournaments' — And RCB's Pace Unit Just Proved It
Josh Hazlewood says RCB are 'ticking every box' and 'hitting straps at the right time.' After Bhuvneshwar and Hazlewood rewrote IPL powerplay history to demolish DC for 75, the defending champions look like they're building something unstoppable.
Ashwin Says Dhoni Plays 'Only If CSK Are Knocked Out' — The Farewell Nobody Expected
R. Ashwin just said out loud what the cricket world has been whispering for weeks. MS Dhoni isn't coming back to rescue CSK's season — he's waiting for the season to be over before he takes the field. Stephen Fleming says he's 'keen.' The table says CSK need five wins from six. The calf says otherwise.
Pant Says 'Too Many Minds' — Now Jaffer Wants Him Stripped of Captaincy
Five consecutive losses. Bottom of the table. A captain publicly admitting the setup makes his job harder. And now a former India opener is telling Sanjiv Goenka to hand the armband to Aiden Markram. LSG's crisis isn't on the field anymore — it's in the chain of command.
Raghuvanshi Out, Nayar Erupts, Rinku Hits Four Sixes — Lucknow Was Cinema
The fourth 'obstructing the field' dismissal in 19 years of IPL. A coach screaming at the fourth umpire. Four consecutive sixes to force a tie. And then the lowest Super Over score in history. KKR vs LSG wasn't a cricket match — it was a screenplay.
Steyn Says 'Criminal,' Sehwag Says 'Brainless' — LSG's Entire Think-Tank Under Siege
Nicholas Pooran has three IPL Super Over ducks. His strike rate this season is 80. And LSG still sent him out in the biggest moment of their campaign. Dale Steyn, Virender Sehwag, and the rest of the cricket world want to know: who is actually making decisions at Lucknow?
MI's Concussion Loophole: Jayawardene Says Head — Replays Say Shoulder
Mitchell Santner dived, landed on his shoulder, and walked off clutching it. Minutes later, Shardul Thakur strolled out as his 'concussion substitute.' Mahela Jayawardene's press conference explanation only deepened the controversy.
Samson's 101* at Wankhede Rewrites History — 'Values Set by Mahi Bhai'
First CSK batter to ever century against MI. Matches Rohit Sharma's T20 record at Rohit's home ground. Credits a man who wasn't even playing. This is the Sanju Samson era, and it's built on Dhoni's blueprint.
Rabada Caught Smoking at GT Hotel — And Rashid Khan's Reaction Says Everything
The one player Matthew Hayden called GT's 'only bright spot' after the 99-run humiliation against MI is now at the centre of a viral storm. A balcony, a cigarette, a teammate's audible disbelief, and the long shadow of a cocaine ban — Gujarat Titans' season just got a whole lot messier.
Pandya Blames 'Early Wickets' — But His Own 0/38 Told the Real Story
Mumbai Indians just suffered their worst defeat in IPL history — 103 runs, at home, against their oldest rivals. Hardik Pandya's press conference was a masterclass in deflection. Manoj Tiwary's response was a masterclass in honesty.
Dhoni Is 'Absolutely Ready' — Badrinath Wants Samson as Captain Instead
Six games without Thala. CSK in eighth place. The coach says he's ready, a legend says change the captain, and the Indian Classico arrives at the Wankhede with both franchises on life support.
'LSG's Babar Azam' — Pant's ₹27 Crore Nightmare Gets Worse
A three-ball duck, a fourth consecutive defeat, and a franchise sinking to ninth. Rishabh Pant scolded himself walking off the Ekana pitch. The internet had sharper words.
Manjrekar Calls Dhoni Fandom 'Sycophancy' — CSK and MI Are Living in the Past
Hours before the Indian Classico at Wankhede, Sanjay Manjrekar torches both franchises for clinging to sentiment over strategy. Five wins from 13 games between them. He might have a point.
PSL Banned Them for Picking IPL — Muzarabani's Agent Just Torched the Ruling
Dasun Shanaka apologized. Blessing Muzarabani's camp went nuclear. The PCB handed out one-year and two-year bans for players choosing IPL over PSL — and all it proved is that $214,000 beats $27,000 in every language.
Abhishek Sharma Broke Gayle's Record and Told You It's a Punjabi Thing
135 off 68. All 20 overs. The 5th highest score in IPL history. And when they asked how, he just said Punjabi players like to play freely. That's not arrogance — that's a man who knows exactly what he's become.
Srikkanth Says Parag Has 'Zero Impact' — His Coach Says He's Fine
61 runs in 6 innings. Four dismissals inside 10 balls. The RR captain is batting like a tailender and everyone in his camp is pretending it's a phase. Kris Srikkanth isn't pretending.
Pandya Promised 'Difficult Calls' — Tilak Answered With a 45-Ball Century
Four days after warning his teammates about 'difficult calls,' Hardik Pandya watched Tilak Varma walk in at 46/3 and walk off with 101* off 45 balls — equalling Jayasuriya's 18-year-old record and handing GT the most lopsided defeat of their season.
Lalit Modi Drops a Bombshell — Says an IPL Owner Actually Did Black Magic
A fan's lemon trick at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium went viral after Shivam Dube was bowled the very next ball. A fake CSK complaint letter followed. But the real story? Lalit Modi claims he has 'concrete proof' an IPL franchise owner performed rituals in an opponent's dressing room during IPL 2011.
Doull Called Nayar a Failure — KKR's Dressing Room Tears Said Otherwise
Simon Doull cited 11 losses in 14 games and asked if Abhishek Nayar 'struggles in a team environment.' Hours later, Varun Chakravarthy revealed more tears in the KKR dressing room than the night they won IPL 2024 — and named Nayar the reason they hadn't fallen apart.
Hayden Called It a 'Horror Story' — GT's Own Coach Just Torched Their Season
After a 99-run loss to MI, Gujarat Titans batting coach Matthew Hayden went scorched-earth in the press conference — calling the batting 'unacceptable', the death bowling a 'horror story', and saying he felt like he was 'on the mast and the boat was sinking'. When your own coaching staff talks like this publicly, the problem isn't one bad night.
Srikkanth Called Rinku 'Old News' — He Just Wrote a New Chapter
#ReleaseRinku was trending. KKR were 85/6. Nandre Burger dropped him on 8. Rinku Singh responded with an unbeaten 53 off 34 balls to deliver Kolkata their first win in seven games — because the best finishers don't answer critics with words.
Ashwin Tears Into CSK Over Mhatre's Hamstring — 'You Made Him Run Another Ball'
Ayush Mhatre tore his hamstring attempting a second run. Instead of retiring hurt, he stayed — and on the very next ball, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad called him for another single. R Ashwin says CSK failed their 18-year-old best batter on two counts: the knee strap before, and the forced run after.
Rashid Khan Said No to India — And That Tells You Everything About the Man
A senior Indian cricket figure offered him citizenship, documents, a new life. Australia came calling too. Rashid Khan turned them both down with five words: 'I won't play for anyone else.' His new book reveals the conversation — and GT's three-match winning streak is his quiet answer.
