Author: Divyansh Mishra

Peshawar, Pakistan is gearing up to host the country’s top cricketers for a charity match. It’s before the Asia Cup 2025 in the UAE next month. Pakistan is also playing a T20I Tri-Series with Afghanistan and the UAE before the Asia Cup 2025. Last month, Pakistani selectors surprised everyone by not picking former captain Babar Azam for the Asia Cup 2025 which starts on September 9 in the UAE. They said his T20 style wasn’t up to the mark. He hasn’t been in the T20I team since the South Africa tour in 2024. But, Babar Azam is putting aside his…

Rajat Patidar, the Central Zone captain and RCB player, just smashed a century off 80 balls against North East Zone. Couldn’t have come at a better time as he’s trying to cement his place in the Indian team for the West Indies series. After a year where he had great IPL 2025 stats. As a captain for Royal Challengers Bangalore to their first-ever IPL title, Patidar is now showing his skills in Indian domestic cricket. He’s playing for Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy, starting with the first quarter-final match. The two semi-finals are from September 4th-10th and the final…

Kris Srikkanth, the former Indian team selector, didn’t mince words recently. He said India’s chances of winning the T20 World Cup next year are zero. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the tournament in 2026. Srikkanth’s comments came after the announcement of the India squad for the Asia Cup 2025 on August 19 at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. He wasn’t impressed with the selection. Maybe this team can win the Asia Cup but not the T20 World Cup. Are they seriously planning to take this team to the World Cup? Is this how they’re preparing for the T20 World…

Shubman Gill, who is expected to be a key player for India in the Asia Cup 2025, was not available for the first round of the Duleep Trophy as he was not feeling well. This was after he was picked to lead the North Zone team. Many Indian players were picked for their respective zone teams in the Duleep Trophy. So they will play in the first round which starts the Indian domestic season for 2025-26. Most of these players will also play for India in the upcoming Asia Cup. Gill, the Indian Test team captain, was supposed to play…

The cricket world is abuzz as India and Pakistan are set to face off in the 2025 Asia Cup. Mark your calendars for September 14 when these two teams will clash in a Group A match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This is always a big one and fans can’t wait to see who wins. What’s cool is they might play each other up to three times in the Asia Cup which is happening in the UAE from September 9 to 28. That would be awesome for fans. India has a great record in the Asia Cup. They have…

Sanju Samson is going to the Asia Cup 2025 but where he’ll bat is still a mystery. Shubman Gill is back in the mix and has been named vice-captain of the T20I team so the opening spots are up for grabs. Under Gautam Gambhir, Samson was a regular in the T20I team. Now with Gill back, Samson might have to fight to keep his place as an opener. For the last year he and Abhishek Sharma have been the opening pair in this format. But with Sanju, Gill and Abhishek all in the Asia Cup 2025 squad, one of them…

On August 27th, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced the Afghanistan National Cricket Team for the upcoming T20I Tri-series in the UAE. Before the Asia Cup 2025, Afghanistan will play Pakistan and the UAE in a T20I Tri-series. The Asia Cup is from September 9th to 28th in the UAE. This Tri-series gives Afghanistan a chance to prepare as they play against the UAE and Pakistan in T20I matches. The Tri-series starts on August 29th with Afghanistan vs Pakistan. Then UAE vs Pakistan on August 30th. In September, action continues on 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th with these matches: Afghanistan…

While talking about what makes batting look good, Rahul Dravid made a funny comment about Virat Kohli. He called Kohli short-ish and said shorter batsmen look more elegant at the crease. Dravid, the former Indian coach thinks players with less height, like Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and even Don Bradman had an edge. Their smaller size helped them stay steady, balance themselves and time their shots well which made their shots look beautiful. Dravid said he always looked up to Sunil Gavaskar who was excellent at keeping his balance and calm. Dravid remembers being fascinated by…

Sri Lanka has announced their 17-man squad for the T20I series against Zimbabwe. This is what the team will look like for the Asia Cup which follows the Zimbabwe series. Sri Lanka is in Zimbabwe for a 2 match ODI and 3 match T20I series. The tour starts tomorrow, August 29th and is the final preparation before the Asia Cup. The ODI squad was announced a week ago. Now the T20I squad has been announced after all the players arrived in Harare and started preparing. Despite a disappointing T20I series loss at home to Bangladesh, the squad remains almost the…

The Duleep Trophy 2025 got off to a rough start on August 28 at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru as both Central Zone and East Zone suffered major blows. Central Zone captain Dhruv Jurel and East Zone skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran were both ruled out of the opening match, a cause of concern for India with the Asia Cup 2025 around the corner. Just before the Duleep Trophy 2025 opener on Thursday, young Indian wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel developed a minor groin issue. Since Jurel is on the Asia Cup 2025 standby list and India has four big Test matches…