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‘Virat Bhai, Williamson and Root’: Dhruv Jurel on Watching Videos and Overseas Preparation

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Dhruv Jurel (PC: RevSportz) India A’s preparatory series in New Zealand provided valuable game time and an opportunity for several batters to familiarise themselves with challenging overseas conditions. Among those who made the most of it was Dhruv Jurel, who returned with a hundred and a fifty. In an interview with RevSportz’s Rohit Juglan in Lincoln, Jurel discusses the lessons from the series, his preparation for overseas tours, the challenges of wicketkeeping in New Zealand and the importance of adapting to changing conditions. Rohit Juglan: Dhruv bhai, what were the key takeaways from this entire series? Although a definitive result couldn’t come through, there are plenty of positives. Dhruv Jurel: I think it was a good series for us because when you get game time, you come here and play in different conditions – the bounce is different, the conditions, the wind, everything comes into play. But I think we did really well. If you talk about our batting, there are so many positi...
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Squad splits up — Ishan, Gaikwad and Siraj likely to feature in final two ODIs

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Team India departure (PC: RevSportz) Hamilton woke up to clear blue skies and shifting priorities began for the Indian team. Skipper Shubman Gill left for the Test camp in Wellington, with his longer-format deputy KL Rahul and seamer Anshul Kamboj in tow. That was around 10 am local time. About a couple of hours later, the squad for the final two ODIs boarded the team bus to Mount Maunganui. The fourth and fifth ODI are on Friday and Sunday respectively, and going by the weather forecast, the days are likely to be rain-free. The two matches will allow Shreyas Iyer, India’s T20I skipper, to get a feel of ODI captaincy as well. The split squad for the ODI series and the regular captain, Gill, moving to red-ball preparations attest the importance of the upcoming two Tests, the first of which will be played in Wellington from November 19.  India’s preparations for the 2027 World Cup has begun in earnest with the ongoing ODI series. But the ICC event is still 11 months aw...
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SKY hails T20 Mumbai League, as champions celebrated and ninth franchise added

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  The MCA celebrates the T20 Mumbai League 2026 champions. WebDesk The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) on Tuesday hosted ‘Celebrating the Champions’, an evening to honour the winners of the T20 Mumbai League 2026 and celebrate the league’s growth, both on and off the field. The event celebrated the league’s progress as a competitive platform for cricketing talent as well as its growing commercial strength, with the formal induction of the ninth franchise marking an important milestone in its journey. The event was attended by India’s T20 World Cup-winning captain and Triumph Knights MNE skipper Suryakumar Yadav, MCA president Ajinkya Naik, T20 Mumbai League Governing Council chairman Rajdip Gupta, T20 Mumbai League players Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Sayali Satghare, players from the teams, MCA office-bearers, members of the MCA Apex Council and League Governing Council, team operators and commercial partners and MCA club Secretaries. The evening saw M...
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How India’s fast-bowling cartel continues to evolve

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Gurnoor Brar in action (PC: RevSportz) Close your eyes for a while and imagine Indian cricket from a bygone era. You might just end up visualising numerous quality spinners. As kids, we even heard stories of Sunil Gavaskar and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi looking to take the shine off the new ball. Mohinder Amarnath talked about this very subject at length in his autobiography when he made his Test debut against the touring Australians.   The arrival of Kapil Dev heralded a new era of sorts. Yet, India was best known for swing and seam bowlers. Meanwhile, pace bowlers from the West Indies, South Africa, Australia and Co. seemed to tower well over six feet. Not just that, a lot of them seemed to snap their backs quite hard and extract awkward bounce from a slightly fuller length.   In the 1990s, in that regard, Javagal Srinath felt like an anomaly; a 6’3” hit-the-deck fast bowler playing for India. It is true that his Karnataka teammate, Venkatesh Prasad, is tall too, bu...
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An Ashes Summer and a £50 Million Hole – whats ailing ECB

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England and Wales Cricket Board (PC: ECB) England will host the Ashes in 2027 and could still lose £50 million. This sounds rather intriguing and needs deep dive; in a sense, it might just reveal more about any argument about whether Test cricket is dying. The grounds could be full and the cricket could be magnificent, but the ECB could still have a very bad year. The board’s audited accounts had already warned of a significant loss in a summer without a home men’s series against India. The reported ICC decision to hold back part of its distribution adds a second hit, with the amount still uncertain.  We need to break this down to understand what role India plays in world cricket. Is this a cyclical event and do broads plan for it that way? Or is the impact of own leagues like the Hundred. Lalit Modi challenged the Hundred’s investor projections in 2024, including an assumption that international TV rights would climb from £2.1 million in 2024 to £34.8 million by 2032. The ECB re...
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David Warner Was Made the Fall Guy in Sandpapergate, Usman Khawaja’s Admission Finally Brings Closure

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Image: David Warner/Usman Khawaja For eight years, David Warner has been the principal villain of Sandpapergate. He was the one who had to shoulder much of the blame and endure the humiliation. In 2018, he had two very young daughters, and even they were not spared. Finally, the truth is out, and I am glad Usman Khawaja has come out in support of Warner. Only, he could have done so much earlier and spared Warner and his family the pain they had to endure. As journalists, we are often privy to things that we cannot write or speak about. Warner and I have been close friends for years, and for much of that time, I was aware that he was being given a raw deal. To take everything away from him and make him the fall guy was utterly wrong. In that sense, Usman has ensured that justice has finally been served. Why did I not write about it earlier? If I had all the details, why not put them out? The answer is simple. Warner did not want to speak about these things publicly. He wanted them to...
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Suryakumar Yadav Named Mumbai Captain for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

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 (PC: BCCI) Suryakumar Yadav will lead Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2026, with the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announcing a 16-member squad on Monday. The squad features several familiar names, including Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube and Sarfaraz Khan, as Mumbai prepare for the upcoming domestic T20 competition. Speaking about his appointment, Suryakumar said that representing Mumbai had always been a matter of immense pride and that he was honoured to lead the side. “It is always a matter of immense pride to represent Mumbai. I am honoured to lead this talented group in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy,” he said, according to an MCA media release. “Mumbai has a rich cricketing legacy and a winning culture, and we will look to uphold those traditions.” He also spoke about the balance within the squad and the team’s ambitions for the tournament. “We have a good mix of experienced players and exciting young talent, and I am confident that the team will come together, play...
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