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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Articles

IPL 2025 showed the might of the uncapped Indian batter

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

The last four balls of IPL 2025 may not have held too much competitive significance, with Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) having already shut Punjab Kings (PBKS) out mathematically, but they were significant at a symbolic level. It was entirely fitting that the tournament ended with an uncapped Indian batter, Shashank Singh, dispatching a world-class overseas quick, Josh Hazlewood, for 6, 4, 6, 6. This was the season of the Uncapped Indian Batter (UIB).
Indian Premier League

3 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190 for 9 (Kohli 43, Arshdeep 3-40, Jamieson 3-48) beat Punjab Kings 184 for 7 (Shashank 61*, Inglis 39, Krunal 2-17, Bhuvneshwar 2-38) by six runsEighteen years spent in the belief that ee sala cup namde (this year the cup is ours), 17 of them ending in wretched disappointment for one of the IPL's biggest and most passionate fan bases, three of them ending with defeat at the final hurdle.
Indian Premier League

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Royal Challengers Bengaluru 190 for 9 (Kohli 43, Arshdeep 3-40, Jamieson 3-48) beat Punjab Kings 184 for 7 (Shashank 61*, Inglis 39, Krunal 2-17, Bhuvneshwar 2-38) by six runsEighteen years spent in the belief that ee sala cup namde (this year the cup is ours), 17 of them ending in wretched disappointment for one of the IPL's biggest and most passionate fan bases, three of them ending with defeat at the final hurdle.
Indian Premier League

3 weeks ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy |Nagraj Gollapudi

Big picture: The break-up of the holy trinitySeven teams have their names etched on the IPL trophy. One of them doesn't exist anymore. Two weren't part of the league when it began. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) have been IPL ever-presents. They've made four finals between them, but neither has won the title. RCB and PBKS have instead come to be grouped with Delhi Capitals (DC), another trophy-less OG franchise, into what social media refers to as the IPL's Holy Trinity.
IPL: MI eliminate GT to set up Qualifier 2 with PBKS

4 weeks ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Karthik Krishnaswamy

By Karthik Krishnaswamy (ESPN CRICINFO): Strip away everything else, and you can more often than not reduce T20 contests to a simple count-off: who hit more sixes? Mumbai Indians (MI) hit 17 in the IPL 2025 Eliminator, and Gujarat Titans (GT) hit eight.
Rohit Sharma 81 sets up 229 chase for Gujarat Titans

4 weeks ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Mumbai Indians have a 17-0 record while defending 200-plus totals in the IPL. They have set Gujarat Titans a target of 229 in the Eliminator, after posting the second-highest total in any IPL playoff game. That total was built on the back of a blazing stand of 84 between a new opening pair. Jonny Bairstow, replacing Ryan Rickelton who has left on international duty, smashed a 22-ball 47 on his debut for his third IPL team.
Mhatre and Urvil show up CSK's old-school auction

1 month ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Urvil Patel, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis. None of them were part of Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) original squad for IPL 2025, so there's some irony to the fact that they finish the season on top of the team's strike rates list (minimum 50 balls faced), having gone at 212.50, 188.97 and 180.00 respectively. These three sit some distance above the next name on the list, Ruturaj Gaikwad (150.61), who is himself a fair way above the rest of the pack (Sam Curran is next at 135.71).
No. 2: Sunil Narine

1 month ago | thecricketmonthly.com | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Tom Moody on what makes Sunil Narine a T20 great Narine was already one of the all-time top five T20 cricketers by December 31, 2016. Of the 111 bowlers to have taken at least 100 wickets in the format up to that point, he was one of only two - his fellow Trinbagonian Samuel Badree was the other - with an economy rate of less than a run a ball.
The middle-order silver lining in Gujarat Titans' heavy defeat

1 month ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

They suffered their joint-second-worst defeat by a runs margin in their history as an IPL team, but Thursday night was still an encouraging one for Gujarat Titans (GT). There's no such thing as a good defeat, of course, and this 33-run loss to Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) put a dent in GT's hopes of a top-two finish. On the way to that result, however, they ticked off at least one significant box ahead of the playoffs. Editor's PicksIPL playoffs: Can Mumbai Indians finish in the top two?
Indian Premier League

1 month ago | espn.in | Karthik Krishnaswamy

Sunrisers Hyderabad 206 for 4 (Abhishek 59, Klaasen 47, Rathi 2-37) beat Lucknow Super Giants 205 for 7 (Marsh 65, Markram 61, Pooran 45, Malinga 2-28) by six wicketsLucknow Super Giants (LSG) are out of the IPL 2025 playoffs race, leaving Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals fighting for the last remaining slot in the top four. LSG made a storming start to their 12th match of IPL 2025, with Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram putting on 115 at close to 11 runs an over.