Chakravarthy Had Two Broken Bones — Critics Had Zero Valid Points
KKR's mystery spinner dropped the biggest post-match bombshell of IPL 2026: he's been bowling with two fractures in his left hand. His 3/14 against RR wasn't a return to form — it was an act of defiance on a broken hand.
Miller Refused the Single. Then He Refused to Lose.
Ten days ago, David Miller turned down one run and became the IPL's most mocked man. Last night at Chinnaswamy, he smashed Romario Shepherd for 16 off 3 balls with DC needing 15 from the final over. Redemption doesn't get louder than this.
'I Know What to Do': Kamboj Has the Clarity CSK's Batters Don't
Ruturaj Gaikwad admitted CSK scored just 4 runs in 2 overs at the worst possible moment against SRH. Then he turned around and praised young bowler Anshul Kamboj for telling his captain exactly what he'd do at the death. One half of CSK has a plan. The other half is sleepwalking through the middle overs.
Rahul Turns 34, Turns Up at Chinnaswamy, Turns RCB Inside Out — Again
KL Rahul celebrated his birthday by smashing a 29-ball fifty to rescue Delhi Capitals from 18/3 at his hometown ground. With 839 runs at an average of 69.91 against RCB — the best any batter has against any opposition in IPL history — this wasn't a surprise. It was an appointment.
Bhogle Tells Dhoni: No 10-Ball Cameos When You're Stealing a Bowler's Spot
MS Dhoni is '100% fit' and locked in for an April 23 comeback at Wankhede. But Harsha Bhogle has a blunt message: if you're costing CSK a bowler, you'd better bat like a power hitter, not a farewell tourist.
Cummins' ₹18-Crore Gamble: Skip Half the IPL, Still Win the Final
Pat Cummins just landed in India after nine months nursing a broken back. He won't play tonight, or next week. But he told SRH fans exactly what they wanted to hear: 'I'll play the back half, plus the final.' That's either elite workload management or elite delusion.
Finch to KKR: Drop Your ₹25 Crore Man — Price Tags Don't Win Games
Aaron Finch wants Tim Seifert in, Cameron Green out. Simon Doull calls Green 'zero value.' Green says he'll bowl four overs soon. KKR are winless in five and running out of time.
Pandya Says 'Difficult Calls' Coming — Is SKY's MI Spot in Danger?
Suryakumar Yadav bagged a golden duck at Wankhede as PBKS chased down 196 in 16.3 overs. Hardik Pandya's post-match admission was the sound of a captain running out of patience — and a dressing room running out of excuses.
Chinnaswamy's DJ Mocked an Injured Pant. Two Franchises Want Answers.
First it was the 'Dosa Idli' song aimed at CSK. Then came the 'FAAAHHH' chant while Pant clutched his elbow in agony. RCB's stadium DJ has turned the Chinnaswamy into a content factory — and two IPL franchises have had enough.
Pant Walked Off in Tears. He Came Back Bandaged. It Lasted Four Balls.
Josh Hazlewood's fifth-over assault left Rishabh Pant clutching his left elbow and fighting back tears at Chinnaswamy. What followed was the most gut-wrenching comeback attempt of IPL 2026 — and a captain's innings that never was.
'Play Freely, Pressure Is My Job' — Iyer's PBKS Are IPL 2026's Scariest Team
Nehal Wadhera just gave us the best insight into Shreyas Iyer's captaincy yet. Punjab Kings are 4-0, their skipper is striking at 187, and a Rohit-less Mumbai Indians await at the Wankhede.
Kohli Benched for First Time in Nine Years — Then Walked In and Won the Game
RCB left Virat Kohli out of the starting XI for the first time since April 2017 — only the fifth time since 2008. He came in as an Impact Sub with an injured ankle, scored 49 off 34, and put RCB top of the table.
Faf Tells MI to Stop Hiding Behind Bumrah — Rohit's Hamstring Makes It Worse
Mumbai Indians are ninth, Rohit Sharma's hamstring scans came back inconclusive, Bumrah hasn't taken a wicket in five straight games, and Faf du Plessis just said out loud what everyone was thinking: four economical overs aren't enough.
'Stick to Cricket' — Solanki's Live TV Snub of Bhogle Splits the Internet
Gujarat Titans' director of cricket turned a harmless birthday compliment into the most awkward on-air moment of IPL 2026. Harsha Bhogle kept his composure. The internet didn't.
₹30 Lakh Kid, McGrath's Blueprint, Triple-Wicket First Over — Hinge Rewrites IPL History
Praful Hinge didn't just debut. He became the first bowler in 19 years of IPL cricket to take three wickets in the opening over of a match. The 24-year-old had manifested this — literally written it down.
Jaffer Tells Gaikwad to Ditch 'Tunnel Vision' — CSK's Captain Is a Passenger
Five innings. 63 runs. A 38% dot-ball rate. CSK have won two straight, but their skipper hasn't crossed 30 once. Wasim Jaffer and Aaron Finch are publicly telling him to change his game — and Gaikwad insists a 'big knock is around the corner.'
Moody's Power Play: Mayank 'Ready to Go', Shami 'World-Class', and a 150kph Welcome for Kohli
Tom Moody's pre-match presser was a masterclass in quiet menace. LSG are loading the cannon at Chinnaswamy — and RCB's biggest weapon might be nursing an ankle.
Krunal Bowled His Brother a Bouncer. Then Celebrated Like He Meant It.
A surprise short ball, an aggressive fist-pump, zero post-match acknowledgment — the Pandya brothers' cold war spilled onto the Wankhede on April 12. This isn't speculation anymore.
A Phone, a 15-Year-Old, and the Biggest Anti-Corruption Scare of IPL 2026
Rajasthan Royals manager Romi Bhinder was caught on live TV using a mobile phone in the dugout — with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi glancing at the screen. The BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit is now involved. Lalit Modi wants blood.
BCCI Swaps GT vs CSK Venues — April 26 to Chennai, May 21 to Ahmedabad
The April 26 GT vs CSK clash moves from Narendra Modi Stadium to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, while the reverse fixture on May 21 shifts from Chepauk to Ahmedabad. Navratri festivities in Gujarat are the primary reason behind the swap.
Samson Did a Padayappa Salute. CSK Finally Remembered How to Win.
An unbeaten 115 off 56 balls. A Rajinikanth celebration at Chepauk. And a glove controversy that left Delhi's dugout furious. CSK vs DC had everything — except a close finish.
A 15-Year-Old Just Told Bumrah and Hazlewood He Doesn't Care Who They Are
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 26-ball 78 against RCB wasn't a fluke. It was a philosophy. 'I look at the ball, not the bowler.' At 200 runs and counting, IPL 2026's Orange Cap holder means every word.
Foot on the Rope, Eyes Off the Ball — IPL Umpiring Has a Credibility Problem
Digvesh Rathi's catch looked good live. The replays told a different story. The third umpire apparently didn't watch either version carefully enough.
'They Are Jealous of Me' — Rahane Loses the Plot While KKR Burns
The defending champions are 0-2, their ₹25 crore all-rounder can't bowl, and their captain thinks the problem is everyone else. Sunil Gavaskar disagrees — loudly.
