Author: Divyansh Mishra

Aakash Chopra, the former Indian cricketer, praised Shubman Gill for his batting in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series. Gill is slowly moving away from Virat Kohli comparisons. After Kohli’s retirement, Gill took over Kohli’s number 4 position in the Test team and Kohli’s captaincy. There were doubts about Gill’s ability to thrive in this position but he silenced the critics with his performance in the England tour. In 10 innings, Gill scored 754 runs at an average of 75.4. This is equal to Sunil Gavaskar and Sir Don Bradman’s record of most centuries in a series in England. Chopra said in…

Shubman Gill is in the running for the ICC Player of the Month award for July. He’s up against South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder and England’s Ben Stokes. Gill’s leadership was evident in the recent Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series against England. His young team drew 2-2 in a series that was hard fought. The 25-year-old made a big impact with the bat, scoring 754 runs, including four centuries. One of those was a double and he averaged 75.40 across the series. He broke Sunil Gavaskar’s record (732 runs) for most runs by an Indian captain in a five-Test series. Now Gill’s total…

Cricket fans wanting to see Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli back on the field will have to wait a bit longer. These two big batsmen who had stepped away from Test cricket recently aren’t expected to return to international cricket as soon as some had thought. Rohit and Virat had ended their Test careers earlier this year, almost a year after they had already retired from Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) after India’s T20 World Cup win. These decisions were made with the 2027 World Cup in South Africa in mind. Initially people thought they would return to international cricket during India’s…

What a turn of events! Mohammed Siraj has reached 15th in the rankings! He jumped after his Player of the Match performance in the 5th Test against England in the ICC World Test Championship. The match at The Oval ended 2-2. He got there because of his 9/190 in the match. On the last day he took 3 of the 4 wickets, including the last of Gus Atkinson to win India by 6 runs – their narrowest win in terms of runs. Jasprit Bumrah, India’s number 1 fast bowler, played 3 Tests to manage his workload. He remains at the…

Oval Invincibles started the 2025 season with a 6 wicket win over London Spirit at Lord’s. Rashid Khan, the Afghan leg-spinner, was the star of the show and won the Player of the Match award. Khan’s bowling was superb. He took 3 wickets for 11 runs in 20 balls and bowled 15 dot balls, the most in the game. His fielding was just as good, he took 3 catches. This was a big day for the leg-spinner. He became the first bowler to take 650 wickets in T20s. He achieved this feat on his debut for Oval Invincibles in The…

After the 2025 IPL season ended, whispers started doing the rounds about Sanju Samson leaving the Rajasthan Royals (RR). Some reports even suggested that CSK was interested in him, possibly as a replacement for MS Dhoni. Since the 2025 IPL season ended, Samson’s future has been the talk of the town. There were speculations that he might leave the Jaipur based franchise for KKR or CSK. Remember Samson is also the captain of RR. But RR has decided not to trade Samson or any other player for now. A reliable source told TOI on Tuesday that Sanju Samson is an…

Abhishek Nayar, who was the assistant coach of the Indian men’s team, is starting a new chapter in his coaching career. He’s going to be a full-time coach for the first time in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). After leaving the Indian team, Nayar has been appointed as the head coach of UP Warriorz, a team that has not won a title yet. Nayar is also the batting coach of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He is very fond of KKR and says it’s like his family. He thought of joining KKR even before people knew he was leaving the Indian…

Brad Haddin, the former Australian wicket-keeper, spoke about India’s 2-2 series tie with England. He says India proved they are good without Jasprit Bumrah. In that five-Test series, India won at Edgbaston and the Oval. Bumrah was rested for both those wins. During his absence, Mohammed Siraj stepped up and won India very important games with some amazing bowling. He changed the game at the Oval, taking 5 wickets. India won by 6 runs and drew the series. Haddin said Bumrah didn’t win a single Test for India in the England tour. Talking on the LiSTNR Sport YouTube channel, Haddin…

Greg Chappell, a well known Australian cricketer, had some thoughts on England’s Bazball approach during the Test series against India. He liked the Indian team, especially the younger players, for being fearless. But he thought England could have made better choices. Chappell said Harry Brook, an English player, seemed unsure when to attack and when to be defensive. In his ESPNcricinfo article he wrote that playing positively doesn’t give you a licence to throw caution to the wind and be irresponsible. He said in cricket, especially in Tests, knowing when to take risks is as important as scoring runs. Chappell…

Afghanistan has announced its squad for the upcoming tri-series against Pakistan and the UAE and the big news is that Rashid Khan will be the captain. The 22 member squad was announced as per ICC guidelines. Several players who were part of the team that reached the knockout stage of the previous year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup are in the squad. These include Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mohammad Nabi. There are also some new faces in the mix. Wafiullah Tarakhil, Abdullah Ahmadzai and Bashir Ahmad have made it to the preliminary squad. If selected this could…