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The Reinvention of Hasan Mahmud: How Bangladesh Found Its Pace Leader

Tawhid QureshiOctober 23, 2026

From a career-altering injury to match-winning spells in Australia and a historic Test hat-trick in Abu Dhabi, Hasan Mahmud is becoming the pace spearhead Bangladesh can rely on. It’s the closing stages of a long and arduous five days in Abu Dhabi. Despite several opportunities to land the decisive blow, Bangladesh are still trying to...

Mukesh Kumar on his India comeback push: ‘I worked on my fitness and consistency’

Saptak SanyalOctober 6, 2026

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) looked well set in their chase of the 279-run target to win their maiden Irani Cup title. Qamran Iqbal and Shubham Khajuria gave them a blistering start, while walking in at No. 3, Shubham Pundir struck a couple of boundaries. The scoreboard read 54 for one in the 11th over, and...

ETPL puts Associate Cricket’s emerging talent in the spotlight

Anirudh NairOctober 5, 2026

By Anirudh Nair in Dublin A couple of weeks have now passed since Edinburgh Castle Rockers were crowned champions of the 2026 edition of the European T20 Premier League (ETPL), giving the inaugural season of the competition some time to settle. Across 25 days and 32 matches in the Netherlands and Ireland, the ETPL offered...

Scintillating Smaran, Mukesh’s Mayhem and Rest of India’s Irani Glory

Saptak SanyalOctober 5, 2026

At the end of the second day of the Irani Cup, the Rest of India (ROI) team had a stern test in front of them, trailing by 17 runs in their second innings. Earlier the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) tail had wagged emphatically, with Lone Nasir Muzaffar’s whirlwind 64 helping the hosts carve out a...

‘The goal is always to play for India’: Can Auqib Nabi be the change the Test team direly needs?

Anirudh NairSeptember 20, 2026

Jammu and Kashmir. The pristine north of India, filled with luscious valleys and natural beauty that the mind can’t fathom. Its picturesque identity unfortunately became its own undoing, as the region has been a hotbed for conflict both internationally and domestically. The constant uproar in the union territory takes away from the locals’ participation in...

Test comeback on: Does Ishan Kishan’s Duleep Trophy heroics put him in contention?

Pramod AnanthSeptember 10, 2026

When Ishan Kishan requested a break in 2023 and did not tour with the team to South Africa, many wondered if he would ever return to play for India. After all, India were not short of wicketkeeping options in Tests, and also had more than capable batters to take his place in the white-ball formats....

Meet Sri Lanka’s Tony Greig: The 19-year-old with Bradman, Waugh and Lara in his family tree

Sandipan BanerjeeSeptember 2, 2026

By Sandipan Banerjee in Colombo The first thing people notice about Tony Greig is his name. The second is the names of his brothers. Steve Waugh. Don Bradman. Larry Gomes. Then there is his mother, Karuppiah Latha Mangeshkar, while the younger generation of the family includes his cousins, the sons of his father’s younger brother,...

Sweeps, runs and a golden future: Sonal Dinusha offers Sri Lanka hope

Saptak SanyalAugust 28, 2026

At the start of the fifth and final day of the Test match and the series, Sri Lanka had a slender lead of 16 runs. India needed only four good deliveries to wrap things up and complete a thumping whitewash. One obvious challenge for the visitors was the man in red-hot form. But Keshara Nuwantha’s...

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...