'Non-Stop Nonsense' — Sivaramakrishnan's Attack on New-Gen Commentary Backfires
The ex-India leg-spinner who quit BCCI commentary alleging colour discrimination is now policing who deserves a microphone. Cricket Twitter has thoughts.
Zero Wickets in Three Matches. Then a 15-Year-Old Hit Him for Six Off Ball One.
Jasprit Bumrah's wicketless streak is unprecedented. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's fearlessness might explain why even the best bowler in the world is second-guessing himself.
'I Am Not an Overseas Player' — Kohli Shuts Down London Base Jibes With a Straight Face
The RCB star's family moved to London in 2024. Fans have been counting him as RCB's fifth overseas player ever since. On Tuesday, he finally responded.
Ashwin Walked Away From the IPL Because CSK Made Staying Too Painful
Nine matches out of fourteen. No role clarity. No bandwidth left. R Ashwin's retirement wasn't about his body giving up — it was about his mind refusing to take any more.
250 on the Board and Nobody on CSK's Side Thought to Change the Plan
Ambati Rayudu watched CSK concede 159 runs in the last 10 overs against RCB and had one question: who was supposed to intervene? The answer, apparently, is nobody.
The Rain Came. Eden Gardens Had to Wait.
Xavier Bartlett had started something interesting. KKR were 25/2 in 3.4 overs. Then the heavens intervened — and a full night of cricket dissolved into a shared point and a very wet outfield.
Yuvraj Singh Finally Said What Everyone's Been Waiting 20 Years to Hear: 'I Would Like to Apologise to MS Dhoni and Kapil Dev.'
A son, a legend, and a father who once admitted to taking a loaded pistol to Kapil Dev's house. On SportsTak, Yuvraj broke his silence. Indian cricket's most uncomfortable family dinner just went public.
First KL Rahul, Now Rishabh Pant: Goenka's Post-Match 'Chat' Strikes Again
LSG's owner was caught on camera in an animated on-field exchange with his Rs 27 crore captain, the coaching staff, and possibly his own blood pressure. The internet, predictably, had thoughts.
BREAKING: MS Dhoni Ruled Out of CSK's First Two Weeks — Calf Strain Sidelines Thala
The IPL hasn't even started and CSK is already in crisis mode. Dhoni is rehabbing a calf strain, Ruturaj confirms Sanju Samson opens, and the Chennai faithful are lighting extra agarbattis tonight.
Ashwin Said Arjun Tendulkar Won't Play. Yograj Singh Said 'Who Are You?' And Now We're All Trapped in This Conversation.
A retired off-spinner gave a squad analysis on YouTube. A former cricketer offered to turn a 26-year-old pace bowler into the world's best batter in six months. IPL 2026 hasn't started and the content is already writing itself.
17 Seasons. Zero Trophies. Delhi and Punjab Walk Into IPL 2026 With Something to Prove.
The only two original IPL franchises without a title. One made the final last year. The other can't keep a captain for more than one season. We ran the numbers on whether 2026 is the year the drought ends.
Rule 4.4: The Ball Change That's Trying to Fix the IPL's Oldest Problem
BCCI retained the controversial second-innings ball change rule for IPL 2026. One new ball. Umpire's discretion. And the hope that chasing under lights stops being a cheat code. Here's everything you need to know.
RCB Sold for $1.8 Billion — Because One Record-Breaking Sale in a Day Wasn't Enough
The Aditya Birla Group, David Blitzer, Blackstone, and Times of India walk into an auction. RCB walks out with a price tag that makes the Rajasthan Royals deal from THIS MORNING look like a clearance sale.
Rajasthan Royals Sold for $1.63 Billion — Because Apparently Cricket Teams Are the New Real Estate
A US-based tech entrepreneur, a Walmart heir, and the owners of the Detroit Lions walk into a boardroom. No, this isn't the setup to a joke. This is how IPL franchises are bought now.
Spencer Johnson Quits PSL for 'Personal Reasons,' Immediately Signs With CSK — And Nobody Is Surprised
The IPL's gravitational pull claims another PSL contract. CSK gets a left-arm quick with 5 IPL wickets in 9 games. The replacement for the replacement might also need a replacement. Welcome to IPL 2026.
₹25.20 Crore for a Part-Time Bowler? Ashwin Thinks KKR Should Ask for a Refund
R Ashwin proposes a salary deduction system for players who can't bowl their full quota. Cameron Green — IPL's most expensive overseas player ever — is the test case. Shah Rukh Khan, your accountant is on Line 2.
The IPL Injury Ward Is Open for Business — and Australia Has Booked the Entire Wing
Nathan Ellis joins the ever-growing list of players who got injured right before IPL. CSK's death bowling is now a prayer circle. And Australian cricket has once again treated the IPL like an optional homework assignment.
Shisha, Football, and an Open Door: The Off-Field Dhoni That CSK Teammates Know
Sam Billings went on a podcast and casually dismantled every corporate myth about MS Dhoni. What came out was far more interesting.
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Archive46 articlesBangladesh's Players Wanted to Play the World Cup. One Politician Killed That Dream.
A 22-page probe report has finally named Asif Nazrul as the man who pulled Bangladesh out of the T20 World Cup — while two players went into 'mental coma' and Scotland took their spot.
'We Won the World Cup — So Why Was I Dropped?' SKY Finally Breaks His Silence
Nine consecutive series victories. An 80.76% win rate — the highest in T20I history for a full-member captain. A World Cup defended at home in Ahmedabad. Then one bad IPL season, a phone call from selectors saying 'it's time to move on,' and Suryakumar Yadav was gone. Two months of silence later, SKY has finally spoken — and his words are equal parts grace, bewilderment, and quiet devastation.
Sanju Samson Left His Home of 11 Years. Then Dhoni Said Seven Words.
Traded for ₹18 crore, told his game wouldn't survive Chepauk, and staring at three single-digit scores in a row — Sanju Samson was watching the biggest gamble of his career collapse. Then MS Dhoni walked over at practice and delivered the simplest, most devastating piece of advice in IPL history.
The World's No. 1 T20I Batter Doesn't Have a BCCI Central Contract. He Doesn't Care.
Ishan Kishan sealed the Zimbabwe series with 81 off 44 balls — his 12th T20I fifty, a standing ovation at Harare, and another day of making the BCCI's contract omission look absurd. Dropped in 2024, contract-less in 2026, and sitting at the summit of the ICC rankings. Cricket's best comeback story isn't done yet.
Nawaz Got High During a World Cup — Now His Entire Campaign Has Been Erased
Mohammad Nawaz tested positive for cannabis after Pakistan's T20 World Cup opener in Colombo. The ICC wiped seven matches of stats, handed him a three-month ban, and Pakistan cricket now has six doping offenders on its resume. At some point, individual carelessness becomes institutional embarrassment.
'I'm Going To Cry.' Sciver-Brunt Held Theo, Held England Together, Then Refused To Call It An Australia Problem.
