Author: Divyansh Mishra

After England Women lost to India, former captain Heather Knight suggested Charlie Dean should be in the starting eleven for the next game. She thinks Dean is one of the team’s best bowlers. England lost the second T20I of the five-match series to India by 24 runs in Bristol on Tuesday. They could lose their first home bilateral T20I series since 2023 if they don’t improve quickly. Knight, who is injured, thinks changes need to be made to the eleven to make sure the team is balanced against India’s strong batting line up. She wants bowling all-rounder Charlie Dean to…

In August 2024, Shikhar Dhawan retired from all Indian cricket, ending one of the most successful ODI careers for an opening batter. Dhawan, aka ‘Mr. ICC,’ used to play well in global tournaments. When India won the Champions Trophy in 2013, he was the player-of-the-tournament as the top scorer. He also led the batting charts in 2015 ODI World Cup and 2017 Champions Trophy, averaging 65 in ICC tournaments. In 167 ODIs, Dhawan scored 6,793 runs at 44.11, with 17 centuries and 39 half-centuries. His last international tour was in Bangladesh in 2022, where he scored only 18 runs in…

Calcutta High Court asks Mohammed Shami to pay Rs 4 lakh to Hasin Jahan and daughter as alimony Jahan had moved the high court after a district sessions court in 2023 ordered Shami to pay Rs 50,000 to his wife and Rs 80,000 to their daughter. Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee’s Tuesday order said, “I think Rs 1,50,000 to the petitioner no. 1 (wife) and Rs 2,50,000 to her daughter would be sufficient to support them till the main case is decided. The order further said, “Regarding the petitioner’s child, the husband/opposite party no 2 is free to support her with…

Steve Smith is set to play in the second Test against the West Indies in Grenada. This is a three Test series for the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27. According to the ICC, Smith will replace right hander Josh Inglis in the team. On Tuesday, Smith looked comfortable batting despite his injured finger during training in the Caribbean. He’s likely to come back into the Australian XI as they look to win the Test series against the West Indies in the second Test starting on Thursday at the National Cricket Stadium. Before training, Australia’s wicket-keeper Alex Carey said Smith has…

India will face England, led by Ben Stokes, in the second Test of the five-match series for the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The match starts on July 2 at Edgbaston, Birmingham. After losing the first Test in Leeds by five wickets, the Indian team will be looking to bounce back. Here are some player match-ups to watch: 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal vs. Brydon Carse Yashasvi Jaiswal had a great first innings in the Leeds Test, scoring a century. Brydon Carse got him out for 4 in the third innings and will want to do so again. Carse has an average of 26.22 against…

Ravichandran Ashwin, the former Indian cricketer, thinks England will play Jasprit Bumrah carefully but attack India’s other bowlers in the Test series. That’s Bazball. According to Wisden.com, Ashwin said, It’s not just about how many overs Jasprit Bumrah bowls. It’s about maintaining pressure when Bumrah isn’t bowling. The game plan is simple: play Bumrah cautiously and aggressively target everyone else. I think that’s what England will do. India lost the Leeds Test despite five of their batters scoring centuries. Before this, a team had only lost a Test once after four batters scored hundreds. That was Australia against England in…

A new report suggests the Asia Cup 2025 will start from 1st week of September and clears the air on the tournament. After the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 people, there were doubts on this year’s Asia Cup. India responded to the attack with a military operation on terrorist bases in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Timesofindia.com says the Asia Cup will start on September 5 and will be held in UAE with BCCI having the hosting rights. The tournament featuring India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and UAE has been given a 17…

The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has held Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) responsible for the huge gathering outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium after their IPL title win on June 4. ESPNCricinfo reported that 3-5 lakhs people gathered, leading to a stampede that killed 11 and injured over 50 due to lack of crowd management. The CAT bench of Justice BK Shrivastava and Santosh Mehra said RCB, owned by Diageo, caused a disturbance by celebrating without permission. This was part of a 29-page order in a case filed by Inspector General Vikash Kumar who was suspended for alleged dereliction of duty. The CAT…

In the first Test of the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy series at Headingley, Leeds, the Indian men’s team couldn’t get all 20 Englishmen out. So England won the match and took a 1-0 lead in the series. In India’s first innings, Jasprit Bumrah took 5 wickets, Mohammed Siraj 2 and Prasidh Krishna 3. In the second innings, Bumrah and Siraj didn’t get any wickets, Prasidh and Shardul Thakur 2 each. Before the second Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Wednesday, July 2, Irfan Pathan spoke about pace bowling. He thought about the reasons why Indian bowlers couldn’t get wickets. Irfan said…

Shubman Gill, India’s Test captain, said the fielders are having trouble seeing the ball mainly when they are positioned square of the wicket. He hopes they’ll do better in the upcoming match against England at Edgbaston. India dropped 7 catches at Headley and that cost them. Gill hopes their fielding will improve and the players will have an easier time seeing the ball. Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped 4 catches in 2 innings and won’t be fielding at gully in Edgbaston. It’s harder to see the ball when fielders are positioned square of the wicket, Gill said at the pre-match press conference.…