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Varun Aaron: 'I wish I was stupider and just did what I had to, without knowing too much about the craft'

The former India fast bowler talks about overthinking, being coached by Dennis Lillee, breaking Stuart Broad's nose, and coping with injury

Writers

Matt Roller

Quietly fades Jos: England's new era leaves no room for Buttler A scratchy semi-final innings highlighted the widening gap between England's new T20 identity and their former talisman's declining form
Karthik Krishnaswamy

Numero uno no more: Could India consider leaving Varun out for the final? The India mysteryspinner is still the No. 1-ranked T20I bowler, but eight of his 11 most expensive spells have come in the last four months
Alan Gardner

India's Death Star meets the Ewoks: Why offspin could decide the final India's explosive left-hand batters have looked vulnerable against offspin, giving New Zealand hope that a simple match-up could expose them
Danyal Rasool

Selections or knee-jerk reactions? PCB's T20 fury spills over to ODIs The board's frustration over the T20 World Cup performance has led to emotion-driven selections that raises more questions than it answers
Steven Lynch

Who has broken Virat Kohli's record for most runs in a single T20 World Cup? And who is the only man to have taken over 100 catches apiece, as wicketkeeper and fielder, in Tests?
Osman Samiuddin

Fining Pakistan's players is weird even by the standard of the PCB doing PCB things Though the fines have not been imposed yet, just the threat of them feels misdirected and like the punchline to a bad joke