Which T20 batters can be stifled by smart field settings?

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🏏 Cricket Roundup: RCB look inevitable, disillusion with the IPL, & PAK’s worst decade.

📚 Best Features: T20 batting versatility, remembering Ranji, & was the 81 all out that bad?

• “Quantifying Option Versatility”
  📊 Himanish Ganjoo brilliantly decodes a seemingly simple question; which T20 batters have the most versatility, and which ones can you plan your field for?

• “Ranjitsinhji”
  ✍️ Giles Wilcock on the king of the leg glance, the Indian prince that made the English team, & the man who was angry that he’d been passed over for the throne.

• “81 All Out”
  ✍️ Kashish Chadha revisits that infamous 81 all out against West Indies, and asks if India’s batters didn’t underachieve as much as we all assume.

🗞️ Quick News: The IPL’s racism, cricket’s banker, & FRA-W’s appeal.

• Sidharth Monga on why “andhera” is a derogatory term, & Sarah Waris on the IPL’s long history of excusing racism. Akshay Ramesh has a related piece on how IPL teams dodge accountability, with PBKS sending their physio for a press conference.

• Venkat Ananth on A&W Capital, the backroom banker that has been involved in every major cricket deal since 2021.

• PBKS co-owner Mohit Burman expects IPL media rights deals to go up 20-30% after the recent team sales, while Tanishq Vaddi reports on the latest case of ticket price gouging in the league.

• A group of former French Women players have signed an open letter explaining their role in popularising cricket in the country, and their dismay at how the national authorities have taken it away from them.

📺 A/V: Mostary on BAN-W, & how cricket is chasing 300+ T20 scores.

• “From Nepal to Lord’s”
  🎤 Stephen Wallis talks to BAN’s Sobhana Mostary about qualifying for the Women’s World Cup, and her excitement about playing at Lord’s. [Apple/Spotify]

• “Bowlpocalypse 3”
  📽️ Jarrod Kimber on how the IPL’s administration has legitimised & enabled the chase for a 300+ score in T20 cricket. [YouTube]

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