Duleep litmus test for SKY, Ishan, Iyer and others

With an extensive Test schedule for India on the horizon, the Duleep Trophy, starting on September…

Shouldn’t India play Rishabh Pant in final ODI vs Sri Lanka?

Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo Four days have passed since the first ODI between India and Sri…

Short-term, Sri Lanka ODIs; bigger picture Champions Trophy

  Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo In microcosm, this is just a three-match ODI series, devoid of…

KL Rahul or Rishabh Pant – tough call for Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir

Shamik Chakrabarty in Colombo KL Rahul went first into one of the nets. Rishabh Pant went…

Four X-factors spearhead Indian challenge

Jasprit Bumrah is hurling unplayable deliveries with unprecedented regularity and Kuldeep Yadav is tossing tricks. Suryakumar…

Final practice done, India hungry and ready for Afghan challenge in ICC World Cup

Ishaan Shahane and Debasis Sen in Barbados The stage is set for an exciting clash between…

What could be India’s template to negate Pakistan’s formidable pace attack in tough batting conditions?

In the T20 World Cup game against South Africa, the Netherlands bowled the right lengths and…

When Rishabh Pant showed he could ‘leap and keep’ as well as whack the white ball against Ireland

Rishabh Pant is a born fighter, everyone knows that. Yet, what the Delhi-born wicket-keeper came up…

Rishabh Pant at No. 3 could be a game-changer for India

Soumya Sarkar had bowled the ball on middle stump. In fact, we could even say off…

Can Pant replicate his IPL heroics in the World Cup and crack T20I code?

Rishabh Pant has been the talk of the town ever since he was declared fit before…