MI derail SRH’s playoff hopes
Pandya's rounding into form, Asha shines on India debut, & Warner thinks of India as home.
MI derail SRH’s playoff hopes
Pandya is rounding into form, Gill discusses dealing with failure, & Ponting talks about the IPL’s high scores.
The Mumbai Indians beat the Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets. Cricket.com’s Pramod Ananth praises Hardik Pandya for turning his form around, while Cricbuzz’s Vijay Tagore writes a fascinating piece about the specific line and length that the MI bowlers found success with last night.
Indian Express’ Sriram Veera & Sandeep Dwivedi have a detailed conversation with Shubman Gill to discuss the changes to his game and mentality over the last half decade since he burst on to the international scene. In particular, the bits about how he deals with setbacks are fascinating in light of being dropped for the T20 World Cup. [Paywall]
The Cricket Monthly’s Nagraj Gollapudi interviewed Aussie legend & DC coach Ricky Ponting about the evolution of batting and the supercharged scores we’ve seen in the IPL this year.
ESPNcricinfo’s Himanshu Agrawal writes about the destructive nature of Tristan Stubbs’ batting this season, his colleague Shashank Kishore writes about Sunil Narine’s surprising return to peak form, & Revsportz’s Shamik Chakrabarty asks if Rohit Sharma’s declining form is a cause for concern.
Cricket.com’s Aakash Sivasubramaniam has a fun piece on the players that dominate (only) at home, from KL Rahul in Lucknow to Phil Salt in Kolkata.
Hindustan Times’ Sharda Ugra has an interesting take on the politics of cricket media; those in the comm box see themselves as the media elite, especially compared to non-player journalists. But, to players on the pitch, they’re just another section of the media complaining about performances - and that’s how you get spats such as the ongoing fight between Kohli & Gavaskar. [Paywall]
Asha leads the way for India
Sobhana gets a well-deserved debut, how to be a bowler in today’s cricket, & how Dharamshala rebuilt their pitch.
India Women beat Bangladesh by 56 runs in another rain-hit match. Indian Express’ Vinayakk Mohanarangan writes about the long delayed but much deserved two-wicket debut of Asha Sobhana.
BCCI VP Rajeev Shukla has said the quiet part out loud; India’s exile of Pakistan is purely political, and the team will travel to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy if the government approves - i.e. a political intervention that should not be legal by ICC standards. Sri Lanka lost the U-19 World Cup for less this year.
Cricbuzz’s Ryan Harris - a bowling coach - writes about the arsenal any aspiring bowler should work on in this pro-batter era of cricket.
The Daily Star’s Ekush Tapadia writes about the under-the-radar decline in form that Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto is experiencing.
Sportstar’s Shayan Acharya has the details on the re-built pitch at Dharamshala after last year’s World Cup exposed its problems.
Revsportz’s Shamik Chakrabarty reports on the details behind the rise of the Celebrity Cricket League - a tournament that’s rivalling better known competitors like the Pakistan Super League & the Women’s Premier League for ticket revenue and TV viewership.
“India is a second home”
Warner says the IPL was vital to AUS’ WC win, Jake FMCG was not ready for the T20 WC, & SA’s players’ rights.
Ravi Ashwin interviews David Warner about Australia’s IPL-based World Cup victory in November, his problems with SRH’s administration, & how India has become a second home.
Willow Talk’s Adam Peacock catches up with Jake Fraser-McGurk to discuss his whirlwind 18 months, and why he understands that he has not achieved enough to be selected for the World Cup squad yet. [Apple Podcasts]
Sky Sports Cricket’s Michael Atherton & Nasser Hussain interview Zak Crawley about his county season, and his explosive Ashes last year.
Full Quota’s Mpho Mutloane & Tim Dale Lace have an interesting chat with South Africa Cricketers Association chief Andrew Breetzke about how the players feel about the changes to domestic cricket, starting with the SA20.
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