George Binoy

1 month ago | thecricketmonthly.com | Sidharth Monga |George Binoy

Bumrah: unplayable, but you've got to play him out No. 7, Jasprit Bumrahby Sidharth MongaBumrah is quite simply one of the two greatest fast bowlers to grace T20 cricket. Lasith Malinga and he appeared together for Mumbai Indians in five editions of the IPL; they won four of those. Bumrah is not a massive wicket-taker; his 17.7 balls per wicket in all T20s is not among the top ten strike rates among fast bowlers who have at least 275 wickets each.

1 month ago | thecricketmonthly.com | Dustin Silgardo |George Binoy |Alan Gardner

Class of '16: Kohli scored just short of 1000 runs in his ninth year in the IPL No. 19, Virat Kohliby Dustin SilgardoSo inflated is the status of Indian cricket's current megastar that it is hard to resist the temptation of the pinprick. And in recent years attempts have been made to poke away at what was previously thought to be an airtight certainty: that Kohli is an elite T20 match-winner.