🚨 If you’re an RCB fan, I’d love if you could fill out this 2-minute survey on how you feel about the franchise this year. I plan to create a graphic story of your answers soon! 🚨
🏏 Cricket Roundup: Sooryavanshi’s newest update, IPL bowling ‘terrains’, & Perrin’s best Viv impression.
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🏆 RR BEAT LSG | Sidharth Monga on Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s new shots. | Sidharth Monga on Rishabh Pant’s difficult night. | 📊 Deepu Narayanan on LSG’s middle overs muddles. | 📊 Sparsh Telang on Digvesh Rathi’s struggles this season. |
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🏆 IPL FEATURES | 📊 Aditya Padinjat on Prasidh Krishna’s excellence, and room to grow.| 📊 Jarrod Kimber on the best bowlers’ “terrains” in 2026. | Anurag Hegde on the rise of RR’s Yash Raj Punia. |
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🏏 THE CRICKET ROUNDUP | 🔒 Sonia Twigg with Davina Perrin on modelling her game on Viv Richards. | Snehasis Mukherjee with NED-W captain Babette de Leede on combining her data studies with cricket. | CS Chiwanza on the importance of older siblings in cricket, especially for Dewald Brewis. | Gary Naylor has talking points from the County round. | ESPN have their latest Men’s rankings for the 21st century; 22-20 and 19-17. |
📚 Best Features: Parag’s captaincy style, & Molineux’s captaincy test.
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“Smart, aggressive, courageous”
✍️ Nagraj Gollapudi talks to Riyan Parag about his cricketing philosophy, and how that bleeds into his captaincy style. -
“Molineux’s acid test”
✍️ Laura Jolly on how Australia have prepped Sophie Molineux for captaincy, despite her injury through five of her six games in charge.
🗞️ Quick News: IND’s team announcement, NSB’s injury, & CSA’s cash grab.
📺 A/V: Devine on her career, Saqib Mahmood on his career, & the IPL’s biggest buys.
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“Her final World Cup”
📽️ Katya Witney talks to NZ’s Sophie Devine about her career, and her impending retirement. [YouTube] -
“Hilarious Tour Stories You’ve Never Heard”
📽️ Beard Before Wicket host Saqib Mahmood to talk about his career, and the impact Eoin Morgan had on him as a youngster. [YouTube] -
“Have The Most Expensive Players ALWAYS Failed?”
📽️ Cricket by JB look at the record of the IPL’s most expensive buys ever. [YouTube]
LEGEND:
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🚨 = Shameless plug (i.e. a BoC piece!)
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🏆 = Tournament Cricket
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🔒 = Behind a paywall
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📊 = In-depth statistics
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🤖 = AI-generated (take it with a pinch of salt)
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🎤 = Podcast
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📽️ = Video