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Netravalkar's found a home, Pooran’s T20 batting philosophy & the last great Windies team.
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The IT boy who can do academics AND sports
Netravalkar doesn’t need to sacrifice cricket anymore, Pooran’s T20 batting philosophy, & what to expect from the WI pitches.
India beat USA by 7 wickets. Cricket.com’s Somesh Agarwal is glad that Dube and SKY found a patch of form, ESPNcricinfo’s Sidharth Monga writes about Hardik Pandya finding his rhythm, & Indian Express’ Venkata Krishna reports on how Arshdeep Singh re-discovered his talent via a county stint in England.
BBC’s Janhavee Moole has an in-depth background article on man-of-the-moment Saurabh Netravalkar. It’s a well-reported piece that looks at his trajectory from young Indian star, to his disillusionment with cricket, to finding a Maidan-like pitch in California and working his way back to the World Cup headlines.
The Cricket Monthly’s Nagraj Gollapudi talks to Nicholas Pooran about the intricacies of what it takes to be an elite T20 batter; “The complete T20 batsman can bat at 135, 140 strike rate and then accelerate to 200.”
The Nassau County stadium is set to be dismantled, but a new arena will be built for the MI New York MLC franchise. The Guardian’s Andy Bull looks at what the legacy of this tournament will be in America, from deciding what kind of pitches the country needs to boosting the popularity of the MLC.
As we move to the Carribean for the business end of the tournament, The Boundary Rider’s Andrew Young has a fantastic interview with CPL veteran Fawad Ahmed about the two-faced nature of the pitches in the West Indies.
Hindustan Times’ Sanjay Manjrekar writes about how the New York pitch has grown on him, especially after the batter-friendly spectacle of the IPL.
The IPL continues to grow
The IPL is worth $16.4B, & the PCB rejects a hybrid model for the Champions Trophy.
American investment bank Houlihan Lokey released their annual IPL valuation report and the tournament is now worth a whopping $16.4 billion. The most valuable franchises continue to be CSK & RCB, but KKR topped MI this year.
The PCB has suggested a February 19th start for next year’s Champions Trophy, and has firmly rejected any suggestion of a hybrid model to accommodate any potential Indian wishes to avoid Pakistani soil.
The last great Windies side?
The story of the 2016 WI champions, & who is the best last over bowler ever?
The always great 6ixandout have another mini-documentary on the perhaps the last great West Indies side; the surprisingly well-rounded team that romped to the 2016 T20 World Cup despite pre-tournament drama and controversies.
Jarrod Kimber, Behram Qazi & Estelle Vasudevan have a fun debate about who the best bowlers in history are if you need to defend 10 runs in the last over.
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