https://www.indiancricketfans.com/rss/1-icf-cricket-talk.xml/Cricket talk on indiancricketfans.comenAfter getting justice for Sanju, Tharoor saab will fight for justice for Sarfu.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:38:19 +0000Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:19:16 +0000ICC WINS: 1983 ODI WC (KAPIL DEV) 2002 ODI CT (SAURAV GANGULY) 2007 T20 WC (MS DHONI) 2011 ODI WC (MS DHONI) 2013 ODI CT (MS DHONI) 2024 T20 WC (ROHIT SHARMA) 2025 ODI CT (ROHIT SHARMA) 2026 T20 WC (SURYAKUMAR YADAV) ICC RUNNERS UP: 2000 ODI CT (SAURAV GANGULY) 2003 ODI WC (SAURAV GANGULY) 2014 T20 WC (MS DHONI) 2017 ODI CT (VIRAT KOHLI) 2021 WTC (VIRAT KOHLI) 2023 WTC (ROHIT SHARMA) 2023 ODI WC (ROHIT SHARMA)Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:18:33 +0000Have been kind of binge watching Lalit Modi interviews over last few weeks. Man is back in action. Became a fan of his when he moved 2009 IPL to South Africa because Chidambaram couldn't support on security during elections time. And I thought who can be mad enough to move the Indian league matches to SA and pull it off. He is brash hedonist dynast but he doesn't pretend to be otherwise. Man loves cricket and understands market and has insane obsession. He was hounded out of India for bringing down Tharoor and he turned out to be absolutely right on every count. I hope he comes back to India. He has lot to offer.Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:31:29 +0000https://x.com/i/status/2063165055265640474Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:16:03 +0000This is a set of scenes from 'love ke liye kuch bhi karega'. Very underrated. Marvelous acting by Johny lever and snehal dabi. If you reflect upon the last 50 secs of the above 19 min video, probably you will realise that there's an aslam bhai in you as well @rangeelarajaFri, 05 Jun 2026 18:59:24 +0000Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:32:11 +0000Now a Lankan enters the fray @Lone Wolf @rollingstoned @deathmonger @randomGuy 92.62 !!!!!!Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:55:51 +0000Twelve teams are set to be in action in the tournament in England and Wales commencing on June 12, where New Zealand will be defending the crown that they won in 2024. GROUP 1: AUSTRALIA: Sophie Molineux (c), Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham BANGLADESH: Nigar Sultana Joty (c), Nahida Akter (vc), Sharmin Akter Supta, Sobhana Mostary, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khan, Fahima Khatun, Fariha Islam Trisna, Marufa Akter, Shanjida Akther Maghla, Sultana Khatun, Dilara Akter, Juairiya Ferdous, Taj Nehar INDIA: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia, Nandani Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Shreyanka Patil, Radha Yadav NETHERLANDS: Babette de Leede (c), Caroline de Lange, Frédérique Overdijk, Hannah Landheer, Heather Siegers, Iris Zwilling, Isabel van der Woning, Lara Leemhuis, Myrthe van den Raad, Phebe Molkenboer, Robine Rijke, Rosalie Lawrence, Sanya Khurana, Silver Siegers, Sterre Kalis PAKISTAN: Fatima Sana (c), Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Iram Javed, Eyman Fatima, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Parvaiz, Saira Jabeen, Muneeba Ali, Tuba Hassan, Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Nashra Sandhu, Diana Baig, Tasmia Rubab SOUTH AFRICA: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Sune Luus, Karabo Meso, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Kayla Reyneke, Tumi Sekhukhune, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Nierkerk GROUP 2: ENGLAND: Nat Sciver-Brunt (c), Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Tilly Corteen-Coleman, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Dani Gibson, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Heather Knight, Linsey Smith, Issy Wong, Danni Wyatt-Hodge IRELAND: Gaby Lewis (c), Ava Canning, Christina Coulter Reilly, Alana Dalzell, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Arlene Kelly, Louise Little, Aimee Maguire, Lara McBride, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Rebecca Stokell, Alice Tector NEW ZEALAND: Melie Kerr (c), Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Flora Devonshire, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Bree Illing, Polly Inglis, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Nensi Patel, Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Sharp, Lea Tahuhu SCOTLAND: Kathryn Bryce (c), Chloe Abel, Olivia Bell, Sarah Bryce, Darcey Carter, Priyanaz Chatterji, Gabriella Fontenla, Katherine Fraser, Kirstie Gordon, Ailsa Lister, Maisie Maceira, Abtaha Maqsood, Megan McColl, Rachel Slater, Pippa Sproul SRI LANKA: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunarathne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Imesha Dulani, Nilakshika Silva, Kaveesha Dilhari, Hansima Karunarathne, Kaushini Nuthyangana, Sugandika Dassanayaka, Nimasha Madushani, Shashini Gimhani, Kawya Kavindi, Malki Madara, Mithali Ayodhya WEST INDIES: Hayley Matthews (c), Chinelle Henry, Deandra Dottin, Stafanie Taylor, Afy Fletcher, Aaliyah Alleyne, Shemaine Campbelle, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack, Jannillea Glasgow, Jahzara Claxton, Qiana Joseph, Zaida James, Mandy Mangru, Shawnisha Hector @Lord@Austin 3:!6 Please pin this thread.