Author: Ryan Rey

India’s domestic cricket calendar is changing. The old rhythm of long Ranji Trophy seasons followed by shorter white-ball tournaments is gone. The international schedule is packed with T20 cricket. The IPL takes up nearly two months. Players are travelling more and resting less. The BCCI had to find a way to fit everything in. The 2026-27 domestic season has 1,788 matches across eight categories, from senior men to Under-15 women. The season starts on August 23 with the Duleep Trophy and runs through March 2027. The Ranji Trophy is split into two phases. The white-ball tournaments are squeezed into the…

India’s July 2026 tour of England is one of the most important assignments in their cricket calendar. The three-match ODI series starts on July 14. It is not just about winning. It is about squad building. It is about finding the right combinations. It is also about preparing for future tournaments. England is always a tough place to play. The ball swings, the conditions are unpredictable, and the opposition is world-class. India have named a strong squad for this series. Shubman Gill will lead the side for the first time in an overseas ODI series. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah…

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are the two biggest names in IPL history. Between them, they have won six titles. They have scored over 15,000 runs. They have defined the league for nearly two decades. But as IPL 2027 approaches, their futures are the subject of intense speculation. Dhoni missed the entire 2026 season with a calf injury and thumb problem. He turns 45 in July. Kohli is 37 and still playing at a high level. But he has retired from Tests and T20Is. He led RCB to back-to-back titles in 2025 and 2026. The question on every fan’s mind…

Exploring the T20 World Cup 2026 Qualification Scenarios The 2026 T20 World Cup is the biggest one yet. Twenty teams are fighting for the trophy across India and Sri Lanka. India won the last one in 2024, beating South Africa in the final. Now they are hosting the tournament alongside Sri Lanka. But getting to the World Cup is not simple. There are automatic spots, ranking qualifications, and regional tournaments. Some teams made it easily. Others fought through tough qualifiers. Italy is playing in their first ever T20 World Cup. This guide breaks down exactly how the 20 teams qualified…

T20 cricket is no longer just a South Asian sport. It is becoming a global phenomenon. The recent World Cup had over 500 million viewers in India alone. This was the highest ever for any T20 World Cup. But the real story is not the big numbers in India. The real story is what is happening in places like Germany, Italy, the United States, and Japan. These are countries where cricket was barely on the radar a decade ago. Now, the sport is growing faster there than anywhere else. Non traditional markets saw a 69 percent increase in users during…

Most fantasy cricket players make the same mistake. They pick players based on who scored the most points in the last match or who has the best average over the last five games. That is a lazy way to build a team. Serious players look at something else. They look at matchup data. A batter might average 50 runs overall, but against a specific bowler or on a specific pitch, that number drops to 20. A bowler might have a great economy rate, but against a left-handed opener, he gets hit for 12 runs an over. This article will show…

Most fans think they know the Indian cricket team through Instagram posts, YouTube vlogs, and match highlights. But the real dressing room lives somewhere else. It lives on Snapchat. Players like Arshdeep Singh, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Abhishek Sharma and Washington Sundar have turned the app into their private digital hangout. They share bus banter, gym sessions, prank videos and raw reactions that never make it to Instagram Reels. The content disappears after 24 hours. Screenshots trigger alerts. It feels safer, more private, and far less filtered. This is where team chemistry is built, inside jokes are born, and the…

Afghanistan’s tour of India in June 2026 was always going to be special. It was their first ever bilateral ODI series against India. But no one expected it to be this one-sided. The one-off Test at New Chandigarh ended inside three days with India winning by an innings and 300 runs, their biggest ever Test victory. Debutant Manav Suthar took a six-wicket haul. Shubman Gill scored a century in his first match as captain. Then came the ODIs. India won the first in Dharamshala by seven wickets. They won the second in Lucknow by 170 runs. By the time the…

2025 was the year India Women finally broke through. They won their maiden ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup on home soil, a triumph that changed everything. Now comes the hard part. Proving it was not a one-off. The 2026 calendar is punishing. It starts with the Women’s Premier League in January, moves to a gruelling all-format tour of Australia, then a T20 World Cup in England, followed by a historic Test match at Lord’s. Harmanpreet Kaur’s side will barely have time to breathe. But that is exactly how they want it. This is the year they chase the one trophy…

The BCCI has sent a youthful Indian squad to Ireland for a two-match T20I series starting June 26 at Stormont Cricket Ground in Belfast. This short but significant tour serves as the perfect warm-up before the much bigger five-match T20I series against England in July. Shreyas Iyer will lead the side as the new T20I captain, replacing Suryakumar Yadav. The biggest talking point is the inclusion of 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who is in line to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record as the youngest man to represent India. This series is a golden opportunity for fringe players to stake their claim. IND…