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Cricket Batting Drills to Improve Your Game | Becoming a Champion Batter

Cricket Batting Drills to Improve Your Game | Becoming a Champion Batter

Cricket batting drills build repeatable movement, timing, balance and shot selection. This ZAP Cricket guide covers shadow practice, cone work, hanging-ball drills, targeted practice, adaptability and format-specific training for developing batters.

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Meg Lanning with the ICC World Cup Trophy

GOAT in Women’s Cricket: The Greatest Women's Cricket Player

Who is the GOAT of women's cricket? ZAP Cricket compares legends including Mithali Raj, Meg Lanning, Charlotte Edwards, Belinda Clark, Jhulan Goswami and Ellyse Perry using records, leadership, longevity and influence. The final judgement is ZAP's editorial view.

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A player doing his shadow batting practoce with the ZAP Glaze Tennis Cricket Bat

Ultimate Guide: How to Choose the Perfect Tennis Cricket Bat

Choosing a tennis cricket bat is about ball type, pickup, profile, sweet spot, handle, edge distribution and feel. ZAP Cricket explains how Kashmir willow and scoop profiles work, and what to check before buying a bat for soft or hard tennis-ball cricket.

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Jemimah Rodrigues recieves a trophy during the T20 World Cup

Jemimah Rodrigues: The Young Gun of the Indian Women's Team

Jemimah Rodrigues is one of India's key middle-order batters and a WPL captain. This updated ZAP profile covers her 2025 Women's ODI World Cup triumph, Delhi Capitals' 2026 final run and the hamstring injury that ruled her out of the 2026 Asia Cup and Asian Games.

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Rishabh Pant Raises a thumb to celebrate a century

Rishabh Pant: Career, Comeback, IPL Journey & Return to Delhi Capitals

Rishabh Pant's story runs from fearless Test batting and Delhi Capitals captaincy to his recovery from the 2022 car accident, a record INR 27 crore move to LSG and a confirmed return to Delhi Capitals in June 2026.

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Jhulan Goswami celebrating a wicket

Chakdaha express: A biography of Jhulan Goswami

Jhulan Goswami carried India's pace attack for nearly two decades and still owns the women's ODI record with 255 wickets. This updated ZAP profile covers her career, captaincy, retirement, coaching work and the record-setting legacy that helped shape Indian women's cricket.

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Chris Gayle hits a six against Rajasthan Royals

Players and Teams with the Most Sixes in IPL History: Hitting it Big

Chris Gayle remains the IPL's all-time six-hitting leader with 357, while Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have moved above 300. This updated ZAP leaderboard runs through IPL 2026 and also highlights Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's 72 sixes in the 2026 season.

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Virat Kohli celebrates a victory as the Indian Cricket Team captain

What Are Virat Kohli's Captaincy Records in Tests, ODIs, T20Is and IPL?

Virat Kohli led India across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, building one of the strongest captaincy records in Indian cricket. This guide looks at his results in each format, his IPL captaincy with RCB, and how his leadership record compares with other Indian captains.

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Smriti Mandhana batting in the WPL

Smriti Mandhana: India Captain, Records, Career & RCB WPL Titles

Smriti Mandhana is India's new women's captain and the all-time leading run-scorer in women's international cricket. This updated ZAP profile covers her 10,880-run milestone, record 18 centuries, 2025 ODI World Cup triumph and WPL titles with RCB in 2024 and 2026.

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