She walked onto Lord's with her 15-month-old son under one arm and a calf injury under the other. She top-scored in a World Cup final she may never play again. And when the press room asked if England have an Australia problem after going 7-0 in World Cup finals, she shut it down cold: 'Not oh no, it's Australia again.'
Wyatt-Hodge Broke Every Record This Tournament. All She Wants Is To Hold The Trophy And Daisy At The Same Time.
Six weeks after giving birth, Danni Wyatt-Hodge rewrote the T20 World Cup run-scoring record. At 35, she has never won this tournament. Today at Lord's against Australia, she gets what might be her last chance — and baby Daisy will be watching.
'Feels Like A Long Time Coming' — Litchfield Finally Gets The Final She Assumed Was Guaranteed
She joined Australia thinking World Cup finals were part of the furniture. Two semi-final exits and a quad injury that stole three matches of this tournament taught her otherwise. Now, one day after playing tourist at Wimbledon, Phoebe Litchfield walks into Lord's for the biggest game of her life.
'Do They Really Believe It?' — Hussain's Blunt Question Cuts to the Heart of Sunday's Final
Nasser Hussain doesn't do diplomacy. With England one win away from their first Women's T20 World Cup title since 2009, the former captain has issued a simple ultimatum: believe you can beat Australia, or you've already lost. He also thinks he's found the crack in the six-time champions' armour.
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Nitschke Asks The Only Question That Matters — 'What's Our Tolerance' For A Half-Fit Perry?
Australia's leading scorer retired hurt in the semi-final with quad awareness. Their coach's response wasn't reassurance — it was a calculated admission that a World Cup final changes the risk calculus entirely.
'Massive' — One Word From The Woman Who Survived Oxygen Tanks To Reach Lord's
Nat Sciver-Brunt went from electromagnetic therapy and calf tears to 75 off 47 balls and a record knockout partnership. England were 23-3. Now they're in a World Cup final. She needed one word to describe what comes next.
Gardner Calls Perry 'Red Wine' And Declares Australia's Semi-Final Curse Dead Before Lord's
After back-to-back semi-final exits crushed the dynasty narrative, Ashleigh Gardner says Australia finally chose bravery over timidity — and now they're walking into their seventh T20 World Cup final with a vintage Perry and the best cricket they've played in years.
16-0 to 'Toe to Toe' — England Aren't Scared of Australia Anymore
Eighteen months ago, Australia inflicted the most complete humiliation in Women's Ashes history. Two jobs were lost. A new regime was built. Now Charlie Dean says this is the most confident she's ever felt in an England shirt — and Sciver-Brunt wants to go toe to toe at Lord's on Sunday.
'Not foreign territory' — Wolvaardt knows South Africa own England when it matters most
England have won 8 of their last 9 T20Is against South Africa. They are unbeaten at The Oval in T20Is. They have the tournament's leading run-scorer in Danni Wyatt-Hodge. And none of it matters — because the last two times these sides met in a World Cup knockout, South Africa won both. Wolvaardt scored 169 in the first. Kapp took 5-20 in the same match. Now they're back at The Oval with 25 pace wickets in the tournament and a captain who says 'we can beat anyone on the day.'
Sciver-Brunt Survived Oxygen Tanks And Electromagnetic Therapy — South Africa Should Be Terrified
England's captain fought through calf tears, seven sessions of MBST, and oxygen chambers to be fit for the semi-final. Her team didn't even need her. That's the problem for South Africa.
'Prove people wrong' — Matthews dares Australia to handle the pressure she doesn't feel
West Indies have won 2 of 19 T20Is against Australia. They nearly didn't make the semi-finals. Their captain and best batter has 115 runs in five innings. And none of that matters, because Hayley Matthews has been here before — Kolkata 2016, 66 off 45, an 18-year-old tearing up a World Cup final. Ten years later, same opponent, same stage, different continent. 'We have nothing to lose,' she says. Australia aren't so sure.
The ICC wrote India's name into the rules — they didn't even qualify
Regulation 16.10.2 of the Women's T20 World Cup 2026 playing conditions literally guarantees India the best semi-final slot. Kate Cross calls it 'absolutely mental.' The clause was never triggered because Australia knocked India out on June 28. But the fact that it exists at all — India's name, in black and white, in the tournament regulations — is the most honest thing the ICC has ever published.
'We need to rethink everything' — Harmanpreet faces the mirror after Lord's heartbreak
India posted 170 at Lord's. Australia chased it down with an over to spare and six wickets in hand — the highest successful chase in Women's T20 World Cup history. For the second consecutive edition, India are going home before the semi-finals. Harmanpreet Kaur knows it. Amol Muzumdar knows it. The question is whether anyone will do anything about it.
Mandhana asked Hayden for batting tips — then said the gap has narrowed
India's vice-captain spotted the Australian legend on commentary duty, approached him to discuss bat grips, told him she wasn't sure he'd help before an Australia game — and he shared everything. Hours later, she declared the gap between India and six-time champions Australia has 'definitely narrowed.' Sophie Molineux's reply: 'We'll take advantage of the pressure on them.'
Jemimah says 'dominate Australia' — her own bat hasn't got the memo yet
India's hero of Navi Mumbai has 58 runs from four World Cup innings with a best of 26. Now she's telling the press India must take the game to six-time champions Australia in a virtual knockout at Lord's. The confidence is pure Jemimah. The runs are not.
Harmanpreet calls Australia 'one of our favourite opposition' — India's butterfingers beg to differ
India dropped four catches in five overs against Bangladesh today and still won. On Sunday at Lord's, they face an unbeaten Australia — NRR 4.304, four wins from four — who are bringing back injured star Phoebe Litchfield specifically for this clash. Harmanpreet's confidence is intoxicating. Her fielders' hands are not.
Pandey Said What India's Dressing Room Won't About Harmanpreet's Strike Rate
India's captain is crawling at 109.09 while Mandhana blazes at 154 — and now a former teammate has publicly told her to stop rebuilding and start attacking before today's must-win Bangladesh clash at Old Trafford.
Poonam Yadav Needed Five Matches. Charani Did It in Three.
India's 21-year-old left-arm spinner has climbed to World No. 1 in T20I bowling rankings mid-World Cup — 10 wickets in 3 games, the tournament's leading wicket-taker, and her captain's only compliment after a loss. From a village in Kadapa to the top of the ICC rankings in 12 months flat.
Perry Waited 51 Matches and 17 Years — Her First T20 World Cup Fifty Was Worth Every Ball
The first player in history to play 50 T20 World Cup matches finally scored a half-century in one. She also took 2/9. Beth Mooney dislocated her finger twice and didn't even consider coming off. Australia beat Pakistan by 113 runs. This is what a dynasty looks like.
Ramharack whispered destiny — West Indies aren't at Lord's to make up numbers
Ten years after a teenage Hayley Matthews hit 66 to stun Australia in the 2016 T20 World Cup final, she captains an unbeaten West Indies side at Lord's — the ground where this tournament's final will be played. The dressing room is talking. Karishma Ramharack called it superstition. It looks a lot more like belief.
'I Have No Answer for That' — Neither Does Pakistan Women's Cricket
Three consecutive losses, three identical collapses, and a mentor left speechless at the crease of his own press conference. Pakistan's Women's T20 World Cup exit wasn't a tragedy — it was a rerun.
