Author: Divyansh Mishra

The Mumbai Indians, champions of IPL five times, There they held a player-retention ceremony and unveiled their jersey for IPL 2025 on Friday as the one-time champions vie for the sixth title after a year of great disappointment in IPL 2024.  While unveiling the jersey, Hardik Pandya expressed his gratitude to the fans, promising to be the torchbearers of the proud legacy of the franchise along with the team core comprising former captain Rohit Sharma, ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma.  The fifth title for the Mumbai Indians came in 2020, converting six titles…

Reportedly, the divorce of star India cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his wife Dhanashree Verma is finalised. As per various media sources, the couple concluded all formalities at Bandra Family Court on Thursday. Chahal and Dhanashree were asked to meet the counsellor for about 45 minutes during which the duo told the judge they were seeking divorce due to “compatibility issues.” It is reported that they have been living separately for the past 18 months. The couple arrived at the court around 11 AM with the verdict being finally announced at 4:30 PM. Chahal has played 72 ODIs and 80 T20Is…

The glorious triumvirate in India’s victorious beginning to their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign in Dubai on Thursday over Bangladesh included Mohammed Shami’s five-for and an unbeaten ton from Shubman Gill. While a couple of missed catches and a stumping put Bangladesh back into the match and challenged the Indians, the Indian fielders were bright in many efforts. Virat Kohli’s overhead catch at covers, Gill’s sharp grab at first slip, wicketkeeper KL Rahul’s takedown catches and Mohammed Shami’s running catch near the fine leg were among the great efforts. As per the Indian cricket team’s custom, the best fielder was given…

Sanjay Manjrekar, the former Indian cricketer, mentioned that Shreyas Iyer does not seem the player who can last very long. He added, “On the other hand, Shubman Gill, who scored a century in India’s first match in the Champions Trophy, looks to be in the picture for a long time.” Gill’s performance on his Champions Trophy debut was stupendous as he scored a century of 101 off 129 balls in the first match against Bangladesh while chasing what seemed to be a respectable target of 229 runs set by the opposition. On the other hand, Iyer walked in after Kohli…

The seventh match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 has the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women taking on Mumbai Indians Women go live on February 21 at 7:30 PM IST at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, India. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women, the defending champions, have had a brilliant run in the season thus far, with two wins out of two matches. They won the last match against the Delhi Capitals Women by 8 wickets. Smriti Mandhana scored a brilliant 81 runs off 47 balls in that match. The Mumbai Indians Women also won their last game against the Gujarat…

Indian ODI vice-captain Shubman Gill made an outstanding century on Thursday, 20 February, in his Champions Trophy debut against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Gill made his eighth century in ODIs, leading India to chase a paltry target of 229 to begin their campaign on a high note with a thumping victory. His hundred means that he has made it to another select list of Indian cricketers to have struck centuries on their first Champions Trophy outing, making him the fourth to achieve this. Others before him include Sachin Tendulkar, Shikhar Dhawan, and Mohammad Kaif, who made their…

A former Indian cricketer, Sourav Ganguly, narrowly escaped unhurt from an accident with his vehicle while proceeding to Bardhaman for an event. The accident happened at Dantanpur on the Durgapur Expressway. As Ganguly was driving his Range Rover at normal speed, he was suddenly hit from behind by a truck. Following this, Ganguly’s driver slammed on the brakes, leading to a collision of the vehicles that were following Ganguly’s vehicle. Fortunately, no injuries were reported from the incident, although two vehicles in Ganguly’s convoy were damaged. The former captain of the Indian cricket team had a 10-minute wait before resuming…

Afghanistan vs South Africa – Match Details Afghanistan will take on South Africa in the third match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Thursday, February 21. The match is set to take place at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi. This will be the first Group B match during the tournament. The South African team has become quite successful in ICC events recently. Starting from making it into the 2023 ODI World Cup semi-final and after that into the T20 World Cup final last year, South Africa is seeking redemption for both occasions she tasted ultimate defeat. There was…

An intense opening clash between India and Bangladesh created a flutter on day one of the Champions Trophy 2025. There were records galore: Mohammed Shami became the fastest Indian to get to 200 wickets, Rohit Sharma inserted himself into the record books as the second-fastest to reach 11,000 runs, and he registered his 100th win as captain of India. And more besides. There were, however, numerous misses on this day that will haunt Rohit Arms and Axar Patel for a while to come. Bangladesh were put in by Rohit, but Shami and Axar worked in tandem to cause something of…

‘Shami suffered a long lay-off after his spectacular bowling performance during the 2023 ODI World Cup that contributed to India’s unbeaten run to the final. The ankle injury meant he required a subsequent operation and had to sit out for almost a year, which also made him miss India’s title success at the T20 World Cup 2024.’ He returned to domestic cricket in November and made a comeback to the Indian team in January this year. After he proved his fitness, the veteran paceman was included in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy. And on Thursday, Shami showed exactly why the…