Dustin Silgardo

Prasidh Krishna: 'Kamlesh Nagarkoti eats a lot, but it never shows on him'

The Kolkata Knight Riders fast bowler on the best dosa in Bengaluru, the team-mate with the best metabolism, and his kryptonite - dessert

13-Sep-2021Interview by Dustin Silgardo

Six talking points from the auction (besides the millionaires)

Why have back-up allrounders earned so much money? Why did CSK pick Pujara? And much more

19-Feb-2021Dustin Silgardo

List: India's biggest collapses in Test cricket since 2000

Before Adelaide, India had been dismissed for 100 or fewer four times since 2000

19-Dec-2020Dustin Silgardo

Five players who have changed perceptions this IPL

The IPL offers a chance for established players to reinvent themselves and fit into new roles

31-Oct-2020Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: What can Chennai Super Kings do about their batting?

What's going wrong for Jadeja, how did Delhi Capitals stop Dhoni and four other questions from the game

25-Sep-2020Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: Why bowl Dale Steyn and Shivam Dube at the death?

What worked well for Kings XI Punjab, and where Royal Challengers Bangalore erred

24-Sep-2020Dustin Silgardo

How has the Chennai Super Kings Dad's Army fared since the last IPL?

What have the ageing stars who helped the franchise reach two consecutive finals been doing in the last 16 months?

15-Sep-2020Dustin Silgardo

Six reasons everyone loves New Zealand

Why everyone's favourite second team got that way

20-Mar-2020Dustin Silgardo

A brief history of pink-ball cricket

While talks of day-night Test cricket began in the late 2000s, a decade on, only Australia has fully embraced the concept

20-Nov-2019Dustin Silgardo

How does Ashwin-Jadeja stack up against Kumble-Harbhajan?

India's current spin duo has already been part of more Test wins than their predecessors, but have they been favoured by conditions?

07-Oct-2019Dustin Silgardo

Dean Elgar to BJ Watling - ten seriously underrated Test cricketers

They don't have the fanfare that some of their peers do, but they are among the best in the game

05-Oct-2019Dustin Silgardo

Ten captaincy announcements no one saw coming

Did Kieron Pollard's appointment as West Indies' white ball captain surprise you? Here's looking at a few more from the past

11-Sep-2019Dustin Silgardo

The uncrowned World Test champions of the last two decades

If you applied the current Test Championship rules to previous home and away cycles of each team, who would have made the finals?

03-Aug-2019Dustin Silgardo

Will Shikhar Dhawan keep his spot? Virat Kohli at No. 4?

Seven selection questions India will have to work through ahead of next year's T20 World Cup

01-Aug-2019Dustin Silgardo

Archer's a hit, Russell a flop - the World Cup trends

The camaraderie, Bangladesh's breaking of the chasing duck, the Rohit factor and other talking points at the halfway mark

17-Jun-2019Dustin Silgardo

Five reasons why non-cricket fans NEED to watch this World Cup

Forget the rules, just enjoy watching athletes smash balls out of the park, soar and dive to take catches, and live out some of the most dramatic stories in all of sport

29-May-2019Text by Dustin Silgardo and Illustrations by Ishita Mazumder

Talking Points - Chris Lynn delivers knockout Powerplay performance

How Knight Riders trumped Kings XI by being unpredictable, and, really, what was all the hand-waving from Dinesh Karthik all about?

03-May-2019Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points - Chennai Super Kings laid low by lack of power-play

Chennai Super Kings - poor with the bat in the Powerplay, at their best with the ball in the middle overs

26-Apr-2019Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points - should Tripathi replace Rahane in the Royals XI?

The swap isn't as easy considering Rahane's stature as a top-tier cricketer, but if we look at the numbers, Tripathi has a strong case

20-Apr-2019Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points - how Virat Kohli went from scratchy to sensational

Why did Sunil Narine open the bowling instead of Piyush Chawla, and how did Royal Challengers up their game in the last ten overs?

19-Apr-2019Dustin Silgardo