Kohli misuses his bat, & MI misuse their best bowler

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🏏 Cricket Roundup: Kohli’s throwback innings, MI’s Bumrah use, & the ‘clutch’ bowler myth.

RCB beat MI by 18 runs, & GT beat LSG by 7 wickets.

🚨 | Our team went beyond the headlines on RCB-MI; 📊 Tarutr Malhotra/Tanvi Bhaskar on Virat Kohli’s annual throwback low-intent innings, 📊 Tarutr Malhotra on MI’s chronic misuse of Jasprit Bumrah, & 📊 Tarun Pratap on RCB’s spinners trapping MI with their pace variations.
Vishal Dikshit on Phil Salt finding some form for RCB, while Karthik Krishnaswamy warns that MI could be left behind the IPL pack.
Roshan Gede on Prasidh Krishna’s middle overs masterclass during GT-LSG.
📊 S Rajesh on the impressive figures behind Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s ascent this season, 📊 Praatibh Surana on why Sooryavanshi’s dominance of Bumrah was a big deal, & Abhijato Sensarma on the reinvigoration of Ravi Bishnoi this year.
📊 Vishal Mishra analyses the myth of the “clutch” death overs IPL bowler.

Matt Roller talks to Surrey captain and ENG-W prodigy Kira Chathli on making a name for herself before making an ENG debut.
🔒 Paul Newman talks to Jack Leach, Jack Carson & Farhan Ahmed to understand the state of spin in English cricket.
🔒 Tanya Aldred looks back at the forgotten and intertwined history of the coal industry and professional County cricketers.
🔒 Chris Stocks on the financial crisis at Sussex.
📊 Anantha Narayanan looks at his stats to determine the best Test bowler of all time, & 📊 Rishikeshwaran CA pushes back against the trend that LHB-RHB partnerships are overrated.

📚 Best Features: How bookies infiltrate cricket, & the forgotten William Cropper.

“From PornHub to pitchside”
✍️ Steve Menary investigates the insidious online methods used by gambling operators to spread betting into all levels of Women’s cricket.
“At the forefront of cricket”
✍️ Giles Wilcock looks back at the nearly-man career of William Cropper.

🗞️ Quick News: Islam’s BCB reign, Thushara apologises, & IPL ad revenue is down.

Mohammad Isam on Aminul Islam’s 18-month reign at the BCB.
Nuwan Thushara has apologised for taking the SLC to court over a failure to grant him an NOC for the IPL. The SLC has granted an NOC for the IPL to…Matheesha Pathirana.
🔒 Javed Farooqui reports that the IPL has seen a 3% dip in ad revenue this year.
Karnataka plans a new INR 953 Crore (~$102M) stadium in Bangalore, & 🔒 Laurance Sleator takes advantage of Surrey’s work-from-stadium option.
🔒 Will Macpherson on the slate of injury subs in the County Championship.