Cricket History

Why are there razors in the Mumbai Indians logo, why did the Punjab Kings (PBKS) logo originally have the letter KJHPH, what did Shah Rukh Khan want to call the Kolkata Knight Riders originally, how Virat Kohli went to RCB, how MS Dhoni became the most expensive player at the first IPL auction, and more astounding IPL trivia.

Cricket history: Rajasthan Royals are at No. 1 in the IPL 2024 Points Table. How did they perform till 2023?

How did the top 3 teams in the IPL 2024 Points Table - Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad - fare up till 2023. A snapshot of how things stood ahead of IPL 2024.

Cricket history: Jemimah Rodrigues, R. Ashwin, Dharamshala Test in March 2024, the WPL Delhi leg, and other history-making turns in Q1 2024

Cricket roundup: How good can Hardik Pandya be as IPL captain? Consider this: Before the booing at Wankhede and the incessant trolling on social media, the Baroda boy joined Shane Warne in the record books as a captain who took his team to an IPL win in its inaugural season.

All you need to know about Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals

Why are Rajasthan Royals called IPL’s Moneyball Team? Which major cricketing talent was discovered by the Rajasthan Royals (think Ravindra Jadeja)? How did Kamran Khan and Pravin Tambe find their way into the Indian Premier League?

IPL 2024 factoids: Biggest winners & losers of Indian Cricket League vs Indian Premier League

How IPL began - Part 4: - The Indian Premier League sounded the death knell for the Indian Cricket League (ICL), which had to pack up after just two years (2007-09). BCCI and ICC also imposed bans on cricketers like Brian Lara, Rohit Gavaskar, J.P. Yadav, Chris Cairns and Inzamam-ul-Haq, who had signed up for the ICL.

IPL 2024 factoids: Remember Subhash Chandra's Indian Cricket League? Here what happened...

Beginnings of IPL - Part 3: Back when cricket did not pay as much, Indian players used to participate in privately organised masala matches for money. Subhash Chandra's Indian Cricket League, however, was far bigger than any private cricket events India had known till then.

IPL 2024 factoids: Lalit Modi & the beginnings of the Indian Premier League

How IPL began - Part 2: Lalit Modi submitted a proposal to the BCCI in the 1990s, for a 50-over cricket tournament with city-based, privately owned teams comprising Indian and foreign cricketers. The matches would be played under lights and have extensive television coverage. The entertainment would last four to six weeks a year.

IPL 2024 factoids: When was the first time M.S. Dhoni led India in T20 cricket?

How T20 cricket and the Indian Premier League began in India - Part 1: India was reluctant to play less than 50 overs in a game. Even when India decided to play ball in 2007, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, and Rahul Dravid all opted out of the World T20. Enter: the then young player from Ranchi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Duncan Fearnley - bat maker to Ian Botham, Allan Border, Viv Richards, Sunil Gavaskar, Wasim Akram - dies at 83

Duncan Fearnley, first-class English batsman and maker of Duncan Fearnley bats, died on March 8, 2024. A look back at his legacy, including making bats for cricketers like Allan Lamb and Ravi Shastri.

Cricket history: Earthquake during a match & stranger things on England's past tours of India

Cricket history: From monkeys on the ground to a Guardian reporter almost getting inducted into the England XI - bizarre events on past tours of England in India.

What Rohit Sharma said to Shubman Gill is a drop in the ocean of skirmishes cricketers have had

Cricketers lashing out at each other is hardly new. Cricketers disagreeing with teammates on the field is rarer. A look back in cricket history, to the most memorable times cricketers have fought with teammates.

Angelo Mathews timed out and 10 other unusual World Cup dismissals

Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews became the first cricketer to be given timed out in the 146-year history of international cricket. However, his was far from being the first unusual dismissal in cricket World Cup history.

ODI World Cup 2023 Ind vs SL | Renewing rivalries and unravelling cricket's untold stories

Cricket history: Ahead of the 1996 ODI World Cup, India were considered the much stronger cricket team. But no one told Sanath Jayasuriya that. And then Aravinda de Silva packed on more surprises...

ODI World Cup 2023 IND vs ENG: A historical rivalry beyond borders and taxes

A wounded tiger and a hurting defending champion are dangerous customers at any time

ODI World Cup 2023: India vs Bangladesh | What's changed since the India - Bangladesh face-off in 2007 ODI World Cup

The first time India and Bangladesh faced each other in an ODI World Cup in 2007, it ended in a major upset. What happened back then, and what's changed since.

Is this the funniest X handle by a cricket association anywhere in the world?

Amid rising ODI World Cup fever, @icelandcricket provides a welcome bit of self-deprecating humour and fun.

Ahead of the ODI World Cup 2023, a look back at the Indian cricket team's track record

A decade by decade look at the ODI World Cup track record of India since 1975.

India’s largest sports library needs a turnaround

There is much more to a successful library than an incredible collection of books from around the world, going back 100-plus years.

India vs West Indies: Why the Calypso Kings don't excite the same anticipation, and fear, any more

Two-time former champions, West Indies will not even be a part of the ODI World Cup to be staged in India this October-November.

Cricket history | Don't knock Bazball yet: A short history of cricket innovations that worked

As the Fourth Test of Ashes 2023 nears its end, a look at cricketing shots, equipment, strategies and manoeuvres that were once new but are now widely adopted.

1952-53: When India first toured the West Indies to play Test cricket

In 1948-49, the West Indies were the first team to play Test cricket in Independent India. The return tour, in 1952-53, was even more special, especially to the Indian contingent in the Caribbean, many of whom had never seen people from their homeland, whom they called East Indians.

40 years since India's 1983 World Cup victory | When Kapil's Devils changed Indian cricket forever

Kapil Dev holding the World Cup trophy aloft on the Lord’s balcony on June 25, 1983, encapsulated the determination of the underdog and the value of bloody-mindedly setting out to chart one’s own path.

Indian cricket on radio through the years

There's something comforting about listening to cricket commentary on the radio. Even today, during travel, if the internet signal isn't strong or while driving, the FM radio, younger sibling of the AIR, remains a go-to.

Exhibition at Lord’s tells the story of how cricket became a global sport

The exhibition ‘MCC and the Empire of Cricket’ showcases how MCC lost its imperial hubris, but also reflects its effort to promote goodwill and mutual understanding today.

When was the first World Test Championship held?

Even the Asian Test Championship, started in 1998, was not the first ever multi-nation Test tournament. For that, we need to go way back to 1912, when the triangular tournament was held, and later forgotten.