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Gill picks up the torch

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The Top Six The month in cricket No.1

When it comes to drugs, does the punishment fit the crime? • Kagiso Rabada’s one-month ban for recreational drug use raises questions about the inconsistencies in how punishments are meted out for such offences, writes Andrew Miller

Bashir turns convention on its head • Shoaib Bashir’s performance against Zimbabwe strengthened Ben Stokes’ conviction in the mercurial spinner though his career is without precedent in English cricket, writes Jo Harman-McGowan

NEWS CYCLE • Ben Gardner spends this month in the pocket of Big Bethell

Kohli’s exit leaves unfillable vacuum • Virat Kohli’s retirement from Test cricket will leave a gaping hole this summer but with his form in terminal decline it was the right time to make his exit, writes Lawrence Booth

The DIARY • A long-awaited Test match in England, a first encounter with a teenage star-in-waiting, and joy at seeing Zimbabwean talent blossom

TEAM OF THE MONTH • Jo Harman picks a side of the month’s standout performers including two veterans from the triumphant RCB side who ended their 18-year wait for silverware

Delivering A Global Game

POD LiFE • The best of the last month’s action on Wisden’s podcast channels

Greener Futures NO.10 THE KIT CRISIS • Next in our series, Jo Harman-McGowan looks at a pioneering kit reuse scheme aiming to make the game more inclusive and sustainable

RE:VIEW • Who will win the five-Test series between England and India, and which players will dominate?

Mailbox • Letter of the month receives a Wisden umbrella, the perfect companion for a day at the cricket

The extraordinary story of one man's heart • ‘When I finished, when everything I’d worked so hard for got taken away from me, my life should have been pretty unhappy. Mentally I should have been in a poor place. But I’ve loved my life ever since’

“Rehan Ahmed is as talented a player as I’ve ever been around” • Taylor on the development of the Foxes’ leg-spinning all-rounder

THE COUNTY FILES • Covering all 18 first-class counties in every issue, including news, interviews and stats from the men’s and women’s game

Jewell in the crown

Killeen makes five-star debut

Allison a silver lining for struggling Essex

Glamorgan enjoy darling buds of May

Singh Dale enters England’s pace race

Adams picks up where she left off

Only way is up for sorry Kent

Benkenstein pays price for dismal start

Jarvis announces departure with Foxes riding high

Kane’s in town

Old dog Sanderson shows off new tricks

Hameed steers Notts to summit

Rew relishes landmark month

Record crowds swarm to The Oval

Reputations burnished as Sussex roll on

Zen finds his happy place

Singh in the spotlight as Pears look to salvage season

Hill on top but Tykes toil

A ENGLAND v INDIA A NEW DAWN • Following the retirements of their three biggest beasts and the appointment of a greenhorn captain, Aadya Sharma opens our series preview by examining how India are shaping up for their mouthwatering five-Test encounter with England

THE STOKES AGENDA • The time for debate is over. England’s great Test experiment has reached the final assessment stage. Can they pass their toughest examination yet and achieve sporting immortality?

THE BUMRAH EXPERIENCE • From humble beginnings in Ahmedabad, Jasprit Bumrah has become undisputably the best cross-format fast...