Days before the 2026 ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar reignited the debate by arguing the ICC should revert to the tournament’s original name — the World T20. Manjrekar’s point is straightforward: staging a T20 World Cup every two years risks diluting its significance, and for him […]

There was a quiet confidence in Matt Henry’s voice in Thiruvananthapuram — the sort that comes from hard-earned experience rather than bravado. At 34, Henry has stepped up as New Zealand’s senior pace leader in a post–Southee/Boult era, and his message was simple: in T20 cricket, you can’t change what’s already happened, so you must […]

India’s dominance in T20 cricket has masked growing concerns about the red-ball format. As the defending champions of the ICC T20 World Cup, India will enter next month’s tournament as favourites once again, backed by a fearless batting unit that has redefined white-ball cricket. However, that success has not translated into Test cricket, where India’s […]

Rishabh Pant, a key member of India’s triumphant 2024 T20 World Cup squad, has found himself on the outside looking in ahead of the upcoming edition of the tournament. The explosive wicketkeeper-batter has not been selected for India’s title defence, marking a significant shift in the team’s T20I pecking order. With the management opting for […]

Gujarat Titans head coach Ashish Nehra has firmly pushed back against the growing chatter around Shubman Gill’s recent T20 form, reminding fans and critics that snap judgments rarely tell the full story. With Gill returning to the T20I setup as vice-captain during the Asia Cup, expectations naturally climbed. But his 181 runs in the last […]

Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh believes Hardik Pandya’s blistering 59 off 28 balls was the turning point of the opening T20I in Cuttack, stating that without his knock, India would have barely had a total to defend. Yet, Harbhajan added that Hardik’s heroics ultimately mattered little in the grand scheme of things, given how comprehensively […]

England’s explosive batter Philip Salt has admitted that he’s genuinely “in awe” of India’s fearless and ever-evolving approach to T20 cricket, calling them the true global trendsetters of the format. It’s hard to disagree with him. Since lifting the T20 World Cup 2024 trophy in the Caribbean, India have been on a remarkable run, refusing […]

Suryakumar Yadav’s brilliance in T20 cricket is unquestionable — his numbers and match-winning performances make him one of India’s most explosive white-ball batters. Yet, the mystery remains: why hasn’t “SKY” been able to replicate that same magic in ODIs? The Mumbai-born star recently admitted that he’s still searching for the right balance between his aggressive […]

ICC chairman Jay Shah met IOC president Kirsty Coventry in Switzerland to discuss cricket’s much-anticipated return to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, marking another milestone in the sport’s global expansion. The meeting took place during an IOC session, during which the two leaders reviewed progress and outlined the roadmap for cricket’s inclusion in the Games. […]

A year after India’s triumphant campaign at the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup in the Americas, former head coach Rahul Dravid has opened up about the transformation that redefined India’s batting approach in the shortest format. According to Dravid, the driving force behind this shift was none other than Rohit Sharma, whose bold and aggressive […]