Karthik Krishnaswamy

Bangalore

Assistant Editor at ESPN Cricinfo

Photographer at Freelance

He/him. Cricket writer by day, photographer by night. Except when I work night shifts. Which is often.

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Indian Premier League

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Mumbai Indians 166 for 6 ( (Jacks 36, Rickelton 31, Cummins 3-26, Malinga 2-36) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 162 for 5 (Abhishek 40, Klaasen 37, Jacks 2-14) by four wicketsMumbai Indians won an important toss, got the best of the conditions, and made excellent use of them to run away to their third win of the season, beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by four wickets. They sent SRH in on an unusually sluggish pitch at the Wankhede Stadium and restricted them to 162 for 5.
Axar Patel: 'I am not following a template' as captain

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Shashank Kishore

If a captain is only as a good as his results, Axar Patel is the class-topper at IPL 2025. He has led Delhi Capitals (DC) to five wins in six games so far - in what is his first season as captain of a team in the competition - and, crucially, has found the right people to do the right jobs for him in crunch situations. Mitchell Starc on Wednesday evening, for example. And a lot of the success is down to "trusting my instincts", Axar said after the Super Over win over Rajasthan Royals (RR).
Did RR choose the wrong batters for the Super Over? Bishop and Pujara think so

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Shashank Kishore

Did Rajasthan Royals (RR) get their choice of batters wrong in the Super Over against Delhi Capitals (DC) in Delhi? After Mitchell Starc tied the game for DC in regular time, RR sent in Shimron Hetmyer and Riyan Parag - a left-right combination - for the Super Over, with Yashasvi Jaiswal as the third batter. Starc once again took the ball for DC and conceded only 11, with Parag and Jaiswal run out on the fourth and fifth deliveries, respectively.
Axar hopes to have du Plessis back for DC's next game

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Faf du Plessis, the Delhi Capitals (DC) vice-captain, hasn't played since April 10, when he picked up an injury during the match away against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). Axar Patel, the DC captain, isn't totally sure where du Plessis stands with his fitness - and hasn't confirmed the nature of the injury - but is hoping he would be back for DC's next game, away against Gujarat Titans (GT) on Saturday.
Reverse in fast forward - Starc's three overs of yorker mayhem

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Shashank Kishore |Nagraj Gollapudi

"Why don't they just bowl yorkers?"It's a refrain you might hear from a disgruntled uncle watching fast bowlers get walloped in the end overs of a T20 game. You even hear it from TV commentators sometimes. The yorker remains the hardest ball for most batters to hit, but it's one with a low margin for error. Err with your length a little bit, and you're delivering two of the easier lengths for batters to hit: full-tosses and half-volleys.
Are SRH too reliant on Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma?

1 week ago | espn.in | S Sudarshanan |Karthik Krishnaswamy |Hemant Brar

A few bowlers awaiting their turn at the Mumbai Indians (MI) nets on Wednesday peered over to their right. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) were into their training and two key batters were doing their thing. A mellow version of Travis Head went through several of his shots, just not with the free-flowing bat swing. In the adjacent net, Abhishek Sharma had a longish bowling stint with plenty of laughs - at one point he was adamant Abhinav Manohar was caught by one of the imaginary boundary riders.
Mohit Sharma: 'I feel it is important to have pressure. It always teaches you something'

1 week ago | espn.in | Nagraj Gollapudi |Sidharth Monga |Karthik Krishnaswamy

Mohit Sharma corrects me and points out he is not 34 but 36 years old. "I will take it as a compliment, though," he says, chuckling, during our meeting in Chennai earlier this month. Despite his international career falling off the map due to a combination of back injuries and the emergence of younger, fitter, highly skilled fast bowlers, Mohit, who last played for India in 2015, has managed to find a second wind in his IPL career.
Karun Nair takes his long-awaited chance to light up big stage again

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

"Dear cricket, give me one more chance."Karun Nair tweeted this on December 10, 2022, when he was at his lowest ebb as a cricketer. Here was a Test-match triple-centurion and a giant of the domestic game - a central figure in back-to-back treble-winning seasons for Karnataka - left out of his state team, across formats. He had only just turned 31. It was only natural, then, that this tweet gained a lot of traction on Sunday, April 13, 2025.
With luck on his side, Abhishek takes T20 hitting out of this world

1 week ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

"He was a bit lucky as well, even though he played an exceptional knock which was out of this world, to be honest."This was Shreyas Iyer, interviewed immediately after his team, Punjab Kings (PBKS), had suffered an extraordinary defeat at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who had chased down 246 with nine balls to spare courtesy a 55-ball 141 from Abhishek Sharma.
Uncapped Arya gives a masterclass in see ball, hit ball

2 weeks ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Virender Sehwag was a cricketer of many extraordinary gifts, but the thing that made him so different from other players with similar gifts in his era was an ability to distil the complex art of batting into a pursuit of crystal-clear simplicity. His philosophy could be condensed into two maxims: "forget the previous ball", and "see ball, hit ball". The philosophy existed even before anyone needed to put words to it. He didn't need to repeat the words to himself as the bowler ran in.