How RCB won their second title

ROUNDUP: High impact IPL players, RCB’s role players, & cricket’s AI slop.

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How RCB won their second title

🏏 Cricket Roundup: High impact IPL players, RCB’s role players, & cricket’s AI slop.

• 🏆 IPL | 📊 S Rajesh on the most impactful players in 2026. | Aadya Sharma on Bhuvneshwar Kumar defying his age. | Shayan Acharya on Rasikh Salam Dar’s rapid improvement. | 📊 Pratyush Sinha on RCB’s vital role players. |

• 🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | Mohammad Isam with NZ skipper Tom Latham on their Test cricket philosophy. | Nathan Johns on IRE’s appetite for Test cricket. | 🔒 Will Macpherson on how ENG cricket has suffered twenty years behind a paywall. | 🔒 Thom Gibbs on the increasing AI slop put out by The Hundred teams. | 🔒 Sam Perry has the AUS view on cricket’s India-centrism. |

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The ICC’s busy day

🗞️ Quick News: Pink ball switches, a new Women’s tournament, & Canada gets suspended.

• The ICC has approved pink ball switches for bad light in Tests.

• The ICC has announced a new Women’s tournament that will feature five associate teams and five full members.

• The ICC have suspended Cricket Canada.

• The LPL will use the Impact Player Rule.

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IND’s top order needs help

📺 A/V: Yastika Bhatia for IND.

• “Is She Really The Solution?”
  📽️ Cricket by JB on whether Yastika Bhatia really is the solution to India’s No.3 woes. [YouTube]

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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

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