Heated rivalries, a brazenly contrived format, and an often topless cricketing rockstar are among the ingredients that make the Asia Cup so compellingSidharth Monga28-Aug-20238:21Runorder: Will we see the first ever India Pakistan Asia Cup final?We…
The great India spinner was a fine sportsman (if, self-admittedly, no athlete). And as a man, he was one of the bestShamya Dasgupta26-Oct-2023"Oh, Bishan Bedi died!"He was a good man, wasn't he?"Cricket's not my wife's…
On Monday, Aravinda de Silva became the fourth Sri Lankan - after Jayawardene, Sangakkara and Muralitharan - to be inducted into the ICC Hall of FameESPNcricinfo staff13-Nov-2023To Aravinda Aiya (big brother),It is an honour to…
She began with spin, then made her way up the batting order, and of late has shown she has what it takes to be a leader too. Mumbai will be hoping to harness all that…
This is one of three long-form series taking place at the same time, but the only one with two full strength teams participatingAlagappan Muthu24-Jan-20244:30'Everyone's responsibility to ensure Test cricket stays alive'Joe Root screamed to no…
She isn't a natural six-hitter, but against Mumbai Indians, she manipulated the field to finish with eight fours and three sixes in a knock of 69*Vishal Dikshit06-Mar-20245:43Rodrigues: I've learnt from Kohli how to hit sixes…
The India opener equalled Wasim Akram's world record of 12 sixes in a Test inningsSampath Bandarupalli18-Feb-202412 - Number of sixes in Yashasvi Jaiswal's unbeaten 214 against England in Rajkot, equalling Wasim Akram's record for the…
In T20s, the batter wins on some days, and the bowler on others; with Kuldeep these days, the batter usually losesKarthik Krishnaswamy26-Jun-2024It isn't always easy to apportion credit when a bowler takes a wicket in…
He has been around the India set-up for many years now but he did something different this IPLHemant Brar01-May-20242:01Samson over Rahul - the right call?Tuesday was arguably the most significant day in Sanju Samson's career.…
"We want to make everyone proud" - to understand why winning the World Cup matters so much to South Africa, read the stories of the playersFirdose Moonda19-Oct-2024Over the last 20 months, you would have heard…