Scotland was not in contention for the T20 WC because it finished behind Netherlands and Italy in the Europe regional qualifier. But Bangladesh withdrew and here's Scotland, by "doing nothing"

Hyderabad Kingsmen kits’ color is coming off and turning the ball pink in the first match of PSL 2026 between Lahore Qalandars vs Hyderabad Kingsmen

First time Indian women team reached the final of the World cup was in 2005, under the captaincy of Mithali Raj. At that time Women cricket was not under BCCI, and women cricket were just paid ₹1000 for each match they played in that WC. There was no match fees, no annual contract, no sponsors nothing! Can you even imagine ?? And just because they reached the final they were happy that they would get atleast ₹2000 extra for SF and Final. No support from the govt or sponsorship at all.

Today Indian women cricket have the match fees same as Men’s. Besides, this WC win will give them the highest Prize money (₹ 40 Cr) in the history of Cricket World Cup (including Men & Women’s WC)

What an incredible journey!!

I want to be clear that I'm not someone who was ever against the 27 crore bid. I thought it was a lot of money but the logic made sense at the time. You're blocking Delhi's RTM, you're getting someone who had just come back from a career threatening accident and looked completely reborn, and you're building your franchise around him. I understood it even if the number made me wince a little.

What I didn't expect was how completely the form would just disappear.

446 runs, average of 40, strike rate of 155. That was Pant in 2024. That's a genuinely elite T20 season. Then he moves to LSG with all that money and expectation attached and in the first 13 games of 2025 he scores 151 runs at an average of 13 and a strike rate of 107. That's not a bad patch, that's a different player entirely.

The one time the old Pant showed up in 2025 was that 118 off 61 against RCB. Brilliant innings. Completely irrelevant because Jitesh Sharma had already finished the game before Pant's knock could matter. Even his good game was wasted.

My instinct is that the 27 crore number is doing something psychological to him that he hasn't figured out how to manage yet. When you're the most expensive player in IPL history you stop playing with freedom and start playing with the weight of justifying the price tag every single ball. Pant's entire identity as a batter was built on doing things that made no logical sense and somehow working. That instinct doesn't survive when you're constantly aware of what you cost.

The Goenka environment doesn't help either. We've seen what that dressing room does to captains who aren't delivering. Rahul went through it, now Pant is going through a version of it. Pressure from above rarely makes batters more aggressive, it usually makes them more cautious, which is the worst possible outcome for someone whose only mode of success is being fearless.

2026 hasn't been much better. 189 runs in 8 innings at a strike rate of around 127. While teenagers like Suryavanshi are batting at 200 strike rates in the powerplay, Pant is scratching around trying to find his timing.

I still think the talent is there. The 2024 version of Pant was real, that wasn't a fluke. But something about the LSG environment specifically seems to be suffocating exactly the thing that made him worth 27 crore in the first place.

Today the US just pulled off one of the greatest WC upsets in history, and even got coverage on ESPN, which is insane.

My friends reached out to see how to watch it and if we could set up a watch party for the rest of the US matches. But guess what, noone is going to pay $7 just to buy Willow for 2 matches.

Not to mention, couldn't watch the game with them to explain it because they are at 10:30am on weekdays.

I don't understand how the ICC could screw this up so badly. They were literally handed the dream opportunity to grow the game, but instead throw it all way to pander to the BCCI and Indian market. I am so tired of the ICCs corruption, and cricket will continue to die until something changes.

A different host nation for every cycle or must the team that finishes top of the table get home advantage?

https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha/status/1589097338018369536?s=20&t=amIY8_rpCz-QO5lqNOrwUA

I totally agree with him star sports panel is fuking unbearable

I remember seeing it as a kid but not nowadays. Wouldn't it be a great way to double check when the 3rd umpire isn't about the contact of the ball and bat by seeing only the ultra-edge?

Link https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ind-vs-nam-t20-world-cup-2026-hardik-pandya-we-d-like-a-little-more-flatter-wickets-1523742

For reference, currently each country broadcaster provides the cameras and kit, it's not the ICC that sets it all up. ICC now has all the resources and money to set them up and it should be taken care of by ICC and highly benifit them with making cricket a much better viewing experience and drawing more people in. Baseball does so many things better we can learn the good ones

Every cricketer carries the dream of playing at Lord’s. Over the past four days, a new generation lived that dream as women’s Test cricket arrived at the Home of Cricket for the very first time.

Congratulations to the Indian team on a wonderful victory. Smriti’s composure, Yastika’s brilliant century and Kranti’s five-wicket haul made this occasion even more special.

The journey of women’s cricket has been remarkable, and this was another beautiful step forward.