Champions Trophy, 2025: The Bumrah-shaped hole in India’s formidable squad

No Jasprit Bumrah and you can sense the seismic effect. It is a team which has…

With Axar Patel experiment working, time to give Rishabh Pant a go at No. 6?

For two games in a row, India have batted KL Rahul at No. 6. And in…

With or without Bumrah, bench strength gives India Champions Trophy edge  

A team’s strength can often be assessed by how good the bench is. And that’s where…

Bumrah question aside, India and Rohit Sharma look Champions Trophy-ready

Rohit Sharma has now scored. Shubman Gill has scored in both games. Virat Kohli hasn’t looked…

Not his best, but undoubtedly a special Rohit Sharma hundred

Rohit Sharma has scored a lot of hundreds for India, but this will be a very…

Maaya’s talent will flower only if Indian tennis gets its house in order

Let me make a confession first. I haven’t watched much of Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, and did…

Revitalised Shreyas Iyer could be key to India’s Champions Trophy chances

It was just days after he had suffered a debilitating shoulder injury that I chatted with…

Another Rohit failure India’s major worry after easy Nagpur win

Fear of failure. A very common phrase, and an often-used one when it comes to elite,…

Both Rohit and Kohli can make an impact in the format that suits them best

I have said multiple times in the past, that if there is one format where Rohit…

Tata Steel Trailblazers, and celebrating a quantum leap for Indian chess

It was kind of obvious. When we as a team sat down to identify our focus…