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May 2025

IPL 2025: Exit Interviews - LSG, KKR & DC
All of these teams had a chance to make the playoffs at times, but really, weren’t that close.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
Zimbabwe's song
They still have something to give to cricket. Their song is not over.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
Zimbabwe's gloom
But what was Zimbabwe’s greatest achievement today? It has to be keeping England to only 498 runs.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
The Zimbabwean Cricket Fog
Zimbabwe cricket has not been around as long as some other countries - but in a small amount of time, they’ve lived a lot of lives.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
IPL 2025: Exit Interviews - CSK, RR & SRH
For a cricket team, exit interviews suck. Because there is only one great result in a season, winning it. And everyone else has to take a good hard look…
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
Previously at the IPL
Parents being able to scream at their useless progeny as Vaibhav Suryavanshi smashes a hundred might just be the true spirit of cricket.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
Virat Kohli - the supernova of Test cricket
He was hero, villain, zealot and totem - and he made you live every moment of his career with him.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
Rohit Sharma retires from Tests
He was not one of the greatest Test batters of all time, but he played innings that even some of the best ever could not have.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 6
This week, we’re looking at teams by their best batting and bowling phases.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
What makes the Gujarat Titans' top three so good?
Is this version of Gujarat’s top three the best that we’ve seen in IPL history?
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
, 
Jarrod Kimber
, and 
Varun Alvakonda

April 2025

IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 5
Looking at the best veteran and best youngster for each team this season
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
Who is the IPL's master of each length?
One bowler emerges above all others: he's the best on a length and back of a length, and in fact owns the entire IPL pitch.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
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IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 4
Today, we look at each team’s batting.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
Why doesn't Rohit make runs in the IPL?
He's a modern-day legend across formats - except when he puts on a Mumbai Indians shirt. Why does that happen?
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
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IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 3
We’ve only looked at each team’s bowling this week, because it still exists and has not yet been banned.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
Virender Sehwag - the first surgeon of slog
His IPL career was a phenomenon then, even more so when seen in context. He was playing death metal in a rock concert.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
, 
Jarrod Kimber
, and 
Varun Alvakonda
1
The new sounds of Rashid Khan
He's gone from predator to defender, but exactly where can his decline be seen? And can it be stopped?
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 2
There's been a lot more movement in the rankings this time, and a lot more action.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber
1
The old three-headed monster for KKR
KKR’s top order is a three-headed monster from the island of misfit toys.
 • 
Jarrod Kimber
IPL 2025: Power Rankings - Episode 1
Remember, we are looking beyond just the points table.
 • 
Shayan Ahmad Khan
 and 
Jarrod Kimber

March 2025

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