India, April 15 -- When the going gets tough, the past seems sweeter, and nostalgia serves as a soothing balm. The same is true of sports as well. The player who misses out or is dropped always seems better when the replacement struggles. But more often than not, the factors are different. Yet the voices that form the outside noise, drive the narrative against the incumbent option, often overlooking the factors that led to the present choice.

In the Kolkata Knight Riders camp, the Cameron Green situation is more or less the same.

Five matches into the IPL 2026 season, and Kolkata have yet to win a game. They do have a point in their name, though, of the rain-abandoned game against the Punjab Kings at home. But barring the match against ...