'Biggest Big Match Player I've Ever Seen' — Kapp's 81* Humbles India
South Africa were 25 for 2 in the powerplay. India dropped Kapp twice. She hit four sixes, scored a career-best 81* off 45 balls, and completed the highest successful chase in Women's T20 World Cup history. Harmanpreet's 200th T20I ended in defeat.
200 T20Is. No Man Has Ever Been Here. Harmanpreet Kaur Has.
At 37, India's captain walked out at Old Trafford — the same Manchester ground where she debuted 17 years ago — and became the first cricketer in history to play 200 T20 Internationals. The next man on the list is 37 matches behind her. She isn't slowing down.
Shreyanka Beat Depression and 14 Months of Injuries — Then Her Ankle Gave Way
Three days after telling cameras she'd never let the feeling of being back on the field go, Shreyanka Patil was stretchered off Headingley covering her face. Her body has now broken her four times in two years. Jasprit Bumrah told her 'don't fight it.' She might not have a choice.
The Farewell Tour Is Falling Apart — NZ's Three Legends Deserve Better Than This
Devine, Bates, and Tahuhu announced they'd retire together after this World Cup. Two matches in, the defending champions have zero points, nine dropped catches, and Suzie Bates — cricket's all-time T20I run-scorer — hasn't made the XI.
Pakistan Scored 106 and Wahab Riaz Saw 'Glimpses of Positiveness'
The former pace legend set 170 as the benchmark for his women's team. India hit that number exactly. Pakistan replied with 106 all out in 17 overs. Four months into the job, Wahab's fearless cricket mantra just met the Edgbaston reality check.
1.4 Billion People, One Name on TIME's List — and She Plays for the Women's Team
Smriti Mandhana is the sole Indian in TIME's 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026. Only two cricketers made the cut. She found out mid-World Cup, two days after dismantling Pakistan at Edgbaston.
'Her Rough Phase Is Gone' — Richa Ghosh Finally Remembers How to Hit
From 42.50 strike rate in South Africa to 200 against Pakistan at Edgbaston. Harmanpreet Kaur's faith in India's finisher just got the most emphatic vindication.
Deepti Sharma Quietly Became the Greatest T20I Wicket-Taker Ever — With a Fifer vs Pakistan
Five wickets for 10 runs. All-time T20I record. First spinner to 350 international wickets. Two milestones in one spell, in an India-Pakistan World Cup match, and she talked about it like it was a Tuesday net session.
Even Her Building Watchman Knows: Lose to Anyone, Not Pakistan
Jemimah Rodrigues says the rivalry follows India's women everywhere — from the dressing room to the apartment lobby. At Edgbaston today, the pressure becomes a World Cup opener.
154 Matches Without a Fifty. Then Campbelle Scored 90* to Slay the Champions.
Shemaine Campbelle debuted in T20Is at 17. She is now 33. She had never scored a fifty in 154 matches. At Southampton, with West Indies chasing 163 against defending champions New Zealand, she finally delivered — and it was devastating.
Hussain Backs Mandhana to Dominate Pakistan — Then Flags the Real Worry
Nasser Hussain predicts India's vice-captain will 'absolutely raise her level' at Edgbaston — but warns their bowling formula, not their batting, is the one thing that could cost them the World Cup.
'We Only Talk About Cricket' — India's Handshake Hypocrisy Has a Jay Shah Problem
Harmanpreet Kaur deflects with a smile at Edgbaston while the ICC Chairman — an Indian — shook Fatima Sana's hand seven days ago. The BCCI's no-handshake directive has become cricket's most absurd contradiction.
Australia Are the Hunters Now, and South Africa Aren't Flinching
Six titles, zero trophies to defend. Sophie Molineux says the freedom is intoxicating. Laura Wolvaardt says the belief is real. And their coach? 'They protect their history. We want to create history.'
Issy Wong Deleted Instagram and Found Heavy-Metal Cricket Instead
England's 24-year-old quick missed two World Cups, ditched social media on impulse, started reading Jurgen Klopp — and now opens a home tournament at her own ground. 'No offence, but stuff on Instagram is rubbish, isn't it?'
Chamari Tells England: 'All the Pressure Is on You — We Have Nothing to Lose'
At 35, playing her record 10th T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka's captain walks into the tournament opener at Edgbaston with an unbeaten warm-up record and the confidence of a player who's seen it all.
England Want Their Lionesses Moment — And 150,000 Fans Are Ready
The Women's T20 World Cup starts tomorrow at Edgbaston with record ticket sales, a Wicked-themed opening ceremony, and an England captain who's returning from injury to chase history. 'A win could change what women's cricket looks like in this country.'
Harmanpreet Pulled a Dhoni and the Internet Lost Its Mind
Asked if this was her last World Cup, India's captain turned the question into a masterclass in composure. 'Do you think I should stop?' At 37, with a strike rate of 142 this year and a record-breaking captaincy, the only thing retiring is the question itself.
Ashwin Fires at BCCI: 'Where Have We Lost the Human Touch?'
The greatest off-spinner in Indian cricket history isn't buying the selectors' logic. Suryakumar Yadav — 80.76% win rate, back-to-back World Cup glory — became the first captain in T20I history to be dropped after winning the trophy. Ashwin says the system owes him more than silence.
India Had Them 38/3. They Still Lost. Alice Capsey Just Announced Herself.
England chased 181 in 18.3 overs with six wickets in hand. Capsey's 82 off 43 balls wasn't just a knock — it was a statement ahead of the World Cup on home soil. Harmanpreet said India needed 'one more wicket.' They've been saying that for years.
'My Dad Needed Me More Than the World Cup.' Jitesh Sharma's Brutal Honesty Hits Different.
Dropped from India's T20 World Cup squad without a phone call, Jitesh Sharma found out from a press conference. But he doesn't regret a thing — because he spent his father's last seven days by his side. Now he's back at RCB, carrying grief in one hand and Kohli's intensity manual in the other.
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60 articlesMoeen and Hales signed up for the APL. The APL still needs permission to exist
Eight English players were drafted for a league with no ICC sanction, two ownerless franchises and a captain swap its own ambassador couldn't explain. Rob Key asked for a moral stance. The players chose the market.
Meghalaya sacked their Ranji team overnight. The cricketers paid for the boardroom war
Their kits were already in the dressing room. Then a court ruling on the Meghalaya Cricket Association made the squad 'illegal', and a hastily assembled replacement side went out and was bowled out for 144.
Lancashire dump Anderson after 25 years — Broad calls it 'disrespectful' and the members are furious
James Anderson took 50 wickets at 17.68 this summer, was named Lancashire's Championship Player of the Year, and got told his services are no longer required. Stuart Broad went on his podcast and tore into the club. Two hundred members turned up at Old Trafford to protest. Anderson says he is not retiring. This is how you treat England's greatest ever bowler?
