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Image: BCCI Women India don’t go into the T20 World Cup as favourites, and this is known to anyone who follows the sport closely. Unlike in the 50-over format, which India has mastered, the T20 format is still not India’s strength when it comes to the women’s game. It is exactly the opposite for the men. India’s prowess in men’s T20 cricket is now widely acknowledged. Not so in the 50-over game, where Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill need to create a template and prove a point. Coming to the Women’s T20 World Cup, the truth is that India will have to beat one of either South Africa or Australia to make the semi-finals. And it is a very difficult task. India recently lost a series against South Africa 1–4 and Australia will always be the team to beat in the women’s game. This is where we need to back the team. There is momentum in the sport post the World Cup win back home and, from that standpoint, the T20 World Cup is of enormous importance. If the team isn’t able to go the distance...

Ireland Women_T20 World Cup 2026 (PC: Ireland Cricket) Ireland will begin their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign against Scotland in Manchester on June 13. The side heads into the mega event with plenty of confidence after a string of encouraging performances. They defeated West Indies and Pakistan in the recent home tri-series, pushed South Africa close despite ending up on the losing side, and then beat Bangladesh in one of their two warm-up matches. Ahead of their tournament opener, Cricket Ireland High Performance Director Graeme West spoke exclusively to RevSportz about expectations from the team, the current structure of women’s cricket in Ireland and the importance of playing top-ranked nations regularly. West expects the side to continue building on the progress reflected in their recent performances and results. “Sort of the expectation is that they continue to show that growth, and it has been reflected in those results over the last couple of weeks, which is reall...

Taskin Ahmed (PC: X) Bangladesh right arm pacer Taskin Ahmed has responded to critics after his side’s historic 2-0 ODI series win over Australia. He highlighted that the victory came on good cricket wicket rather than the slow surface often associated with Mirpur, Dhaka. Speaking after Bangladesh’s win, Taskin said the achievement is more special because it came on a good wicket. “This time no one can say anything about the wicket either,” Taskin said to the reporters as quoted by Cricbuzz. “We’re playing on a good wicket. It’s not a paddy field, okay? We’re playing on a good wicket and beating a good team. So it’s a great achievement.” Critics has actively raised questions over Bangladesh’s pitch and they believe such conditions gives host an advantage.However, the wicket used in the ongoing series against Australia provided equal help for both batters and the bowlers. Speaking about Bangladesh’s progress as a team Taskin said, “As a team, we’ve been ...

Stokes in action for England. (PC: X/ICC) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has opposed the idea of sacking Ben Stokes as Test captain following the nightclub incident. Two days ago, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) issued a media release stating that it would investigate a late-night nightclub incident involving Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson. Since then, reports in the British media have suggested that Stokes is considering retirement from international cricket or that the ECB could remove him as captain. Vaughan, however, is not in favour of such action against the talismanic all-rounder. “Yes, Ben Stokes broke a curfew. Yes, he made a mistake. But is that a sackable offence as England’s Test captain? I don’t think so,” Vaughan wrote in his column for The Telegraph. “The ECB has to be brave enough and strong enough to do what it thinks is right. If that is to sack him, then fine, but I do not agree with that decision on this issue....

Lalchand Rajput(PC: X.com) On Tuesday, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was dismissed for 14, playing for India A against Sri Lanka A in the ongoing tri-series in the Island nation. Suddenly there was a bit of a noise. As weird as it may sound, it probably wasn’t unexpected. Non-achievers revel in schadenfreude and social media gives poison a platform. There would be a section, keyboard warriors, who would like to see the teenager fail at the international level just to have the satisfaction of predicting it right. It’s deplorable, but unavoidable. Serious cricket minds will obviously not take such trolls seriously, and like Lalchand Rajput said, it would be preposterous to talk down a player as talented as Sooryavanshi on the basis of a few innings in international cricket. “I feel that a guy who has done so well and then one game you cannot judge it because he has not performed,” Rajput, India’s T20 World Cup-winning coach from 2007 who now guides the UAE team, said, speakin...

Richa Ghosh (Image: BCCI) For years, Richa Ghosh has been viewed as India’s designated finisher. The batter who walks in during the final five overs and clears the ropes from ball one. It is a role she has performed admirably and one that has earned her a reputation as one of the cleanest strikers in women’s cricket. But what if India are leaving runs on the table by using her solely as a finisher? A closer look at Richa’s numbers in 2026 suggests exactly that. India’s final warm-up game against England in Cardiff provided another reminder of a trend that has repeatedly appeared in Richa Ghosh’s numbers this year. Chasing 172, India were in trouble when Richa walked in with work still to do. She responded with a counter-attacking innings that almost dragged India across the line before England eventually held on for a five-run win. It was a reminder of something that has repeatedly appeared in the numbers this year: give Richa time and she becomes exponentially more dangerous. At ...