Anirudh Nair, Author at TheCricHub

Anirudh Nair

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An untapped force of nature: How the ETPL can bring European cricket into the limelight

Anirudh NairAugust 25, 2026

June 28, 2026. The Indian cricket team were fresh off securing back-to-back T20 World Cup titles, in the midst of a generational run in the shorter format, going unbeaten for 16 consecutive series and competitions, for a total 1040 days. But on that fateful Sunday, that streak came to an end. Not at the hands...

The Hundred 2026: A failure or still a work in progress?

Anirudh NairAugust 18, 2026

550,000. These were the ticket sales for the 2026 season of the Hundred as reported by the ECB on August 14. Factor in the 27,000-odd attendees from the final, and even then the numbers are roughly 3,000 short of what they were in 2025 at 580,000. The Hundred has been the ECB’s biggest experiment thus...

Out but not down: Kuldeep Yadav makes statement with short Yorkshire spell

Anirudh NairAugust 4, 2026

It’s been a confusing month or so for Indian cricket, to say the least. After a first-time series defeat to Ireland followed by a T20I and ODI series defeat to England, many questions have been raised about Gautam Gambhir’s leadership and, more importantly, his team selection. One of the biggest questions surrounded left-arm wrist spinner...

A step 142 years in the making: What we learned from the first Women’s Test at Lord’s

Anirudh NairJuly 15, 2026

The Home of Cricket – Lord’s Cricket Ground hosted its first Test match in 1884. It was a time in the UK where women were not even allowed to vote. Autonomy was a rarity. It was only just two years prior that the government decided that women could be their own thing after marriage with...

Narrowed gap is still a gap: Looking back at India’s 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup campaign

Anirudh NairJuly 7, 2026

“The kind of cricket the Indian team has played in the last four-five years….that gap has narrowed and I just feel now at this moment, especially in T20 cricket, it’s just about whichever team is having a good day is going to win the match,” is what Smriti Mandhana said before India’s do-or-die group game...