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:27 +0000Just seems illegal and exploitativeFri, 05 Jun 2026 00:20:45 +0000Unless UCC is implemented. This cancer will consume India. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/dress-code-no-music-islam-friendly-gym-in-kerala-sparks-debate-11589894Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:48:40 +0000We could've done better nailing down No.3 spot - Ryan ten Doeschate ShareTweet Sai Sudharsan has averaged 27.85 in 11 innings at No 3 in Tests © Getty Ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Mullanpur from June 6, India's assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate admitted that the team could've done better nailing down the extremely crucial No.3 batting spot in Tests. Following the retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, India's first-choice openers have been Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul with Shubman Gill slotting in at #4. One spot above him has been a musical chair of sorts with Sai Sudharsan, Devdutt Padikkal and even Karun Nair (in England) staking not-so-impressive claims. In the last Test assignment, India went further left-field by sending in Washington Sundar at that position in the first fixture against South Africa in Kolkata. But in the second Test in Guwahati, Sudharsan returned as Gill sat out due to injury. That was in December 2025. Six months on, India are none the wiser about who the right personnel is, with ten Doeschate revealing that there would be a 'bit of a rope' given to whoever they go with now. "Yeah, look there's been a lot of changes in that spot and that's not ideal. I think you need to look at the incumbents for that role and maybe stick with someone. It's a difficult position to bat and a very important position to bat," ten Doeschate said. There, however, are schedule complications to that intention. After their one Test against Afghanistan, India's next red-ball assignment is only in the second half of August - in Sri Lanka, where they are set to play just two Tests. Ten Doeschate reckoned it could be between Padikkal and Sudharsan but also pointed out the issues with looking long-term at the moment. Padikkal has played two of his three Test innings at No. 3 - where he got a 23-ball duck and a 25 (71). For Sudharsan, all of his 11 innings have come in that position, but his returns haven't lived up to the expectations of the management - he has 302 runs at an average of 27.85 and only two half-centuries. "Dev [Devdutt Padikkal] comes in with a ton of runs in domestic cricket across all the formats and obviously Sai's got a nice IPL with Gujarat, so they're both in good form. I think whoever plays, they'll be given a bit of rope. It's quite difficult with one Test match now and then we don't play a Test match for another two months and then you play two Test matches and then you don't play for a while. "So we need to factor that in but I think the main point around is we want to make a decision and then trust that person to grow into the role and ideally quickly because where we find ourselves in the WTC table, it's obviously we don't have time to bet in now. It's probably something we could have done better leading up to this is nailing down that number 3 spot," he added. India also go into this Test just five days after the IPL final, where six of the squad members played - including the captain. [Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Washington Sundar, Prasidh Krishna, Devdutt Padikkal]. Ten Doeschate admitted the need for a quick switch in sleep cycles for the players who were until recently playing late evenings and will now have to be out in the middle in the heat of the first half of the day. "You're playing in the IPL final five days ago at night-time and now you've got to come and start a Test match early in the morning at 34, 35 degrees. Just another challenge on the road and the guys will take it on like they always do. My job is just to prepare the players for what's ahead of them. Sleep cycle is probably top of that list and that's been addressed," Ten Doeschate said. The assistant coach also put this switch down to 'detoxing' the players. "Like I said, the players are acutely aware of what's required and the change in conditions. But I guess [going] from a white to red-ball perspective or IPL to Test match cricket, [it] is really [about] detoxing them and that's what these three days have been. "You want to make sure guys are making decisions based on where the ball is pitched. You want to make a few technical tweaks on how you set up maybe and how you keep your bat shape and all those sort of things. "The last two days and obviously today and tomorrow have been all about that. Just detoxing guys, making sure that those habits that are required to be successful in white ball cricket are put to bed and they focus on playing proper test cricket again," he said.