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India aren't the perfect T20I team, but they might be the greatest ever

The only gap in their line-up is bowlers with the ability to hit sixes, and that's something they might have to live with for the moment

04-Feb-2025•Sidharth Monga

Samson's dismissals on the pull: coincidence, pattern, or problem?

You can put it down to his high-risk, high-reward approach - which Gambhir endorses - and you can put it down to the high-pace attack he was facing. But saying Samson has a problem on the pull is quite a leap

03-Feb-2025•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - How significant was Virat Kohli's 12-year hiatus from the Ranji Trophy?

He played 113 Tests between his last two domestic first-class matches, putting him comfortably on top of a list that includes Wasim Akram, Saeed Anwar and many others

03-Feb-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

Abhishek, rattle and roll at the Wankhede

By the end of his 54-ball 135, records and England were left shattered, and there were smiles on the faces of every spectator at the ground

03-Feb-2025•S Sudarshanan

Stats - Abhishek blazes India's second-fastest T20I century

The opener broke a host of records as India smashed their way to 247 in Mumbai, setting up their second-biggest win by runs in men's T20Is

02-Feb-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

Compromise may be needed with concussion subs to ensure player safety

There has been uproar over India getting to play Harshit Rana as a concussion sub for Shivam Dube

01-Feb-2025•Sidharth Monga

Dube's spin takedown and Hardik's masterful pacing a sight to behold

It was just the third time in T20Is that two batters batting at No. 6 or below have scored half-centuries in the same innings

01-Feb-2025•S Sudarshanan

Adil Rashid's simple trick to wreck India's batting

England legspinner's changes of pace proved crucial in stopping the hosts from chasing 172 in Rajkot

29-Jan-2025•Hemant Brar

Shami back without a bang, but it's still a big deal for India

He bowled three solid overs, in the mid 130s or thereabouts, and all the damage to England was done elsewhere. Still, both India and Shami will be breathing a sigh of relief

28-Jan-2025•Hemant Brar

Kohli's day at the Delhi nets: a slimmer bat, some back-foot batting, and plenty of fans

Virat Kohli is set to play his first Ranji Trophy game since 2012, and was at the Delhi stadium on Tuesday to prepare for this

28-Jan-2025•Daya Sagar

Tilak Varma is India's Swiss Army knife T20 batter

He has the ability to bat at any tempo and he showed an ability to overcome difficult batting conditions

26-Jan-2025•Deivarayan Muthu

There's a zing about Arshdeep Singh

There are few top-tail left-arm bowlers like him, who have the chops in the powerplay as well as at the death

24-Jan-2025•Deivarayan Muthu

Shardul Thakur on his rescue act: 'I like batting in difficult situations'

The Mumbai allrounder lifted his team from 47 for 7 and then took a wicket during an economical spell

23-Jan-2025•S Sudarshanan

Varun's overspin renaissance shows no sign of slowing down

He's been a different bowler since his India comeback last year, beating batters with dip and bounce, and these ingredients floored England in the first T20I in Kolkata

22-Jan-2025•Sreshth Shah

A typewriter in a smartphone world: has first-class cricket become irrelevant in India?

Increasingly, performances in domestic long-format cricket don't carry much weight as a criterion for national selection

22-Jan-2025•Abhinav Mukund

TN's young star Siddarth eager to carry forward legacy of uncle Sharath

"My uncle has done so much; I have to do at least half of it or else it might be a disgrace," says the 18-year-old who has had a rapid rise in recent months

21-Jan-2025•Deivarayan Muthu

Fresh off Australia setback, Test stars to add glitter to second leg of Ranji Trophy

The Ranji season resumes for two more league games after a break for the white-ball tournaments, and it's going to be a star-studded show

21-Jan-2025•Shashank Kishore

Powerhouse line-ups clash in a series that could test T20's limits

India. England. High-scoring venues. Dew. No batting record will be safe over the next fortnight

20-Jan-2025•Sidharth Monga

India's CT25 squad takeaways: Future focus on Gill, Siraj left to wait and watch

Also, a bucketful of allrounders with many left-hand batting options included

18-Jan-2025•Sidharth Monga

India's Champions Trophy squad: Will Bumrah be ready in time? And what about Kuldeep?

Questions for India's selectors to ponder, as they sit down this weekend to pick the squads for the England ODIs and the Champions Trophy

17-Jan-2025•Nagraj Gollapudi

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