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Coming right after the IPL, the T20 World Cup shows how the game can change once the nature of the contest shifts from bat versus bat to bat versus ball.

A five-set epic on the clay of Court Philippe-Chatrier cements Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as heirs to the Big Three’s throne.
He sculpted modern Indian cricket—its aggression, its pace, its unrelenting will—yet found his own career concluded with the impersonal cold exit that leaves behind a bad taste.
Heavy investment in franchises was the first step; the next is franchise owners demanding more playing windows at the expense of bilateral cricket