The Dugout: Deep Dives, Player Analysis, and The Latest Cricket Stories

West Indies Champions will face Australia Champions in Match 12 of the World Championship of Legends (WCL) 2026 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 11. The encounter promises to be an exciting contest between two sides featuring several former international stars, with explosive batting and experienced bowling attacks expected to shape the outcome. West […]

West Indies will take on India in the third T20I of the five-match series at Holkar Stadium in Indore on October 11. After losing the opening match in Lucknow, the visitors bounced back spectacularly in Ranchi, chasing down a mammoth target of 250 to register a six-wicket victory and level the series at 1-1.   […]

India will face West Indies in the third T20I of the five-match series at Holkar Stadium in Indore on October 11. After winning the opening match in Lucknow by eight wickets, the hosts suffered a six-wicket defeat in Ranchi, leaving the series level at 1-1. India produced an impressive batting display in the second T20I, […]

PSL 12 runs from 18 March to 2 May 2027, and the IPL is reported to run from about 10 March to 15 May. Franchises should plan for late exits rather than announced absences, because IPL teams sign injury replacements mid-season, often at short notice. The PCB has answered with bans so far, while retentions, […]

Kohli has the stronger squad case on current numbers, though Rohit’s is closer than his average suggests. Set the farewell story aside, and the choice comes down to run volume against tempo, and to whether a 39-year-old opener can stay effective at 40. Both played all three ODIs in India’s 2-1 win over West Indies, […]

Bhuvneshwar looks most likely to bowl with the new ball, though no role has been announced. Selectors picked him for experience, so his job has to be read from his recent numbers. His powerplay returns in IPL 2026 were stronger than his death returns, and he is the squad’s most experienced new-ball bowler. That points […]

By respecting Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer rather than attacking them blindly. Australia lost the one-day series 2-1, with South Africa’s slow bowlers taking a dozen wickets while conceding 5.05 an over. The Test starts on 9 October at Kingsmead, and Nic Maddinson’s recall suggests the selectors want a specialist against turn. Maharaj and Harmer […]

Slowly, and with white-ball cricket as the testing ground. Beardman needed about seven months to recover from a lumbar bone stress injury, returned in September through two Western Australia one-dayers, then took 4-23 for Australia A in Puducherry on 6 October. Cummins lost years of Test cricket to similar trouble, so this plan places the […]

Because his bat has convinced selectors that the bowling can wait, Shedge has taken no wickets in three T20Is or thirteen IPL games, yet he has been fast-tracked into India A as a stand-in for Hardik Pandya and impressed with 4-40 on 6 October. His batting strike rate in 2026 hovers near 176, which carries […]

Rohit still makes sense for 2027 because his output has not dipped, whatever the birth certificate says. He has scored 604 ODI runs in 2026 after 650 in 2025, and a Lord’s century in July plus a hundred against West Indies in Guwahati show the power is intact. At 40, he will be an outlier […]