
On June 25, 1932, a young Indian side walked out at Lord's to play its first Test match. They lost, they were raw, and few gave them much of a future.

In modern cricket, few moments match the electric tension of a game coming down to the very last ball with scores dead even. When standard play cannot separate two teams, the game enters a high-stakes mini-match.

Every superstar you cheer for in an India jersey, from Virat Kohli to Jasprit Bumrah to Yashasvi Jaiswal, was forged in the same furnace: Indian domestic cricket.

A five-time IPL champion is ready to let go of the man it handed the captaincy to just three seasons ago.