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A Rollercoaster of Runs, Wickets, Whoopsies
Five Tests, a shiny new trophy named after two cricketing demigods, and enough drama to rival a Bollywood blockbuster. As the dust...

Waleed Hussain
Aug 33 min read


How to Gift England 600 Runs with a Smile
Shubman Gill, India’s bright-eyed “Prince” of cricket, was anointed Test captain at the tender age of 25. What a glorious spectacle it...

Waleed Hussain
Jul 273 min read


Fallen Empire of the Mighty Windies
How the mighty have fallen. Once upon a time, the West Indies cricket team was a juggernaut, a fearsome beast that sent shivers down the...

Waleed Hussain
Jul 204 min read


England’s Swashbuckling Swagger Sinks into a Snooze-Fest
How the mighty have fallen—or rather, how the mighty have been forced to sit down, sip some chamomile tea, and play like it’s 1995....

Waleed Hussain
Jul 133 min read


The Prince Poised To Inherit Kohli’s Crown
Picture this: a packed stadium, the air thick with anticipation, and a young man with a boyish grin strides to the crease. Shubman Gill,...

Waleed Hussain
Jul 63 min read


Shardul Thakur: A Masterclass in Mediocrity
Shardul Thakur, the self-proclaimed “Lord” of Indian cricket, how you’ve blessed us with your dazzling display of utter incompetence in...

Waleed Hussain
Jun 293 min read


Underdogs to Overlords
Kapil Dev’s audacious triumph at Lord’s in 1983 transformed India from an afterthought into the game’s undisputed superpower. On June 25,...

Rajeev Puri
Jun 263 min read


The Big Show’s Final Curtain Call
Once upon a time, Glenn Maxwell was cricket’s equivalent of a rockstar who could play a sold-out stadium gig on a broken guitar with one...

Waleed Hussain
Jun 223 min read


The Eternal Beauty of Test Cricket
Test cricket is the heartbeat of the game, the soul of sport, a canvas where resilience, grit, and glory paint stories that echo through...

Waleed Hussain
Jun 153 min read


Temba stands tall as Proteas ‘Hope’
By Kushan Sarkar New Delhi: Never ask Temba Bavuma 'what's there in a name'? They have trolled him for his pre-captaincy batting...
PTI
Jun 143 min read


(Mark)Ram ends ‘vanvas’
Proteas shed tag of chokers, win Test Championship London: Chokers no more. The South Africans consigned the word to history when they...
AP
Jun 143 min read


The Great Blame Game
What a tragic spectacle we’ve witnessed in Bengaluru, where a joyous celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) first-ever IPL...

Waleed Hussain
Jun 83 min read


Virat’s Impact on IPL
Virat Kohli’s impact on the Indian Premier League (IPL) is like a Bollywood blockbuster—larger than life, impossible to ignore, and...

Waleed Hussain
Jun 13 min read


Delhi court compounds defamation case against wrestler Bajrang Punia
New Delhi: A Delhi court has compounded a criminal defamation complaint against wrestler Bajrang Punia after he tendered an unconditional...
PTI
May 301 min read


The Universe’s Most Timely Masterstroke
Rejoice cricket fans, for the stars have aligned, the gods have spoken, and Virat Kohli, the eternal monarch of Indian cricket, has...

Waleed Hussain
May 253 min read


We were never really close friends: Neeraj Chopra on Arshad Nadeem
Doha: Star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Thursday clarified that he and Arshad Nadeem were never really close friends and said things...
PTI
May 152 min read


Revisiting key moments
Test debut Shortly after the high of winning his first ODI World Cup, Kohli made his Test debut on June 20 with India cap No. 269 on the...
PTI
May 125 min read


Virat stops at 9,230 Test runs
Says it's not easy but feels right New Delhi: India's most successful Test captain and the fulcrum of its batting for over a decade,...
PTI
May 124 min read


PCB moves PSL to UAE as tensions with India escalate
LAHORE: The PCB on Friday decided to shift the remaining matches of its Pakistan Super League to the UAE because of the ongoing military...
PTI
May 92 min read


Same Old Script, New Clowns
The Indian Premier League, that glittering carnival of sixes, scandals, and the occasional whiff of something rotten in the state of...

Waleed Hussain
Apr 274 min read
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