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:08:49 +0000@Ultimate_Game Looks like you made Ajit bhai an offer he couldn't refuse :-)!! https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/shreyas-iyer-to-replace-suryakumar-yadav-as-india-s-t20i-captain-1539670 Shreyas Iyer is set to replace Suryakumar Yadav as India's T20I captain, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is set for his maiden call-up, as the national selectors look ahead to the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 and the next T20 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand the same year. The T20I squad will be announced on Saturday for the upcoming tour of Ireland and England, India's first T20I assignment since Suryakumar led them to the T20 World Cup tile in March. Suryakumar, 35, is likely to be dropped from the squad altogether. The debate around his position arose following a lukewarm 2026 T20 World Cup, where he scored 242 runs in nine innings at a strike rate of 136.72, and a poor IPL 2026 where he recorded only 270 runs in 13 innings at an average of 20.76 and a strike rate of 147.54.Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:06:44 +0000Did he look okay in the final or was he limping already?Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:19:19 +0000Change at the top comes three months after T20 World Cup title at home Three months after he led India to the T20 World Cup title on home soil, Suryakumar Yadav has been removed as the captain and is unlikely to find a place in the side going forward. This comes ahead of the tours of Ireland and England starting later this month. The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in consultation with the team management and selection committee, will appoint a new captain for the new cycle. “The selection committee, BCCI and team management, in consultation with coach Gautam Gambhir, have decided that India should go with a new skipper from here on. Under Surya’s captaincy, the team did win the T20 World Cup but keeping his form and future in mind, they felt it’s time to move on,” a top BCCI official told The Indian Express. "He won’t be considered for selection, and the decision will be conveyed to Surya soon.” The Indian team will be playing two T20Is in Ireland before five in England. Surya’s form with the bat was a big concern and he has endured a prolonged run of poor form over the last two years, with his fortunes plummeting in the 2026 IPL season as well. While he finished his season with a half-century against the Rajasthan Royals, Surya only amassed 270 runs in 13 innings, averaging 20.76 this season. Even as he led India to their third T20 World Cup title in March, Surya’s batting has faced intense scrutiny. He was handed India T20I captaincy after Rohit Sharma retired from the format post the World Cup win in the West Indies in 2024. https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/suryakumar-removed-india-t20-captain-lose-team-place-breaking-10722746/Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:14:01 +0000First ODI. SL are 75/1 in 16 overs at KingstonWed, 03 Jun 2026 15:54:36 +0000How and why is it that India has not been able to co-opt such a small country - that is the only other Hindu Majority country right at it's border ? This despite the fact that for thousands of years Nepal was an extension of the Mithila in Bihar. Nepal survives because of India - its food security, power all is at India's mercy. Nothing justifies how China has been able to penetrate Nepal's corridors of powers and make them hostile to India.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:51:45 +0000India series headlines New Zealand's bumper home summer. India will be playing a Test match in New Zealand after more than six year's India will tour New Zealand for a multi-format series in October-December, as part of New Zealand Cricket's busy home summer of 2026/27. New Zealand will host India for five T20Is, five ODIs, and two Tests across the five major centres. According to NZC, it's the biggest in-bound tour in terms of matches (12) in NZ history. The two Tests will be played at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington and Hagley Oval, Christchurch, scheduled on the back of the white-ball tour that begins on October 22. India haven't toured New Zealand since the 2019/20 tour to play Tests, although