Sai Sudharsan (Image credit: GT/IPL) The game of T20 has evolved rapidly. With great openers like Abhishek Sharma, young talent Vibhu Suryavanshi, Priyansh Arya and others, the format has taken a more aggressive turn. Batsmen now often come in with a clear intention — to hit the ball out of the park. However, for Sai…
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma (ANI Photo) Not long ago, the first six overs in a T20, the powerplay, simply set the tone for the game. Now they make a decision.What was once a phase when batsmen “roll their eyes” has turned into something far more decisive: a window where games are won, lost or…
Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ryan Prag (Getty Images) TOI presents IPL 2026 Pre-Season Dream XI to challenge under Suryakumar Yadav. The World Cup winning team.With four foreign players and core Indian talent, the TOI XI combines explosive powerplay hitters, a versatile middle order and versatile bowlers:Phil Salt (RCB; Overseas) Gets Travis Head out. Salt has been…
Ireland captain Paul Sterling (Photo by AP Photo/Iranga Jayawardene) New Delhi: Ireland’s T20 Cricket The team is ready for a change of leadership as a veteran batsman. Paul Sterling Has decided to leave the T20 captaincy. The move is part of a larger plan to prepare the team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup…
New Delhi: Former England captain Jose Butler He admits his T20 World Cup has been disappointing but insists his international career is not over. The veteran batsman scored just 87 runs in eight innings England cricket team reached the semi-finals before losing to the Indian cricket team. Despite the setback, he is confident that he…
Shivam Dubey of India (ANI Photo) After India’s triumphant T20 World Cup 2026 campaign, all-rounder Shiv Dubey was in no mood to wait to be reunited with his family. The Mumbai-based cricketer revealed that he felt a strong urge to see his father and children, prompting him to skip a scheduled flight and take an…
Bangladesh cricketers (AP Photo) In a dramatic twist, the Bangladesh government has decided to launch a fresh inquiry into whether the country’s withdrawal from the recently concluded ICC Twenty20 World Cup amounted to a failure of sports diplomacy, a day after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) requested the Sports Ministry to close the previous investigative…
India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma lifted the T20 World Cup trophy. (Getty Images) New Delhi: Indian Captain Surya Kumar Yadav has offered an interesting insight into what separates the country’s back-to-back T20 World Cup-winning squads, describing the 2024 squad as driven by “veteran enthusiasm” and the 2026 unit by “youthful enthusiasm”.“Go beyond limits with…
Ricky Ponting (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) New Delhi: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is defined Indian national cricket team After their dominant victory in the T20 World Cup 2026, the current Indian team has been hailed as one of the strongest T20 teams ever. India won their third T20 World Cup title by defeating…
Shahid Afridi and Babar Azam (Agency Photo) New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder… Shahid Afridi After the national team lost the ODI series 2-1, Pakistan’s cricket selectors have been heavily criticized. Bangladesh national cricket team. The defeat comes shortly after Pakistan’s disappointing campaign in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, putting pressure on the team’s…