PCB holds seven players hostage with a $25,000 NOC demand — again
Hours before the Nepal Premier League's opening match, the Pakistan Cricket Board withheld clearances for seven of its players and allegedly demanded $25,000 per head. It's the exact same figure they squeezed out of MLC franchises three months ago. The pattern is no longer deniable.
Anderson took 50 wickets at 17 this year — Lancashire still told him he's done
After 26 years, 1,148 first-class wickets and a knighthood, England's greatest seam bowler was informed by Lancashire's new management that he won't be offered a contract for 2027. He's 44. He wanted to keep going. They said no.
Shami asks 'who will talk to me?' — 435 international wickets and a dead phone line
India's fastest man to 200 ODI wickets has been dismantling batsmen in Ranji Trophy for two straight seasons. The selectors haven't picked up the phone once. Tomorrow, Bhuvneshwar Kumar — last seen in India colours in November 2022 — plays his comeback T20I against New Zealand. The BCCI's silence is the loudest statement they've made.
Chinmay Sutar hits 400* in his second first-class match — the Ranji Trophy hadn't seen this in 76 years
A 29-year-old who left Mumbai because they wouldn't give him red-ball cricket just scored the second quadruple century in Ranji Trophy history. His father once opened with Sachin Tendulkar. His first call after the innings was home.
Jaffer wants to pick India's team — and the BCCI might still say no
India's greatest domestic cricketer has applied for the national selector vacancy left by Ajit Agarkar. Wasim Jaffer has 31 Tests, 19,000 Ranji Trophy runs, and the most first-class centuries of any Indian opener. The BCCI reportedly prefers someone else. That tells you everything about how Indian cricket thinks.
124 Runs in Boundaries Alone — Aaryavir Sehwag's 173 Is Pure Sehwag DNA
Virender Sehwag's 18-year-old son smashed 19 fours and 8 sixes for Delhi U19, scoring 72% of his runs in boundaries. The Nawab of Najafgarh's cricket gene is not a myth.
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Fleming Raided CSK's Coaching Room — Hussey Was the One That Got Away
England's incoming Test coach poached two CSK staffers and tried for a third. Mike Hussey said no thanks and chose Australia. Oh, and Kevin Pietersen is now officially mentoring the England white-ball team. The ECB's coaching announcements read like fan fiction.
Pope Walks Away From APL, Malan Says Rent Comes First — ECB's Afghanistan Hypocrisy Exposed
Three England players have pulled out of the inaugural Afghanistan Premier League draft after a storm over the ECB granting NOCs for a league run under Taliban governance — the same regime that got England to cancel bilateral cricket. Dawid Malan is staying. His reason? 'I need to be able to pay my rent.'
Khawaja Opens the Sandpaper Wound — and Cummins Just Shrugs
Australia's first Test in South Africa since the 2018 ball-tampering scandal coincides with Usman Khawaja's memoir revealing his side of the Cape Town story. Pat Cummins was briefed over coffee, said five words — 'Tell your story. It's fine' — and walked away.
PCB Demanded Yuvraj Singh Apologize in Writing. He Didn't. Pakistan Walked Out.
The Pakistan Cricket Board wanted Indian legends to say sorry — in writing — for refusing to play Pakistan after 26 tourists were killed in Pahalgam. The WCL organisers said no. Now Shahid Afridi's team is out, the India-Pakistan Dubai clash is cancelled, and cricket's most absurd diplomatic standoff has a new chapter.
776 IPL Runs. A Record-Breaking Fifty. And Gambhir Says: Wait Your Turn.
India's 15-year-old phenom has rewritten every record book he's touched. The coach's response? Sit down, Samson and Abhishek were here first. Gambhir's loyalty play is either brilliant management or a waste of generational talent.
Same Kismat, Same Destruction — Bengal's Pace Twins Just Bowled Their Way Back Into India's Test Plans
Mukesh Kumar's 6/33 and Akash Deep's 3/25 ripped through Jammu & Kashmir in Srinagar. Seven months after a stress fracture, Akash was clocking 140-plus. Gambhir was taking notes. New Zealand should be worried.
950 Ranji Runs Weren't Enough — So Smaran Ravichandran Bossed the Irani Cup Too
The 23-year-old Karnataka left-hander scored 203 runs across both innings, rescued Rest of India from behind, and won Player of the Match in Srinagar. If India's selectors aren't writing his name on the Test shortlist today, they haven't been paying attention.
Saim Ayub Rocked the Baby — Abhishek Sharma Rocked His Entire World
Pakistan's Saim Ayub dismissed 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and celebrated with a 'rocking baby' gesture in the Asian Games gold-medal final. Abhishek Sharma needed three balls to make him regret it. India won by 19 runs. The cricket gods remain undefeated.
The Man Who Hit THAT Boundary in '98 Says India-Pak Is 'Just Facing a Bowler'
Hrishikesh Kanitkar lofted Saqlain Mushtaq for the most famous four of 1998. Twenty-six years later, he's India's batting coach for an Asian Games gold-medal final against the same opponents — and his message is almost aggressively zen: shut out the noise, win the moments, collect the gold.
A 20-Year-Old Just Erased the Most Famous Number in T20 Cricket
Lhuan-dre Pretorius blasted an unbeaten 188 off 79 balls for the Titans in Bloemfontein, demolishing Chris Gayle's 175* that had survived 13 years of IPL carnage, Big Bash brutality, and T20 World Cups. He was 12 runs from the format's first-ever double century — and he didn't even know he'd broken the record.
India Might Win Asian Games Gold Without Playing a Ball. Again.
Nagoya's rain, tent dressing rooms, and ranking-based knockouts have turned the Asian Games cricket tournament into a masterclass in how not to run a multi-sport event.
Ashwin Backed the Selector Who Axed Him. Most Legends Can't Do That.
As Ajit Agarkar's three-year reign ends with three ICC trophies and a generational overhaul, the man he phased out gives him the farewell nobody expected.
His Own State Kicked Him Out: Baird Falls on the BBL Privatisation Sword
Cricket Australia's most powerful chairman in years forced out after NSW refused to back him. The Big Bash is about to be carved up — and nobody agrees on who benefits.
Tahir Wants to Say Goodbye at 48 — But He's Still the Best Spinner in the Caribbean
Imran Tahir finished CPL 2026 as joint-leading wicket-taker, surpassed Sunil Narine on the all-time charts, became the first overseas player to play 100 CPL games — and then told a press conference in Georgetown he wants one more year. At 48. Because he hasn't said goodbye to the Guyanese crowd yet.
India Were Right About the Wide. They Were Wrong About Everything Else.
ICC rules say a reverse-hit turns both sides into off-side, so the wide reversal at Sano was technically correct. But when the world's No. 1 team is haranguing a local umpire in a 500-seat ground while Japan chase the biggest upset in cricket history, being right isn't the same as being decent.
Japan's Captain Calls India T20I 'Surreal.' He Still Wants to Win.
Sano has 110,000 residents, more ramen shops per capita than anywhere in Japan, and a cricket ground with 500 permanent seats and no showers. Today it hosts the reigning T20 World Champions. Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming — the third-fastest player in history to 1,000 T20I runs — says this is 'just the first step.' His teammates are already picking out which Indian wickets they want.
