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  Indian Cricket Team Selection: Reward & Deprivation The World’s toughest league, IPL, is over. The challenges are enormous for Cricket India in the next few months, with team build-up leading to the Asia Cup Cricket, 2027 ODI World Cup and the 2027 World Test Championships. The need is to field the best team based on performance to be at the top of the performance table. Indian Cricket can boast of multiple talented players and a strong bench strength in the white-ball format; thus, it becomes equally important to field the best team in all tournaments. BCCI and the selectors have made it clear with some bold decisions: rewarding players for their performances and, in a few cases, visible deprivation. T20 Teams for the upcoming bilateral series and Asian Games. The performances in the Indian Premier League should have been the yardstick for selection, and the selection committee has maintained that spirit by axing the Team India Captain till recently Surya Kumar Yadav with th...

  The Rising Sun 'Soorya’vanshi’ The advent of a 14-year-old sensation in Indian Cricket is nothing less than a marvel. The wonder boy in Indian sports history, the new prodigy in cricket, has mesmerised the Cricket followers all over the World. Starting his Cricket career in the big leagues, he made his debut for Bihar in the Ranji Trophy at the age of 12. He became the most talked-about cricketer in recent times. What more a young Sooryavanshi wants, the words of praise from the God of Cricket sums it up all......Sachin Tendulkar showers heaps of praises on Vaibhav's batting, certifying his strong wrist work and his ability to pick up the ball early to place his strokes effectively. The young boy made his IPL debut in 2025, smashing his first century, 101 runs against the Gujarat Titans in 38 balls. The boy from Tajpur village, Samastipur, Bihar, who worked hard to pursue his passion, ably supported by his father, is now the new Champion of the World Under-19 group and the em...

  Pressure on the Champions or sudden dip in the form; IPL 2026? Globally, the toughest T20 league - Indian Premier League The World’s toughest T20 league has started on a promising note after India's recent back-to-back T20 World Cup victory. The first two games saw a record turnout to witness the Champions and the legends of the game. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, though retired from the T20 International arena, provided some excellent Cricketing entertainment with authentic hits to the fence / over the fence. The first seven days of the tournament gave a glimpse of the star performers and for those who couldn't start off effectively. The pressure is mounting on the teams and their players to perform. Decoding the back-to-back loss of the Kolkata Knight Riders: The 6th game in the  TATA IPL 2026 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad was rated as the fight between two great teams in IPL history, with Champion players. On one side, the likes of Travis Head,...