New Zealand have visited them twice since, including their 2024/25 tour, which saw them effect a historic 3-0 Test whitewash. The ODI series involving India will give New Zealand fans a chance to potentially see Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in action in the ODI setup, the only format the two white-ball greats haven't retired from. With the ODI World Cup next year, the five ODIs will serve as ideal preparation in the lead-upWed, 03 Jun 2026 04:03:48 +0000Sairaj Bahutule appointed spin bowling coach of India's senior men's team Bahutule played two Tests and eight ODIs for India, and had a first-class career stretching nearly two decades © Getty The BCCI has appointed Sairaj Bahutule as the spin bowling coach of India's senior men's side. BCCI confirmed the appointment which was reported by Cricbuzz last month "A former India international and a domestic stalwart, Mr Bahutule brings with him a wealth of experience as both a player and a coach. Over the years, he has built a strong reputation for nurturing and developing spin-bowling talent across domestic and franchise cricket," the board said in a media release on Tuesday (June 2). Bahutule represented India in two Tests and eight ODIs. In his distinguished first-class career spanning nearly two decades and 188 games, he claimed 630 wickets. A prolific performer on the domestic circuit, he also scored 6176 runs in his first-class career, going down as one of the finest all-round contributors at that level. Following a playing career, Bahutule began coaching - a journey that has spanned domestic, pathway and international cricket. That includes tenures as the head coach of Vidarbha, Kerala, Gujarat and Bengal. He has also served as a spin-bowling coach with Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings in the IPL. He was the bowling coach of India's Under-19 World Cup-winning team in 2022 and was also part of the coaching staff for the 2024 edition of the tournament. The 53-year-old has also worked with India A and the senior men's team as a specialist bowling coach on multiple assignments. He was a member of the coaching setup at the BCCI's National Cricket Academy (now Centre of Excellence) from 2021 to 2024. "It is a tremendous honour to be appointed as the spin bowling coach of the Indian men's team," Bahutule said. "Representing India as a player was a matter of immense pride, and the opportunity to contribute to Indian Cricket once again in a coaching capacity is deeply special. I look forward to working with the players and supporting the team's pursuit of excellence across formats."Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:25:31 +0000Inspired by the quirky Indian English thread, here's one to list annoying usages by Brits and Americans. Let me start with these two: (1) Brits: "Whilst". WTF? Just say "while" and be done with it. Whatst the need for whilst? (2) American: "Ain't nothin' wrong with like ... old American English ... ya know .... it's just like .. gotten really ... ya know ... bad in the last ... like 10 years"Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:40:30 +0000California-based ICFers, take note: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/another-barack-obama-is-running-for-california-governor/ar-AA24ABPfTue, 02 Jun 2026 15:56:46 +0000How many of you remember this incident https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-rising-stars-2025-26-1509844/bangladesh-a-vs-india-a-1st-semi-final-1509867/full-scorecardTue, 02 Jun 2026 10:49:18 +0000double cheers to @New guyTue, 02 Jun 2026 09:29:34 +00001st test starts on June 4th, this Thursday. From Lord's Finally Poms move past Crawley. Eng's first assignment after the Ashes humiliation. Kane mama will also be in action. He is closing in on 10k runs. Every run Root scores will hit @Laaloo like this Please pin this thread @asterix @Austin 3:!6 @Lord. Proper test cricket after a long time.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:17:13 +0000INR 50 crore captain of RCB: Rajat Patidar outvalued every star in IPL 2026 with his ruthlessness, tactical superiority Rajat Patidar transformed IPL 2026 with 501 runs and exceptional captaincy, generating a profit of ₹38.34 crore for RCB. Updated on: Jun 01, 2026 9:55 AM IST Rajat Patidar's IPL 2026 was not simply a batting season. It was a franchise-control season. Rajat Patidar after winning IPL 2026. (AFP) Royal Challengers Bengaluru did not merely extract 501 runs from their captain. They extracted middle-order acceleration, tactical authority, playoff composure, and one of the most efficient auction returns the tournament produced. At a season cost of ₹11 crore, Patidar generated a modelled value of ₹49.34 crore, resulting in a total profit of ₹38.34 crore. No player in the tournament's monetary profit-loss ledger finished above him. What makes that number arresting is the