Habil Ahmed

Habil Ahmed

Sports Journalist · 57 articles

Habil has followed cricket since he can remember, writing about the sport over the last seven years or so. In addition to his writing, Habil is also a quizzing enthusiast that loves to indulge in his fair share of sports quizzes.

Auqib Nabi joins India squad as backup bowler: Reports
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Auqib Nabi joins India squad as backup bowler: Reports

Reports in the India media suggest that Jammu and Kashmir pacer Auqib Nabi has joined the Indian squad as a back up bowler ahead of the one-off Test against Afghanistan. It is believed that he has been added to the squad with an eye on potential inclusion in future tours. Nabi, along with Zeeshan Ansari, […]

RCB beat GT by 5 wickets, clinch back-to-back IPL titles
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RCB beat GT by 5 wickets, clinch back-to-back IPL titles

Virat Kohli starred for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru as RCB beat GT by five wickets and won their second consecutive IPL title. Set a target of 156 to win, Kohli scored an unbeaten 75 to take his team home. Kohli’s innings followed an excellent performance from their bowling attack. The pace attack combined to pick […]

Top 3 highest scores in IPL final history
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Top 3 highest scores in IPL final history

IPL 2026 has mostly seen high-scoring affairs. Between the two finalists RCB and GT have crossed the 220-mark on six occasions. And given how this season has gone, one would be forgiven for expecting a high-scoring final too. However, finals in the past haven’t really seen the kind of totals that we have seen so […]

3 highest scores by New Zealand batters at 6 or below in Tests
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3 highest scores by New Zealand batters at 6 or below in Tests

New Zealand are currently playing their first-ever Test match against Ireland in Belfast. In their first innings, the Kiwis set themselves nicely in the Test by declaring at 490-8. Rachin Ravindra (121) and debutant Dean Foxcroft (98) played important hands in getting New Zealand to that score. The biggest hero of the innings, however, was […]

Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ready for the next step?
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Is Vaibhav Sooryavanshi ready for the next step?

IPL 2026 has belonged to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi so far. Well, the job isn’t done yet. But this is already one of the all-time great seasons with the bat in IPL history. The 15-year-old left-hander, in only his second IPL campaign, has had a season worthy of all-time great levels of praise. One you’d consider on […]

Top 3 innings with the highest strike rates in IPL history
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Top 3 innings with the highest strike rates in IPL history

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has continued to make quite the name for himself in the ongoing Indian Premier League season. Having come into the season on the back of an impressive IPL 2025, 15-year-old Sooryavanshi has had one of the all-time great seasons in the IPL. A sequence of words this writer could never have imagined penning […]

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