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Quick comment: Mumbai Indians have the best names. They don’t have the best T20 team | Cricket News

Quick comment: Mumbai Indians have the best names. They don’t have the best T20 team | Cricket News

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4 min readChennaiMay 2, 2026 10:56 PM IST The question Mumbai Indians can no longer avoid is not about form. It is about design. Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma — three of them T20 World Cup winners. On paper, a batting lineup as strong as any in the tournament. And yet on Saturday, Surya found Dewald Brevis at deep cover just as he was finding his touch. Tilak, whose hundred a few games ago felt like a turning point, slogged Noor Ahmad against the turn and top-edged to cover — a dismissal that summed up his campaign in one stroke. Pandya lasted 23 deliveries of thick edges, inside edges, swing and miss before he holed out at the deep. Three star names. Collective contribution: insufficient. But the form of individuals is not the real problem. The real problem is structural. In three IPL seasons, the defining shift in T20 batting has been the emergence of what might be called the new-age T20 baby — young, fearless, powerplay-oriented batsmen who don’t just score …

Catch dropped, spinners awry: A forgettable day for Kerala in Ranji Trophy final | Cricket News

Catch dropped, spinners awry: A forgettable day for Kerala in Ranji Trophy final | Cricket News

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Under the enormous stairs behind the dressing room, fans were clicking photographs with Vidarbha’s cricketers after the day’s play. Yash Rathod rubbed his jaws, tired after the selfie spree with his parents and relatives. A few yards away, near the lawns, Harsh Dubey was busily reeling off autographs to a bunch of schoolboys. Squad members frolicked in the corridor of the dressing room. Officials greeted each other with warm smiles and hugs. An irrepressible air of festivity soaked the Jamtha. One more day remains to wrap up a largely absorbing Ranji Trophy, but Vidarbha have sauntered to a spot of near-infallibility. The hosts have gathered a lead of 286 runs, have six wickets intact, and are in no mood to make the game adventurous by declaring early. “We want to bat as long as possible,” Vidarbha’s batting pillar Karun Nair would say. His side would have no overwhelming aspirations to venture for an outright victory, rather they would travel the safe route of batting Kerala out of the game and prevail by the virtue of …

How clever Vidarbha outwitted defensive-minded Kerala on the opening day

How clever Vidarbha outwitted defensive-minded Kerala on the opening day

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Three batting specialists of Vidarbha were knocking the ball in the dry, bald patch outside the dugout when captain Akshay Wadkar breezed past them after the toss, ignored them all and gestured to spinner Parth Rekhade, shadow bowling beside the sightscreen, to pad up. Slightly bemused, even though he had batted at No 3 in the first innings against Mumbai, Rekhade blitzed up the stairs. Nearly 25 minutes later, he strode out with Dhruv Shorey to face the first ball of the game. He lasted merely two balls, leg before the wicket to a late-swinging pearler from MD Nidheesh on review. But it was the first sign that Vidarbha would outwit Kerala on the first day of the Ranji Trophy final. When the makeshift opener retreated, the decoy one-drop walked in. Darshan Nalkande usually bats at No 8, but to nullify the moisture-induced movement, Vidarbha were ready to sacrifice a lower-order batsman.“We thought if they could face a few deliveries and take the shine off the ball, it would be good for the top-order batsmen. …

Danish Malewar hits hundred in Ranji final to power Vidarbha

Danish Malewar hits hundred in Ranji final to power Vidarbha

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Upon completing his three-figure mark, Danish Malewar dropped his helmet and bat on the ground, raised his hands, gazed at the skies with eyes shut, put his index finger into his ears and bowed down. “It’s how I always celebrate, like my idol KL Rahul, just to show that I am at peace, that the outside noise doesn’t affect me,” he says, with a bashful smile. None begrudged a rare show of blustery youth, for he had batted with preternatural poise to script his second hundred, an unbeaten 138 (259 balls), of his maiden first-class season and put Vidarbha on the saddle of the Ranji Trophy final (258 for 4 ). Malewar is only 21. But he could pass off as a high schoolboy; the stubble is thin and patchy, his voice is faint and quivery, and drowned in the chatter of his colleagues playing football on the edge of the fence. But with the bat in his hand, he is articulate and time-travels into a mature, battle-hardened batsman, whose stroke-play blazed as much as …

