Former England captain Michael Vaughan has launched a scathing critique of the MCG pitch after 20 wickets tumbled on Day 1 of the Boxing Day Test, calling it excessively bowler-friendly and ‘unfair for the batters.’
Former India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth has called for Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to be fast-tracked into the senior national team, drawing bold parallels between the 14-year-old prodigy and a teenage Sachin Tendulkar.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground became a bowler’s paradise and a batsman’s nightmare on Boxing Day, with former England captain Alastair Cook calling the ‘MCG pitch’ an ‘unfair’ contest after all 20 wickets tumbled on day one of the Ashes Test.
In a stunning and chaotic opening day at the MCG, 20 wickets tumbled, a record crowd watched on, and Stuart Broad declared there’s ‘something really wrong’ with the pitch. We break down the drama, the history, and the growing controversy.
In a surprising revelation, former RCB captain Anil Kumble has dropped a bombshell: Venkatesh Iyer, despite his Rs. 7 crore price tag, is not expected to break into the Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s starting XI for IPL 2026. Find out the strategic reasoning behind this bold prediction.
Once hailed as a revolutionary force in Test cricket, Bazball now faces its sternest test—not just on the pitch, but in its very relevance—after a disastrous Ashes campaign in Australia.