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Opening act: Blue is the warmest colour as Harmanpreet, Mumbai carry WPL torch

Fireworks, loud music, a near sellout crowd, and a special knock from a special player: the opening night had it all

05-Mar-2023•Zenia D'cunha

Axar Patel and the chicken-and-egg problem of being India's third spinner

It is hard to get enough overs because of which it is hard to get into rhythm because of which it is hard to get enough overs

04-Mar-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Can the WPL make women's cricket in India mainstream?

Men's cricketers have long been household names in India. While there's still a lot of work to do, the WPL, optimistically, brings the women one step closer to this

03-Mar-2023•Zenia D'cunha

India may not mind more turning pitches despite Indore loss

"Honestly speaking, these are the kind of pitches we want to play on," captain Rohit Sharma says

03-Mar-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats: A rare home defeat for India, a forgettable Test for the umpires

The last time Australia had won a Test in India despite losing the toss had come in Bangalore way back in 1998

03-Mar-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

WPL - the start of something unusually usual for women's cricket in India

The first real signs of professionalism are starting to seep into the women's cricket structure in the country

02-Mar-2023•S Sudarshanan

The last grand battle between Pujara and Lyon?

By the time the next Border-Gavaskar Trophy happens, both of them will be 37 or nearing it

02-Mar-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - Lyon trumps Kumble, and India's rare batting slump

Also, India's poor partnership numbers and their issues with bowled and LBW dismissals

02-Mar-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Jadeja ends frustrating day with rewards for perseverance

He took a wicket off a no-ball once again and burned two reviews, before finding his groove to help India salvage something from the first day in Indore

01-Mar-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

In Indore, a slice of cricket history is relegated to the sidelines

On the eve of the third India-Australia Test, our correspondent visits a forgotten venue that once hosted the likes of Tendulkar and Botham

01-Mar-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Does Harry Brook have more runs than even Don Bradman in his first nine Test innings?

Also: what's the most wickets to fall at the same score in an international?

28-Feb-2023•Steven Lynch

KL Rahul or Shubman Gill? It won't be an easy decision either way

All that remained was the pseudoscience of watching nets and observing body language, as neither let go of any chance to bat

27-Feb-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Do India choke in high-profile ODIs? Here's what the numbers say

There is no evidence in the record of "pressure" having an effect on the outcome of a game

27-Feb-2023•Kartikeya Date

Stump Mic podcast: Australia swept under - a review of the Delhi Test

Karthik Krishnaswamy and Alex Malcolm are back to discuss all that happened in the second Border-Gavaskar Test

26-Feb-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

Why you can't counter good spin bowling by just sweeping

There are ways to thrive against slow bowling in India, but the current Australia side seem to not quite know about them

26-Feb-2023•Ian Chappell

It's all in the geometry - how Shami and Siraj put the skids under Australia

There are very good reasons for Indian quicks doing better in India than visiting quicks; it's got to do with angles and trajectories and much else

25-Feb-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Bharat's brilliance behind stumps repays India's faith

In Pant's absence, the prospect of playing Kishan might have been tempting, but it was Bharat they turned to

23-Feb-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Knock-off t-shirts and DRS charades at Pujara's 100th

A fan watches the Delhi Test and comes away entertained and with insights into human behaviour

21-Feb-2023•Abhijato Sensarma

The ladders have gone, only snakes lurk in Rahul's Test path right now

The vice-captaincy has been taken away and Rahul might well be dropped for the Indore Test, but it won't be because India have lost faith in him

20-Feb-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Is Anderson the oldest seamer to take a Test five-for?

And how many players took a wicket with their first ball in Tests but none after that?

20-Feb-2023•Steven Lynch

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