Dustin 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-2020•Dustin Silgardo

Six reasons everyone loves New Zealand

Why everyone's favourite second team got that way

20-Mar-2020•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Text 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin 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-2019•Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: Why no Sandeep Lamichhane?

Delhi Capitals chose to play Rahul Tewatia and Amit Mishra ahead of the Nepal legspinner against Chennai Super Kings

26-Mar-2019•Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: RCB mis-read the pitch

Spinners took 10 out of 13 wickets that fell as CSK got their combination and tactics right in the season opener

23-Mar-2019•Dustin Silgardo

Talking points - What happened to Kaul and Sandeep's seasons?

Their economy rates dramatically shot up towards the end of the season, leaving Sunrisers dependent on two bowlers

27-May-2018•Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: Royals finally play their leggies together

Ish Sodhi and Shreyas Gopal had been alternated in the XI, but when they finally played together, they strangled Royal Challengers Bangalore

19-May-2018•Dustin Silgardo

Talking points: How did Thampi concede 70 in four overs?

Plus, do third umpires need time limits to make their decisions, and why did Williamson get so little of the strike in the closing stages of Sunrisers' chase?

17-May-2018•Dustin Silgardo

Talking Points: KL Rahul or bust for Kings XI

The opener has scored a third of his team's total runs in IPL 2018

16-May-2018•Dustin Silgardo

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