Falcons Were 'Never in the Conversation.' They Just Stole the CPL.
Curtly Ambrose's team was written off before the tournament began. Shadab Khan had been struggling for two years. Sufyan Moqim was a name few outside Pakistan knew. On Sunday night in Bridgetown, they combined to deliver the CPL's greatest underdog heist — a maiden title for an island of 95,000 people, sealed with 20 balls to spare.
Started 0-3, Now in the Final — Powell Calls It the Best Innings He's Ever Played
Jamaica Kingsmen chased 207 with two balls to spare to knock out Guyana Amazon Warriors in CPL 2026 Qualifier 2. A brand-new franchise, three losses deep just weeks ago, is now one match away from the title. Rovman Powell's unbeaten 40 off 17 in a playoff run chase doesn't look like much on the scorecard. It looked like everything under the lights at Kensington Oval.
A Diving Catch for a Camera, Not a Cup — Ravindra's Shoulder Popped for a TV Promo
Rachin Ravindra dislocated his right shoulder on a safety mat in Auckland — not in a match, not in training, but filming a diving catch for broadcaster Sky. New Zealand's best batter is now doubtful for October's five-match T20I series against India. The activities were pre-approved. The mats were in place. And still, a 26-year-old walked away with a shoulder that wasn't in its socket. Cricket's commercial machine just broke something it can't easily fix.
Shadab's Hat-Trick, Cornwall's 49 Off 16 Balls — The CPL Qualifier That Lasted 20 Overs
Guyana Amazon Warriors were 40 for 1 after seven overs. Three overs later they were 49 for 9. Shadab Khan and Sufyan Moqim took eight of those wickets between them — eight for 29 off eight overs of spin on a Bridgetown surface that offered nothing. Then Rahkeem Cornwall walked out and hit six sixes in 16 balls. The entire CPL Qualifier 1 was finished inside the first powerplay of the chase.
Tahir Rewrites His Own Record at 47 — 'Daddy, One More Year'
The ageless South African leg-spinner took 5/17 to become the oldest T20 five-for taker for the second straight CPL, then revealed his son is the reason he won't stop.
Tahir Took Career-Best 5/17 at 47 Because His Son Won't Let Him Stop
Imran Tahir became the oldest player to take a five-wicket haul in T20 cricket history — breaking his own record — then revealed his son keeps telling him 'Daddy, one more year.' He is 11 wickets from 600 in T20s. The man started his T20 career in 2006. He is still the most dangerous leg-spinner in the Caribbean.
Phones Seized, Bank Accounts Probed — Pakistan Cricket Has Crossed Into Spy-Thriller Territory
Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq sat in a Lahore cybercrime office for two hours while investigators went through their phones, financial transactions, and contacts. The PCB has never filed a complaint like this against its own players. What started as 'dressing-room leaks' now looks a lot more serious.
Shami Said 'You Play for the Badge' — India's Selectors Just Refuse to Watch
At 36, dropped since the 2025 Champions Trophy final, Mohammed Shami won the Duleep Trophy in his 100th first-class match and delivered one of the most defiant interviews of his career. His seam is still bolt upright. His numbers are absurd. India's selectors have moved on anyway.
They Took His Contract. He Took Every Record in the Duleep Trophy Final.
Ishan Kishan — stripped of his BCCI central contract in February 2024, accused of prioritising franchise cricket over country — just smashed 270 in the Duleep Trophy Final. Three records broken. 30 fours. 7 sixes. And the most quietly devastating press conference quote of the year: 'I stopped thinking about anything.'
'Who Better Than Me Can Judge Hunger?' — Kishan Scores 111* to Prove It
Ishan Kishan praised Mohammed Shami's burning desire to return to the Indian team. Then he walked out and smashed an unbeaten century in the Duleep Trophy final. Two men exiled from the national setup. One dressing room. The same fire.
The Fortress Awaits — Unbeaten Warriors Host a Kings Side That Announced Itself With a Century and Three Wickets in Four Balls
Providence Stadium, September 9. The only unbeaten side in CPL 2026 versus a Kings team capable of brilliance. Hetmyer's 111* versus Seifert's 105*. Nabi's control versus Chase's all-round quality. This is the match that tells us whether the Kings belong at the top table.
The ETPL Comes to Ireland — Dublin Finally Get to Play at Home, Having Lost Every Match They Have Played Away
Zero from five at Sportpark Westvliet. Now the tournament moves to Malahide — Ireland Cricket's headquarters, the ground where Ireland beat England in the 2011 World Cup — and the visitors are the Belfast Wolves, who won the reverse fixture by 52 runs.
They Moved Shanaka Up From Seven. He Broke Every CPL Record in Sight.
Dasun Shanaka hit a 39-ball century — the fastest in Caribbean Premier League history — smashed 12 sixes, powered the tournament's highest total, and delivered the Patriots' biggest-ever win. All because someone finally listened to the commentators.
Baseball Ground, Hybrid Pitch, Tiny Hotel Rooms: Cricket's Asian Games Mess
Aakash Chopra says the pitches are 'actually dangerous.' BCCI and PCB — yes, those two agreeing — have raised alarms. The ACC has ordered an inspection. And the tournament starts in twelve days.
A World Cup Hero, Three Birth Certificates, and 65 Banned Cricketers
The BCCI's biggest age fraud crackdown just exposed the rot in Indian junior cricket. One player had a discrepancy of 115 months — nearly ten years. A 2022 U19 World Cup winner's entire career might be a lie.
Hridoy Hit 350* at the Ground Where He Won the U-19 World Cup. Scripts Don't Get Better.
Six years after lifting the trophy in Potchefstroom as a teenager, Towhid Hridoy returned to the same ground and played the greatest innings by a Bangladeshi batter in first-class history. Tamim Iqbal — the man whose record fell — called it 'extraordinary.' He's right.
BCCI Summons Gambhir and Agarkar Again. This Time There's a Deadline.
Three months after the first crisis meeting, the board is calling its coach, chief selector, and CoE head back to Mumbai — with Agarkar's contract expiring in weeks, the AGM on September 18, and four key players in fitness limbo ahead of the Afghanistan T20Is. The 'bad phase' never ended.
Both Captains, Same Verdict: CPL Umpiring Hit a New Low in Basseterre
Johnson Charles was caught in the deep off a high full toss, trudged off the field, and then walked back on after the TV umpire intervened. The free hit that followed was smashed for six. And both captains — the winner and the loser — lined up to say the same thing: this isn't good enough.
The Banner Kid Delivered — Aryan Sharma Manifested His Way Into Australian Cricket
At 11, he told Kohli he'd play for Australia. His dad came from Hoshiarpur with a thousand dollars. Eight years, one U-19 World Cup, and a BBL contract later, the kid with the cardboard sign is training at MRF Academy and eyeing a Sheffield Shield debut. Cricket's best origin story just got better.
Pollard Snatches the Crown Back — 22 Days Is All Buttler Got to Keep It
Kieron Pollard passed Chris Gayle in June. Jos Buttler passed Pollard in August. Twenty-two days later, Pollard took it right back with 65 off 26 balls at the Brian Lara Stadium. The all-time T20 runs record has changed hands three times in 68 days. Buttler has already named his successor — a teenager from Rajasthan. Pollard, at 39, has named his: himself.
