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.
At a glance The Indian Premier League has long been a batting-friendly competition. Scores over 200 have become commonplace as the league has carried on. Pitches becoming flatter and and the addition of the impact player rule have been major factors in high-scoring games becoming a near everyday occurrence in the league. That said, the […]
At a glance High-scoring encounters have been a common occurrence since the start of the IPL. However, the scale of the scaring seems to only have increased in recent years. In fact, the kind of scores being chased down just shows how the sport has evolved in that direction. There have already been 15 successful […]
At a glance Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green and Sunil Narine all starred as KKR beat GT by 29 runs on Saturday. Allen top-scored for KKR, with Raghuvanshi and Green also scoring fifties as Kolkata set Gujarat Titans a daunting 248 to win in their 20 overs. In the chase, it was Narine who […]
At a glance Having won the first Test of the series, Bangladesh will look to make it two consecutive whitewashes of Pakistan in the ongoing second Test. Bangladesh’s win in the first match was their first over Pakistan on home soil in the longest format. Today, we now look back at the three best Test […]
At a glance In recent years, the Indian Premier League has become increasingly batting friendly. In fact, the average run rate across the league has been at its highest over the last two seasons. 9.82 so far in 2026 and 9.62 in 2025. As a result, the bowlers have suffered. Fast bowlers, medium pacers, finger […]
At a Glance Jasprit Bumrah walked out to the toss as captain of the Mumbai Indians on Thursday, joining a relatively short list of pace bowlers to have led their team in the Indian Premier League. In this article, we take a look at five fast bowlers who have captained their team in the IPL. […]
At a glance Since the Indian Premier League came into being in 2008, 16 different players have captained the Indian national team across formats. 13 of them captained the country for the first time after the formation of the league. However, only three of them led the Indian team before they captained their franchise side […]
At a Glance Since its inception in 2008, the Indian Premier League has been home to fairytales aplenty. However, we’ve also seen the IPL give us stories of resilience and grit on multiple occasions. One such story is that of Chennai Super Kings pacer Mukesh Choudhary. Choudhary first played in the IPL for CSK in […]
At a Glance The Delhi Capitals kept themselves in the hunt for the playoffs, beating the Punjab Kings in a must-win fixture. Having been set a target of 211, DC beat PBKS by three wickets with an over to spare. The defeat was Punjab’s fourth in a row, a sequence of games that has seen […]
At a Glance On Sunday, Urvil Patel raced to a 13-ball fifty, scoring 65 off just 23 balls as Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants by five wickets. In doing so, Patel equalled the record for the fastest half-century in the Indian Premier League – set by Yashasvi Jaiswal on this day in 2023. […]
At a Glance The Sunrisers Hyderabad came into being in the 2013 Indian Premier League season when the then Hyderabad-based franchise Deccan Chargers were terminated by the IPL. The Initial Sunrisers Hyderabad years In 2013, SRH retained 20 players from the disbanded Deccan Chargers side. Kumar Sangakkara was named captain, Cameron White his deputy. The […]
At a Glance The Kolkata Knight Riders have seen better times than the season they’re currently enduring. One of the original eight Indian Premier League franchises founded in 2008, KKR had the spotlight on them from start. It was Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan that owned the franchise, ensuring eyeballs right from day one. The incredible […]