State of Cricket Newsletter #62

by Cricket Huddle

May 28, 2023

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Let's get right into it. Here's what we got this week.

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  • Stories worth catching up🧋

  • Social of the Week 🧃

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Stories worth catching up🧋

Having an Indian coach or captain is key to IPL teams’ success

Look at the progress made by Rinku Singh under Chandu Pandit, the terrific coming back to a form of Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Chakravarthy, and Nitish Rana growing as a captain.

RCB's chicken-and-egg problem of balance and approach

Spurts of individual brilliance notwithstanding, the last league game showed that RCB remained a boat with more holes than fingers available to plug them all

Who is Himanshu Sharma, the unknown RCB leg-spinner scouted with the help of AI who hasn’t played any professional cricket?

Royal Challengers Bangalore drafted in the uncapped leg-spinner Himanshu Sharma against Gujarat Titans, in the final league match of IPL 2023 – here’s all you need to know about the 24-year-old leggie making his Indian Premier League debut.

‘Can the two selves help each other?’ Mike Brearley on Bazball, Test cricket and psychoanalysis

The 1981 Ashes-winning captain has been captivated by England’s dynamic leadership duo, with another series about to start

What it takes to run an IPL kitchen

Special requests, dietary regimes, and the work that goes into catering for the IPL

Socials of the Week 🧃

Podcast of the Week 🎧

The Do's & Don’ts for Indian Cricketers before their World Test Championship campaign. From Rohit Sharma not playing his pull shot, to accomodating left-handers in the Playing XI. Listen In.

Tweet of the Week 🗨️

Not a bad place to play Cricket

Quote of the Week 🗨️

I think it's the tattoos. We call each other the ink boys. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli on his partnership with Faf du Plessis - the two now hold the record for the most runs by an opening pair in a single IPL season

Video of the Week 🎦

This one is going back. But is it the last time?

Image of the Week 🐐

Present and future GOATS. Did the baton just get passed?

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