Narine at 38: Six Sixes, 2-14, and the Fifty He Owed T20 Cricket
Four days after becoming only the second bowler in T20 history to reach 650 wickets, Sunil Narine hit his first half-century in over two years — 55 off 33 balls, six sixes, economy rate of 3.50 with the ball. At Queen's Park Oval, the 38-year-old was Player of the Match for doing both jobs better than anyone else on the ground could do either.
Tents for Dressing Rooms, Washrooms 500m Away — BCCI Considers Pulling Stars from Asian Games
Cricket's richest board has discovered that Japan's Asian Games facilities include tented dressing rooms and a half-kilometre walk to the nearest bathroom. The response? Threaten to send the reserves. Because nothing says 'global sport' like making Jasprit Bumrah change in a marquee.
Sehwag and Dravid Are Back in Indian Blue — 14 Years After Adelaide
Aaryavir Sehwag and Anvay Dravid have been named in India's Under-19 squad to face Australia in September. Fourteen years after Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid walked off the Adelaide Oval together for the last time, their sons will wear the same badge at Rajkot. One smashed 297 in the Cooch Behar Trophy and missed a Ferrari by 23 runs. The other hit 87 on the Sri Lanka tour batting like he'd read every coaching manual his father ever wrote. The surnames are box office. The question is whether they can make those surnames their own.
Jaiswal's 'This India Will Fight' Mic Drop Tells Bhogle — and Everyone — Exactly Where the Line Is
Yashasvi Jaiswal went helmet-to-helmet with Asitha Fernando, got fined by the ICC, got lectured by Harsha Bhogle — and chose Instagram over silence. The 24-year-old's defiance is either exactly what India needs or exactly what gets you suspended.
Toby Albert Just Hit Six Sixes in Six Balls and English Cricket Barely Noticed
A 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter at Hove hit every ball he faced for six across two overs, joined a club with Sobers, Yuvraj, and Gibbs in it, and it was barely the third-biggest story of the county cricket day. That's the absurdity of English domestic cricket.
John Turner Retired at 25. Cricket's Pace Bowling Crisis Claimed Another One.
Four England caps, 97 Hampshire wickets, a T20 Blast season for the ages — and a back stress fracture that ended it all before he turned 26. Turner's retirement isn't just sad. It's a warning.
Clicky Ponting Made Amateur Cricket the Biggest Story in World Sport
A Division Two slip fielder allegedly faked edges with finger clicks for an entire season. The numbers are damning: 39 keeper catches in 13 games with him, five in seven without. Now he's suspended, sponsorless, and the most famous club cricketer on Earth.
Clicky Ponting: One Finger Snap Broke Cricket's Internet — and Exposed a Scam
A Division Two fielder clicked his fingers to fake an edge, fooled the umpire, and the video went nuclear. Nearly 5 million views, a league investigation, and the greatest nickname in cricket history. Welcome to Clickgate.
420 Matches for Australia Weren't Enough — Henriques Wants a World Cup with Portugal
Australia's most capped domestic cricketer walked away from rival BBL offers to represent the country where he was born. At 39, Moises Henriques isn't retiring. He's starting over — for a team ranked 39th in the world.
'Not Wicketkeepers Filling In.' BCCI Just Told Samson Why He's Really Out.
It's not the three failures. It's not the runs. A BCCI source has revealed the selectors believe India's fielding standards have dropped because wicketkeepers are 'filling in' as fielders — and Sanju Samson is the casualty. Prabhsimran Singh gets the call-up, four uncapped players make the Zimbabwe squad, and the board calls the whole thing 'rest.' Twenty-three days from Player of the Tournament to not making the touring party.
Vaughan Called the ECB's Plan 'Nonsense' — You Can't Strip the Title and Keep the Man
Ben Stokes is expected to return for the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge after a one-match suspension — but as a player, not captain. Michael Vaughan has gone nuclear on the ECB, calling the arrangement 'nonsense' and demanding they make a public call. The Cricket Regulator's verdict drops today.
Root Denied England's Drinking Culture in 2017 — Nine Years Later, Same Player, Same Script
Joe Root told the pre-Oval press conference there 'isn't a drinking culture' in the England team and opposed Rob Key's alcohol ban. He said the exact same words in November 2017, about the exact same player. Only the nightclub changed.
McCullum Built Bazball on Joy — Now He's Terrified It Broke His Captain
The England coach went from bewildered to angry to worried in seven days. His pre-Oval press conference wasn't about discipline or captaincy. It was about whether Ben Stokes is okay.
Bullets at the President's Door: Inside Cricket Canada's Total Meltdown
An ICC suspension, a captain under investigation for match fixing, a president's house shot at twice, and World Cup qualifiers played behind closed doors because the visiting team feared for their safety. This isn't a Netflix pitch — it's Canadian cricket in June 2026.
Melbourne Stars Are Dead. Three States Are Furious. The BBL Just Blew Itself Up.
Cricket Victoria quietly plotted since Christmas, then dropped the bomb: Stars and Renegades merge, the Stars brand dies, and the spare licence goes to the highest bidder. The ACA says players are in 'confusion, uncertainty and anxiety.' NSW, Queensland and South Australia want answers. Welcome to the BBL's existential crisis.
Women's Cricket
5 articlesBoycott Afghanistan But Cash Their Cheques — The ECB's Greatest Act of Hypocrisy
England won't play a single bilateral match against Afghanistan because of women's rights. But Ollie Pope — England's Test vice-captain, centrally contracted, knighted by the ECB's pay structure — registered for the Afghanistan Premier League draft. And ECB chairman Richard Thompson's defence? 'Restraint of trade.' You cannot make this up.
Thank You, Captain. The Harmanpreet Kaur Story, in Six Scenes.
211 matches in charge. One World Cup. Two Asian Games golds. On Tuesday morning Harmanpreet Kaur handed back the India captaincy in all three formats, and said she was ready to play for the love of the game again. By that evening, Smriti Mandhana had the job. This is how Harmanpreet got here.
19 Years, 92 Wins, One World Cup. Harmanpreet Kaur Just Walked Away From the Captaincy.
The most successful captain in women's T20I history steps down across all formats — on her own terms, after a gold-medal finish, with the game she built burning brighter than ever. Smriti Mandhana waits in the wings.
CA Backs Gardner But Draws the Line: Vice-Captain Barred From Voll Selection Talks
Cricket Australia's board introduced formal 'guard rails' around Ashleigh Gardner's leadership role after her relationship with emerging batter Georgia Voll went public. The vice-captain stays — but the policy rewrite is the real story.
The Revolutionary, the Rebel, and the Pioneer Walk Into Edinburgh
Ganguly told Tendulkar that joining him in the Hall of Fame was 'the biggest job satisfaction ever.' Pietersen said it would 'take time to sink in.' Anjum Chopra thanked 'everyone who shaped my career.' Three captains, three kinds of courage, one Class of 2026.
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