structure beneath it. His player-performance value stood at ₹21.28 crore, yielding a profit of ₹13.03 crore. His captaincy value surpassed even that: ₹28.06 crore, with a leadership profit of ₹25.31 crore. That is the real architecture of his season. The batting generated the headlines. The captaincy generated the hidden surplus. The batter who changed phases Rajat Patidar's 501 runs arrived at a strike rate of 192.69. His 30 fours and 42 sixes make clear that this was not a season built on soft accumulation; it was built on phase-breaking force. His Powerplay numbers were measured: 37 off 43 balls at 86.05. That was never where he intended to win matches. Patidar's real value ignited after the field spread. Between overs 7 and 11, he made 152 off 80 at 190.00. Between overs 12 and 16, he went harder still - 234 off 108 at 216.67. At the death, 78 off 28 at 278.57. That pattern carries weight. Most middle-order batters either consolidate or finish. Patidar did both, but with a ferocity that kept RCB moving through the innings' most dangerous passages. He did not wait for the final two overs to justify his place in the order. Overs 12 to 16 were his launchpad, and he treated them accordingly. His wagon wheel told the same story. Mid-wicket was his most productive zone - 136 runs off 52 balls at 261.54. Long-off returned 81 off 35 at 231.43. Cover yielded 65 off 31 at 209.68. That breadth made him exceptionally difficult to contain. Bowlers could not simply drag it wider and hope for the best. Full on off-stump, he drove. Into the body, he cleared mid-wicket. The margin for error was forensically thin. Outside-off good length and outside-off short-of-length deliveries remained his more controllable zones. But full-pitched deliveries, full tosses, hittable bouncers, and anything drawn straight through the line became damage deliveries regardless of the plan. The captaincy layer that changed everything Patidar's leadership was the difference between a profitable individual season and a tournament-defining one. He finished as the top-ranked captain in our impact model, with a captaincy score of 798.3 and an average captaincy rating of 7.13 across 15 matches. The season had its stress fractures - Match 26, Match 42, Match 50, and Match 67 pulled the leadership graph down. But that is precisely what lends the final reading its credibility. This was not a pristine, frictionless campaign. It was a captaincy season with identifiable pressure points, followed by a decisive surge when the stakes demanded it most. Match 39 crystallised the argument. Patidar did not bat, yet RCB won by nine wickets, and his captaincy rating was 10. The monetary model credited him with a value of ₹3.60 crore and a profit of ₹2.81 crore. That single match separates captaincy value from batting value with unusual clarity. Patidar was not only useful when he scored. He was useful when RCB controlled a match without needing him at the crease at all. The playoffs sharpened that argument to a point. In Qualifier 1, he delivered the complete captain-batter performance: 93 not out off 33 balls, no dots, 14 boundaries, a strike rate of 281.82. The model valued the match at ₹11.75 crore, with ₹11.01 crore in profit. His player-performance worth was ₹5.27 crore. His captaincy worth was higher still - ₹6.48 crore. That innings was not merely acceleration. It was command. Patidar did not play a high-impact knock and then watch the outcome resolve. He controlled the match's emotional temperature from the first ball he faced. By the end, RCB's efforts no longer resembled a pursuit. It resembled paperwork. The final offered a different kind of proof. Patidar made only 15 off 13, yet his captaincy rating was 10. The model credited him with ₹4.01 crore of total worth and ₹3.27 crore in profit. That is the other face of genuine leadership value: in the most consequential match of the season, he did not need to be the main batting act to remain central to the outcome. Also Read: INR 83.53 crore profit, one trophy, 9 heroes: How RCB built their most complete IPL season The ₹38.34 crore verdict Patidar's season resolves into three distinct layers. As a batter, he delivered 501 runs at 192.69 - 42 sixes, elite middle-over destruction, and a scoring pattern built to break innings phases rather than simply fill them. As a captain, he finished first in the model's leadership table and produced his most significant tactical returns precisely when the tournament's pressure was highest. As a market asset, he converted an ₹11 crore investment into ₹49.34 crore of modelled value. That is the complete story. Patidar was not merely RCB's captain. He was their batting accelerator, their tactical anchor, their playoff force, and their single largest profit centre. RCB did not purchase one role for ₹11 crore. They got four.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:45:17 +0000