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Apr 19, 2026

Hardik Pandya’s Mumbai Indians captaincy has become the biggest question in IPL 2026

Four straight defeats, a visibly frustrated Bumrah and a fractious dugout have left Hardik Pandya’s captaincy looking less like a project and more lik...

Apr 17, 2026

Five matches, zero wins and no answers: KKR’s 2024 title hangover shows no sign of lifting

Kolkata Knight Riders are bottom of the IPL 2026 table without a single win from five matches, and the problems run so deep that a coaching staff resh...

Apr 16, 2026

De Kock’s century goes to waste and Mumbai Indians are running out of answers

Quinton de Kock played one of the best IPL innings of the season on Thursday night. It did not matter one bit. Punjab Kings chased down 196 inside 17...

Apr 16, 2026

Rajasthan Royals are wasting Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as an impact sub and the teenager knows it

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has been one of IPL 2026’s top run-scorers and the most destructive teenager the tournament has seen, yet Rajasthan Royals keep b...

Apr 14, 2026

CSK’s trade of Jadeja and Curran for Sanju Samson is already looking like a masterstroke

Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 115 at Chepauk has turned a bold piece of IPL 2026 trade business into one of the smartest moves Chennai Super Kings have made...

Apr 14, 2026

Rajasthan’s perfect start is over and the IPL 2026 title race is suddenly wide open

Rajasthan Royals’ first defeat of IPL 2026 has cracked the league open, with Punjab Kings, RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad all ready to make the table the...

Apr 8, 2026

Kohli and Rohit are running out of runway and IPL 2026 feels like the starting line

With Test and T20I cricket behind them, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are using IPL 2026 as the first real audition in a long build-up to the 2027 ODI...

Apr 7, 2026

Delhi Capitals are quietly looking like IPL 2026’s smartest team so far

Two matches in, Delhi Capitals are unbeaten, top 3 of the standings on net run rate among the early leaders, and producing the kind of cricket that su...

Apr 5, 2026

Three matches, three defeats and a growing list of questions for Gaikwad’s CSK

Chennai Super Kings’ 43-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Sunday extended their winless start to IPL 2026 to three matches, and the pressure...

Apr 5, 2026

IPL 2026’s uncapped Indians are putting the established names on notice

From Sameer Rizvi’s match-winning cameos to Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s record-breaking fifty, the first week of IPL 2026 has belonged to players nobody exp...

Apr 3, 2026

IPL 2026’s first week has been pure chaos and every team should be worried

Five wins for the chasing side in the first six matches, and not a single team that looks like it has figured out what its best XI should be. The open...

Apr 3, 2026

Two matches, zero wickets and too many runs: has Varun Chakravarthy’s mystery been solved?

Varun Chakravarthy finished the T20 World Cup as joint-highest wicket-taker with 14 scalps, but two IPL 2026 outings for KKR have produced 0 wickets f...

Mar 31, 2026

CSK’s opening night laid bare a problem that goes deeper than Dhoni’s calf

Chennai Super Kings were bowled out for 127 in Guwahati on Monday, their lowest total in an IPL season opener since 2014. The easy explanation is that...

Mar 24, 2026

The IPL keeps creating its own overseas player headache and nobody wants to fix it

Every March the same story plays out: franchises spend crores on overseas stars, half of them pull out or arrive late, and everyone acts surprised. Th...

Mar 21, 2026

Ashwin says KKR bowling has lost its fear factor and the novelty is gone

Ravichandran Ashwin says opposition teams will no longer be scared of Kolkata Knight Riders’ bowling attack after injuries gutted the pace unit and th...

Mar 21, 2026

Cricket Australia’s workload clampdown is costing IPL franchises millions and solving nothing

Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will all miss the start of IPL 2026 because Cricket Australia says they need rest. The franchises payin...

Mar 15, 2026

Jay Shah says no country is bigger than the ICC but the T20 World Cup saga told a different story

The ICC chairman used a speech at the Indian Business Leader Awards to assert his authority after the Bangladesh withdrawal and Pakistan boycott threa...

Mar 14, 2026

The IPL keeps winning the battle for overseas talent and the PSL cannot close the gap

Blessing Muzarabani is the latest in a growing line of players to break a PSL contract for an IPL deal. The financial gulf between the two leagues mak...

Mar 13, 2026

From T20 World Cup heroes to 50-over regulars: the case for Samson and Kishan

Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan lit up the T20 World Cup at home, but India’s ODI wicketkeeping picture is anything but settled ahead of the 2027 World...

Mar 11, 2026

India’s T20I captaincy conundrum: where does Shubman Gill fit after World Cup snub?

Shubman Gill captains India in Tests and ODIs, but his omission from the T20 World Cup squad has raised questions about whether the shortest format ha...

Mar 9, 2026

Gambhir has done what no one else in cricket has managed: five ICC trophies as player and coach

Gautam Gambhir became the first man to win the T20 World Cup as both player and coach on Sunday. With three ICC trophies in 20 months as head coach, h...

Mar 7, 2026

Broad and Finn say Bumrah may be the best quick bowler ever after T20 World Cup semi-final heroics

Stuart Broad has called Jasprit Bumrah’s death bowling against England the best he has ever witnessed live, with Steve Finn also placing the Indian pa...

Mar 6, 2026

India stand on the brink of something no team has ever done in T20 World Cup cricket

No team has ever defended the T20 World Cup title. India, who won in 2024 under Rohit Sharma, now have a chance to make history under Suryakumar Yadav...

Sep 30, 2025

Ireland’s cricket struggles as England enjoys a packed summer

Ireland faces a near-empty summer after cancelled matches and delays. England continues with a packed schedule, underlining the contrast.