Author: Divyansh Mishra

India won at Lord’s after 28 years! One of their best wins abroad. MS Dhoni’s young team outplayed England in a 5 day match at the Home of Cricket. India defended 319 on a tough Lord’s pitch where seamers got movement and the bounce became uneven later on. Dhoni needed his bowlers to come through. Ishant Sharma delivered one of his best spells in Test cricket on a gloomy afternoon at Lord’s, taking 7 for 74 to dismiss England for 223. Ishant broke the 5th wicket partnership between Joe Root and Moeen Ali, getting Moeen to fend off a bouncer…

BCB has addressed the complaints about the ODI captaincy change. On a TV program recently, Nazmul Abedin, the board’s cricket operation head, said Najmul Hossain Shanto wasn’t removed; his tenure as captain ended after the 2025 Champions Trophy. Many fans and cricket experts were shocked when Mehidy Hasan Miraz was announced as the new ODI captain before the Sri Lanka tour. People started complaining because Shanto wasn’t given an extension and there was no prior announcement made about it. Some think Shanto was upset and even quit as Test captain because of how everything was handled. But Nazmul Abedin of…

Harbhajan Singh, the former Indian cricketer, spoke about one of the worst times in his career: the slapgate with Sreesanth. On Ashwin’s YouTube show ‘Kutti Stories’, Harbhajan recalled a sad meeting with Sreesanth’s daughter where she didn’t want to talk to him. The incident happened after a 2008 IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in Mohali. Harbhajan was playing for Mumbai and lost his cool and slapped Sreesanth on the field. This led to a lot of bad publicity and Harbhajan was banned for the rest of the tournament. Even after 15 years, Harbhajan Singh feels bad…

The ICC has decided that England and Wales will host the next three World Test Championship (WTC) finals. The ICC is happy with how the finals have been in England and wants to keep it that way. In a press release, the ICC said that England will host the WTC final for 2027, 2029 and 2031. This was decided at the ICC AGM in Singapore. The exact locations for the next three finals haven’t been announced yet. The press release stated that the decision to award the hosting rights to the ECB for 2027, 2029 and 2031 ICC World Test…

India has suffered a setback as Nitish Kumar Reddy, the pace-bowling all-rounder, is ruled out of the rest of the England Test series due to a knee injury. Reddy had become a regular in the playing XI after his good performances in the second and third Tests of the England tour. Reddy’s bowling and lower order batting made him a vital cog in the team assembled by head coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill. He injured his knee in the gym on Sunday and is out. ESPN Cricinfo says scans showed ligament damage and now the question is how…

Bangladesh and Pakistan will play a three-match T20I series starting from Sunday, July 20 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. This is another T20 series for both teams to build their squads for future T20 tournaments. Pakistan hopes their young team will play hard in this series. With T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next year, the team is working on building a solid base. It’s worth noting that Pakistan will be without Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam for the third T20I series since the New Zealand tour in March. Their absence has been talked about…

Farhan Ahmed, 17-year-old brother of England cricketer Rehan Ahmed, made history by becoming the first player to take a hat-trick for Nottinghamshire in T20 cricket. He bowled well and finished with 5 for 25 in the Vitality Blast match against Lancashire at Trent Bridge. Notts won by 4 wickets. Farhan is a right-arm off-break bowler. At 15 he was named in England’s Under-19 World Cup squad and showed promise. This wasn’t Farhan’s first time in the news. He was the youngest player to play first-class cricket for Notts. In his first match he took 7 wickets in an innings. Then…

England’s number one batsman Ollie Pope talks about what he eats during Test match lunch breaks and whether players drink tea during tea breaks. There’s been a lot of chat about what players eat during lunch in a Test match. Pope gave us the lowdown on his diet during the break and it’s all about whether he’s batting. I go for chicken, fish or maybe steak with pasta to load up, Pope said in a Sky Sports video. But when I’m batting I don’t eat much. For some reason your body just doesn’t want much in it. So I have…

Cheteshwar Pujara, the Indian batsman, has picked Virat Kohli as his No. 4 batsman in his combined India and England Test XI for the 21st century. Sachin Tendulkar didn’t make the cut and neither did former India captain MS Dhoni. India is playing a five-Test series in England. Four players from these two teams are in Pujara’s XI. Pujara’s last Test was two years ago in the World Test Championship final against Australia at the Oval. Now he’s in England as a broadcaster for this series. For openers Pujara went with Alec Stewart and Rahul Dravid. Stewart played 133 Tests,…

According to ESPNcricinfo, fast bowler Mohammed Shami who wasn’t picked for the England tour is on Bengal’s list of 50 players for the next domestic season. Shami might play for East Zone in the Duleep Trophy starting August 28. This could be his first competitive game. The 34-year-old has played 64 Tests, 108 ODIs and 25 T20Is. He last played for India in the Champions Trophy in March. Without Jasprit Bumrah, Shami led India’s pace attack as they won the Champions Trophy against New Zealand. Shami took 9 wickets in 5 matches, same as Varun Chakravarthy who took 9 wickets…