Captain, Leader, Legend
ROUNDUP: English cricket and alcohol, Patidar bludgeons GT, & Sooryavanshi’s tribute to Gayle.
🚨 If you’re an RCB fan, I’d love if you could fill out this 2-minute survey on how you feel about the franchise this year. I plan to create a graphic story of your answers soon! 🚨
Captain, Leader, Legend
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Patidar bludgeons GT, Sooryavanshi’s tribute to Gayle, & ESPN’s #7.
🏆 RCB BEAT GT | 🚨 Our team went beyond the headlines; 📊 Ben Brettell on how RCB’s batters blunted GT’s pacers, 📊 Aarush Adil Khan/Priyanka Gulati on how Rajat Patidar maximised GT’s tepid middle overs bowling, & 📊 Karan Jain on how Bhuvneshwar Kumar shut down GT’s attempts at a miracle. |
🏆 SRH-RR PREVIEW | Sidharth Monga has a narrative preview, while Rudransh Khurana has a nerdy preview. | 📊 Sampath Bandarupalli on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s prodigious season, & Deivarayan Muthu on Yash Raj Punia’s X-Factor. | Deivarayan Muthu on Pat Cummins’ leadership, & Venkata Krishna B on SRH’s South Asian bowling trio who were developed at the MRF Foundation. |
🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | 🔒 James Bell is struggling to keep track of the IPL. | Taha Hashim on AFG-W’s ambitions for a regular side. | Gary Naylor rounds up the T20 Blast action. | Andrew Fernando on ESPN’s #7 player of the century; Kumar Sangakkara. |
How England drinks
📚 Best Features: English cricket and alcohol.
“Cricket’s complicated relationship”
🔒 Paul Newman looks at the role of alcohol in English cricket, from the village to the County Championship.
Players in limbo
📺 A/V: Sundar’s odd role, & Gaikwad’s terrible form.
“The confusing utility of Washington Sundar ”
📽️ Jarrod Kimber & Varun Alvakonda discuss Washington Sundar for the Gujarat Titans and India. [YouTube]“What Happened?”
📽️ Cricket by JB on Ruturaj Gaikwad’s fall from form and grace in the last couple of years. [YouTube]
LEGEND:
🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)
🏆 = Tournament Cricket
🔒 = Behind a paywall
📊 = In-depth statistics
🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)
🎤 = Podcast
📽️ = Video