Author: Divyansh Mishra

The former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar came in support of current captain Rohit Sharma following controversial comments made by Congress leader Shama Mohamed about the Indian skipper. Gavaskar hit out against the politician about her comments, saying how another one from Mumbai, Sarfaraz Khan, who was rejected for his body weight, was able to perform when it mattered. “I have always said that if you want thin guys, you go to a modelling competition and choose all the models. It has nothing to do with that,” said Gavaskar on India today. “If Sarfaraz Khan scores 150 for India in a…

In the 2025 edition of IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed Ajinkya Rahane captain and Venkatesh Iyer vice-captain. KKR said in a statement that, “Rahane’s experience and leadership will be invaluable, while Venkatesh Iyer is one of our key players and comes from a strong leadership background. We are confident about their ability to channel the team as we go for our title defence.” “KKR is a tribute. It is an honour to lead KKR. We have a very strong team, quite balanced and gelled, with a common goal of defending our title.” Rahane expressed his zeal. KKR’s IPL 2025…

The business end of the Women’s Premier League 2025 is approaching, therefore it is time for another important match. Monday, March 3 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, UP Warriorz Women (UPW-W) will battle Gujarat Giants Women (GG-W) in Match 15. Third in the WPL points table with four points from five games, led by Deepti Sharma, UP Warriorz Women are sitting. Including an 8-wicket drubbing at the hands of Mumbai Indians in their last outing, they have won two and lost three. The Warriorz will be desperate to rebound and start winning once more. Conversely, Gujarat Giants Women…

Following India’s easy victory over New Zealand in their third and last Group A game of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Sunday, Virat Kohli took the trophy for best fielder. On the field, Kohli was a livewire who took Matt Henry’s sky-high grab that also assisted Varun Chakaravarthy in an inaugural five-wickets haul in ODIs. Throwdown expert Nuwan Seneviratne handed the fielding medal. But the medal disappeared for a short time before he could do the honors. Normalcy returned when one of three competitors—which included Shreyas Iyer—recovered the missed reward. India fielding coach T Dilip was full of…

March 3, 2009: It has been almost 16 years since an attack came upon the Sri Lankan tour bus in Lahore, Pakistan, by terrorists. The terror attack went on this day in 2009. It happened on the third day of the Test match. At around 9 am local time, 12 gunmen did an attack on the team bus just outside Gaddafi Stadium. The gunmen opened fire on the bus as it passed the Liberty Statue, also firing at the vehicle transporting match officials. In this dastardly act of terror, six policemen and two civilians were killed. This also led to…

New Zealand pacer Matt Henry said the condition suitability of India helped them to develop a great bowling unit with their quartet of spin bowlers keeping his side under constant pressure throughout the match in Dubai for the Champions Trophy. India, who are already playing all their matches in Dubai, put Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel into the field against the Kiwis here on Sunday, for a convincing victory by 44 runs in their last match in Group A. “Obviously, having four frontline spinners was really effective in the way they played. I think there was luxury in knowing…

Allrounder Axar Patel has so far batted with the tailenders for the most of his India ODI career, therefore pointing to the team’s use of him as a specialist spinner despite his more than capable hitting ability. No. 303) he hit in the upper-half. 5) during an ODI against New Zealand in Ranchi in 2016, first time ever, he put up a fair 40-ball 38. Still, before his batting position permanently changed, he was once more ask to the lower half. Axar has always batted further up in the batting order, even ahead of KL Rahul (in the ongoing Champions…

Before the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) introduced a fresh ‘three-star’ jersey. Their three IPL championship wins are honored by the three stars. Seen using the new kit were KKR stars Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Mayank Markande, and Luvnith Sisodia. In the Official Jersey Launch Video from KKR, fans of the team can be observed enthralled with ‘Number 3’. Depicting the three championships in KKR’s Trophy closet, the video ends with ‘Three Stars’ being woven into the fabric of the new jersey. Aside from the recently added…

South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen is on top of his game at the moment, scoring fifties in the last five games. Yet, the wicketkeeper-batter has set his eyes on a larger goal during this Champions Trophy-to become the world’s best. Stanley, the fourth in the ICC world rankings for batsmen in the ODIs, scored 64 runs off 56 balls, helping South Africa qualify for the semi-finals with a seven-wicket victory over England. “I gave myself a challenge with (South Africa head coach) Rob Walter this trip. To be the best in the world,” said Klaasen in an interview with Sky Sports…

As did the 2023 ODI World Cup, the Champions Trophy 2025 has the same four semifinalists: India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Former competition winners, all four teams will be anxious to include another ICC title on their trophy cabinet. India will meet Australia first in Tuesday’s semifinal and South Africa will face New Zealand a day later in the second. South Africa batting superb AB de Villiers believes the two teams advancing to the title match will be the same as the T20 World Cup last year. India won a volatile 2024 T20 World Cup last over South…