ROUNDUP: Re-evaluating the CSK-RR trade (again)

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Re-evaluating the CSK-RR trade (again)

🏏 Cricket Roundup: How RR targetted Sanju, Gill’s control, & the diary of a county cricketer.

The IPL

RR beat CSK by 8 wickets.

• Aayush Puthran details how RR targetted Sanju Samson, & 📊 Roshan Gede on CSK’s problematic middle order.

• Prakash Govindasreenivasan talks to Brad Haddin about PBKS’ plans, & Sreshth Shah talks to LSG’s Digvesh Rathi on being unapologetically himself.

• 📊 Deepu Narayanan deep dives into Shubman Gill’s immense control in T20 cricket, Abhijato Sensarma writes about “vintage” Rohit Sharma, & Abhijato Sensarma looks at the IPL sophomores who will want to make a mark.

The Cricket Roundup

• 🔒 Cameron Steel starts a diary as a pro cricketer, taking on pre-season with his first entry. Matt Roller on the Rew brothers fighting for the same spot at Somerset, Matt Roller talks to Lancashire’s young coach Steven Croft, & 🔒 Steve James writes about the brutal spotlight of modern cricket.

• The Cricketer has followed up on the problems with how the ECB is run by talking to multiple players; 🔒 James Coyne talks to David Willey on their lack of “emotional intelligence”, 🔒 George Dobell with Reece Topley who says the ECB needs far more criticism, & 🔒 George Dobell with Ben Foakes on the liberation of being dropped.

• First Dog on the Moon has a fun cartoon about winning a minor award for their club cricket side.

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Can cricket afford domestic DRS?

🗞️ Quick News: DRS in the Sheffield Shield, IPL won’t be shown in BAN, & the PCB’s questionable priorities.

• 🔒 Victoria want DRS in the Sheffield Shield after some questionable calls in the final. Though, not sure that justifies a 5-27 collapse lads.

• 🔒 Javed Farooqui/Vinod Mahanta detail the demand for IPL teams, while Jio has cancelled the broadcast of the IPL in Bangladesh due to late payments by local affiliates.

• Naseem Shah has been fined PKR 20 million ($71.5K, which is 8 months wages) for a tweet asking why a state minister was treated like a queen at the PSL. Oh, and his social media manager has been blacklisted from working in cricket. Meanwhile, Fakhar Zaman might miss a game or two for the much smaller offense of ball-tampering.

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Are England’s fitness problems over?

📺 A/V: Edwards on ENG-W, & Wolvaardt’s greatness.

• “England’s fitness issues”
  🎤 Test Match Special host Charlotte Edwards to discuss ENG-W’s 2026, and to put to bed fears about their fitness preparation. [Apple/Spotify]

• “Is This Cricketer Better Than Smriti Mandhana”
  📽️ Cricket by JB analyse the greatness of South Africa’ Laura Wolvaardt. [YouTube]