Author: Divyansh Mishra

Once and for all, Rohit Sharma has definitively cleared the air that he is not giving up ODI cricket any time soon. And after leading India to their second ICC title win in 10 months—becoming the third Indian captain after Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni to capture the Champions Trophy—he has earned the right to so. Though the 37-year-old did not light up the group stage and the semifinal of the tournament, he appeared to have saved his best for the all-important final with a scorching half-century off a difficult Dubai pitch, which provided the foundation for India’s four-wicket victory…

There are reports that the Delhi Capitals are deciding on two persons as their possible captain for IPL 2025. In what could be the biggest surprise since their inception, the franchise released Rishabh Pant into the auction pool just before the IPL 2025 season.  All IPL teams except for the Delhi Capitals have confirmed their captains for IPL 2025. The Delhi franchise, on the other hand, is yet to name its captain for the mega event. The Economic Times reports that the Capitals have narrowed it down to two big Indian names-Axar Patel and KL Rahul-for the position of captain. …

On Monday, 22 athletes from here received central contracts from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for 2025. Many of the contracted players participated in Bangladesh’s team at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan and Dubai. Mahmudullah, a seasoned all-rounder, has advised BCB Cricket Operations that he does not want to be considered for a national contract beyond February 2025, so he will be left behind the list beginning in March. Mushfiqur Rahim, a former captain who retired from ODIs last week, will start Grade B from March. Also missing is wicketkeeper Parvez Hossain Emon, who did not show up…

Michael Vaughan, a retired England cricketer, has named India the top white-ball team. Sunday, March 9, in Dubai, The Men in Blue claimed their third ICC Champions Trophy trophy by four wickets over Captain Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand squad. Several former cricketers and pundits have lauded India’s leading performance at the white-ball tournament. India’s performance in the last of the tournament appeared especially to astonish Vaughan as well. Vaughan stated on X (formerly Twitter) his opinion of India’s triumph: “Let’s be honest: By a good margin, India is the best team in the world in white ball cricket. ” Vaughan…

Lucknow Super Giants suffered a severe blow when pace bowler Mayank Yadav is set to sit out the first half of the Indian Premier League 2025, according to ESPN Cricinfo. A back injury could cause Mayank, kept by the franchise for Rs eleven crore at the 2025 mega auctions, major first-half IPL 2025 uncertainty. Once again bowling, Mayank is recovering from a lumbar stress injury at the Bengaluru Centre of Excellence fires. Since last year’s T20I series against Bangladesh he has been going through rehabilitation. Mayank’s amazing accuracy and consistent speeds exceeding 150kph stole the show in IPL 2024. Last…

Though Rohit Sharma has stated that he will not retire until after the 2025 Champions Trophy, he ‘doesn’t want to draw any lines’ and ponder whether he will or will not compete in the 2027 ODI World Cup. With a huge four-wicket victory against New Zealand on Sunday, Rohit steered India to their third Champions Trophy championship. With only a few months ago he had retired from T20Is after the 2024 T20 World Cup and at age 37, some people thought the 2027 World Cup would be too far off for him; hence there was speculation about his future before…

Ravindra Jadeja shut down rumors about his possible retirement reminiscent of India captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday with a short post on Instagram on Monday. India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the 2025 Champions Trophy final and Jadeja took the important wicket of Tom Latham, hitting the winning shot in the second innings. Rumors about his possible retirement have been in circulation long before the Champions Trophy. The rationale giving rise to these claims is that he is already 36 years old, has pulled the plug on T20Is, India is out of the current World Test Championship and…

The PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) intends to lodge a formal complaint with the ICC (International Cricket Council), alleging that its CEO and tournament director, Sumair Ahmed Syed, was ‘ignored’ during the closing ceremony of the 2025 Champions Trophy, held on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. After India clinched victory against Pakistan in the final by four wickets, the stage was occupied by Roger Binny, the BCCI President; Davajit Saikia, the BCCI Secretary; ICC Chairman Jay Shah; and Roger Twose, the CEO of New Zealand Cricket. While Binny handed out the customary white jackets to the Indian team and…

Batting wizard Virat Kohli was great help for India in the Champions Trophy 2025 edition. The right-handed batter played all five matches for Men in Blue, and with the help of one century and one fifty, scored 218 runs. He stayed unbeaten on 100 runs against Pakistan in the Group A match played at Dubai on February 23, and in the semifinal against Australia, he scored 84 runs from 98 balls. Most runs by an Indian in the Champions Trophy He is India’s highest run scorer in the history of the event. He broke the record of 701 runs made…

The Health Ministry has written a letter to IPL chairman Arun Dhumal commanding the league to impose a ban on any form of promotion of tobacco and alcohol, even surrogate advertisements, from the stadium premises and during telecast. The 18th season of the Indian Premier League will begin on March 22 with the Kolkata Knight Riders, the defending champions, meeting Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. Since cricketers are role models to the youth of the country, directly or indirectly endorsing the beverage or tobacco-related products should be avoided, according to the Director General of Health Services Atul Goel in…