Author: Divyansh Mishra

Sadia Iqbal, Pakistan’s top spinner, is all set to lead the bowling attack for her team in the 2025 Women’s World Cup. After helping Pakistan qualify, Iqbal feels the team is ready for the big event. Iqbal was important in Pakistan’s Qualifier where she took 9 wickets, third highest for the team after captain Fatima Sana (12 wickets) and Nashra Sandhu (10 wickets). In May she became the No.1 bowler in the ICC Women’s T20I Bowling Rankings again. In an interview with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Sadia Iqbal said the team knows the 2025 World Cup will be tough…

On Tuesday, July 29, the Australian men’s cricket team made history. They are the first team to win a five-match T20I series 5-0 against a Test-playing nation. From July 21 to 29, the 2021 T20 World Cup champions played a five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Mitchell Marsh led the team to victory in all five games. Teams have won bilateral T20I series 4-1 against Test-playing nations before. Australia is the first to win all five matches in a five-match T20I series against a Test-playing nation. The first T20I match was played between New Zealand and Australia in Auckland…

The ICC released the women’s weekly rankings on Tuesday, July 29 and England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt is now the No. 1 ODI batswoman, pushing Smriti Mandhana to second place. Sciver-Brunt’s return to the top is her first time in 2025 after a strong series against India. Although England lost 1-2, Sciver-Brunt scored 160 runs in three matches with an average of 53.33. Her 98 in the third ODI helped her reach the top with 731 points. Mandhana had a decent series but didn’t quite match Sciver-Brunt’s performance. She scored 115 runs in three innings and is now second with 728…

AB de Villiers is one of the all-time greats. The 41-year-old who kept wicket and captained the SA men’s team played 114 Tests, 228 ODIs and 78 T20Is over 14 years. He scored over 20,000 runs (20,014). When asked recently who comes to mind when he thinks of the greatest of all time, de Villiers said Jacques Kallis. Kallis played 166 Tests, 328 ODIs and 25 T20Is from 1995 to 2014 and scored 25,534 runs, took 577 wickets and caught 338 balls. He has the most runs for SA in Tests and ODIs and is one of seven players with…

Sources say Shadab Khan might miss the 2025 Asia Cup due to a shoulder injury. Also, Pakistan hasn’t picked a vice-captain for the West Indies tour while he’s out. Head coach Mike Hesson is waiting for Shadab to return to the T20I team. They have a good relationship from their time with Islamabad United in the PSL. Hesson supports Shadab and wants him to stay on as T20I vice-captain. But cricketpakistan.com.pk says Shadab has been getting criticism from a selector who doesn’t think he should be in the T20I team. This selector is accusing Shadab of trying to get certain…

Though the IPL mini auction is still far away, teams are already getting ready. They want to strengthen their squads for the next season. Punjab Kings had a good run last season but didn’t win the final. The team brought in some new players and with Shreyas Iyer as captain they made it to the final. But lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Even after a good season the team wants to shake things up and make some big changes. Word is Stoinis and Chahal might be released before the mini auction which is a big surprise. News24 says Punjab Kings…

India’s tour of England is ending with one Test left and the series is neck and neck. England took the lead 1-0 in Leeds, India responded with a record win at Edgbaston, India narrowly missed the target at Lord’s and then drew in Manchester. Now India is looking to win the 5th Test which starts on Thursday at The Oval in London and draw the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy before they head back home. While Indian batsmen like Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja have done well, Ajinkya Rahane feels the bowling unit has relied too much on a…

The India-England Test series has seen many great moments. One of them is the first Test of England’s 2002 tour of India. In that match, Ajit Agarkar scored a hundred at Lord’s. He was always criticized for his batting, but he surprised everyone with an unbeaten hundred at Lord’s. A hundred in a first Test is special, but at Lord’s it’s even more so. When a bowler does it, it’s legendary. Agarkar achieved this in 2002 when India played England in the first Test at Lord’s. In that match, India, led by Sourav Ganguly, struggled early as England scored 487.…

Sanjay Manjrekar has told Gautam Gambhir to take a chill pill after Gambhir’s comments about Shubman Gill after the Old Trafford Test. Manjrekar also said India’s success in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy wasn’t because of Gambhir’s strategies, but despite them, since the coach’s choices have made things tough for the young team. India drew at Old Trafford after giving up a 311-run lead in the first innings. Gill, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja all scored centuries. Soon after, Gambhir told the media that anyone who doubted Gill didn’t understand cricket. Manjrekar who wanted Jasprit Bumrah to replace Rohit Sharma instead of…

Gautam Gambhir, India’s coach, said the tour of England has been tough just like it has been in the past. He also thanked the team for the support. India managed to draw in Manchester and stopped England from getting an unbeatable lead in the five-match series. Now they have one last chance to level the series when the fifth Test starts on Thursday in London. England is currently leading 2-1 having won in Leeds and Lord’s. Touring here is always exciting and tough because of the history between our two countries, said Gambhir. We appreciate all the support we get…