Six to twelve new pieces every week. Match-day reporting, transfer news, tactical analysis, injury updates, opinion pieces — written by the desk and dated by the editor.
The Rohit-led chase ticked along quietly at first — 39 in the powerplay, no boundary over extra cover — until a 17-run Hardik over flipped the momentum. By the 13th over, RCB had bowled out two bowlers and looked visibly unsettled.
The numbers on his slower-ball knuckle grip — and why Bumrah's economy in the powerplay has actually risen this season.
Chennai have stopped chasing 220 and started playing match-ups. A look at the role reshuffle that's changed their middle order.
Our neutral-venue ranking method strips out Chennai-flat-track runs and home-fixture pace tracks. The standings change noticeably.
Player availabilityOn 5 August 2026, Amir said he has not yet made up his mind about the IPL despite becoming eligible through British citizenship, while naming the PSL 2027 as his next T20 commitment.
RetrospectiveRajasthan Royals fell from 160 for 2 to 193 for 8 before Delhi Capitals completed a five-wicket chase, prompting a blunt assessment from captain Riyan Parag.
AppointmentsThe Knight Riders network has handed its global cricket brief to a former India assistant coach and two-time IPL title winner with KKR, with responsibility for scouting, recruitment and player development across every franchise in the group.
SelectionWriting on 4 July 2026, the former India all-rounder asked the selectors to give the RCB captain a T20I chance, citing his 2026 strike rate close to 200 and the left-right balance of the current India top order.
InternationalIndia's teenage opener reached a fifty in the third T20I at Harare Sports Club on 26 July 2026, taking his tally of 50-plus scores in men's international cricket before age sixteen to two — passing Nepal's Kushal Malla.
InternationalEngland won the ODI series 2–1, yet Shubman Gill sits one rating point behind Daryl Mitchell, with Kohli and Rohit third and fourth on the ICC Men’s ODI batter list.
Long readHe's said he'll keep going. The BCCI hasn't said otherwise. The Mumbai Indians are planning around him. So why does the rumour never seem to die?
InternationalBoth sides cleared 300 on a flat deck in the decider. England held their nerve with the ball at the back end, India did not — and the workload signals for the Pakistan Tests start here.
AnalysisLess anchor, more accelerator. A look at the second half of his knock against RCB and the GT tactical tweak that made it work.
MedicalThe MI physio talked through the side-strain monitoring protocol. Here is the timeline for his return, what it means for the playoff push, and why Mumbai aren't rushing.
LogisticsThe qualifier and eliminator stay in the same city, but the venue configuration changes. How the seam and spin differential could affect captain picks.
ProfileThe Royals have handed him the armband with conditions — including a freedom to take risks at the top. How the team sheet has shifted around him.
NumbersNot the leaderboard you might expect after 28 games. We break down the ground, the bowler and the matchup that explains every big hit.
Tactical pieces don't pretend the writer was in the dressing room. Where we use dressing-room intelligence, we say so and name it. Otherwise, the reads are based on the publicly available Hawk-Eye data and the scorecard.
Opinion pieces are bylined by individual writers and clearly mark themselves as opinions rather than reporting. We publish editorial disagreements often, and we sometimes change our own minds on a tactical read when the data moves.
"The Impact Player rule was sold as a flexibility win, and bowlers have started to suffer most from it. The rule wasn't the problem — three years of teams not balancing their XIs in response is." — The features desk
Player availability is the most-cited piece of news in fantasy cricket. We track player-by-player rumours and updates, and put every confirmed-status change in this page within minutes of it being announced.
Between 6 and 12 pieces go out per week. Match-day pieces land within 45 minutes of the event they describe. Long reads run on Mondays; profile pieces are mid-week; opinion pieces land on Fridays.
From a mix of publicly available information — official league feeds, broadcaster scorecards, post-match press conferences, social media posts by verified club and player accounts, and the desk's own reporting.
Only when the rumour has already been widely reported. We do not break rumours ourselves. Where a piece depends on a rumour, we say so at the top.
Each piece carries a license in the footer. Long reads may be republished with attribution and a link back. Match reports are not for republication outside the newsroom itself.
We do not use third-party Getty-equivalent libraries. Photographs come from our own newsroom; or from the desk — sometimes from MiniMax image generation when an editorial context fits. All images are captioned with provenance.