Who is Danish Malewar, 21-year-old Vidarbha batter who hit century in Ranji Trophy Final against Kerala? | Cricket News

Who is Danish Malewar, 21-year-old Vidarbha batter who hit century in Ranji Trophy Final against Kerala? | Cricket News

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Vidarbha batter Danish Malewar set up the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 final on Wednesday, smashing a 168-ball century on the opening day after his side were put into bat by Kerala at the VCA Stadium, Jamtha in Nagpur. The stylish right-hander helped Vidarbha overcome a massive scare on a greenish pitch that aided the seamers first up in the first session. Tweaking the batting order slightly, Akshay Wadkar’s men sent lower-order bats Parth Rekhade and Darshan Nalkande up the order to see off the new ball. The plan backfired as Kerala pacers struck thrice within 12 overs, leaving the hosts 24 for three. Walking in at number four, Malewar and No. 5 Karun Nair then forged a crucial stand as the pair led Vidarbha to lunch. Carrying on their 100-plus partnership after the break, Malewar coasted to his second century of the ongoing season, his maiden campaign for last year’s runner-ups. After moving up to 99 with a six off left-arm spinner Aditya Sarvate, Malewar brought up the milestone with a four off the same bowler …

Vidarbha in driver’s seat despite Mumbai lower-order fightback in Ranji Trophy semi-final | Cricket News

Vidarbha in driver’s seat despite Mumbai lower-order fightback in Ranji Trophy semi-final | Cricket News

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Yash Rathod, batting at No 5 and Askhay Wadkar after him, ensured Vidarbha remained in the driver’s seat despite the hosts facing turbulence early in their second innings against Mumbai. Day three of the Ranji Trophy semi-finals at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha witnessed a gritty approach, some cautious batting and moments of desperation to reach a safe zone. It started with Mumbai’s wicket-keeper opener Akash Anand producing a display of determination, and reaching his hundred, which gave the defending champions hope to remain in the game. Mumbai were all out for 270 runs with Vidarbha taking a 113-run first-innings lead. Defending champion Mumbai, who resumed their innings at 188/7, saw their last three batsmen adding 82 runs. Anand and Tanush Koitan scored 67 of those runs, which enabled Mumbai to get closer to Vidarbha’s total of 383. Kotian was lucky to stay on when he was dropped in the fourth ball of the day and he ensured that Vidarbha regretted that error. Mumbai looked to kill time and didn’t indulge in playing rash shots. …

Danish Malewar, Dhruv Shorey hit 70s but Mumbai fight back against Vidarbha

Danish Malewar, Dhruv Shorey hit 70s but Mumbai fight back against Vidarbha

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Young Vidarbha batsman Danish Malewar is in his maiden Ranji Trophy season, but has already made quite an impact. The semifinal against Mumbai is his eighth First-Class match, and he has already registered six scores of 50 or above. His 79 on Monday helped put his team in a strong position as they ended the first day on 308/5. However, what has concerned the 21-year-old is that in only one of those knocks did he manage to reach three figures – 115 against Gujarat. On Monday in Nagpur, Malewar again crossed the half-century mark before anxiety crept into his game. The youngster knows that he gets more cautious in his approach after crossing 60 with a nagging fear that he would get out soon. His fears came true when he took his front foot out to left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, only managing to edge the ball to Mumbai wicketkeeper Akash Anand. It was Malewar’s second successive dismissal in the 70s after making 75 in the quarterfinal against Tamil Nadu. Story continues below this ad However, …