Author: Divyansh Mishra

In his critique of Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, and other former and present cricketers, Sunil Gavaskar said India had an ‘advantage’ over other teams in the 2025 Champions Trophy since all their games were played in Dubai. He said the experts always ‘whining’ about India should concentrate attention on the progress of their country in the tournament since Indian cricket was also supporting their wages. Speaking on the Sky Sports Podcast, Hussain and Atherton stated that in this case India had an “undeniable home advantage.” South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen, who is in the Champions Trophy, also stated that…

Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi challenged compatriot Wasim Akram, during a live telecast on Friday, for demanding that six to seven players should be ousted from the current team due to its dismal performance at the Champions Trophy on home turf. Akram had been vocal that Pakistan should replace the underperformers with younger names to prepare for the T20 World Cup of 2026. “Enough is enough. We are being defeated in white-ball cricket by these players for a couple of years now. This is the time to take a bold step. What is the bold step? Like Waqar Younis said,…

Following England’s miserable early departure from the 2025 Champions Trophy, Jos Buttler officially resigned as England’s white-ball leader at a press conference on Friday. A listless England except for Joe Root, who scored a century, suffered an eight-run loss against the Afghans that forced them out of the flagship event ahead of its schedule. England under Buttler’s leadership have now had three consecutive unsucessful ICC tournament campaigns. At the press conference, Buttler said; “Just to let you all know, I am going to stand down as England’s captain.” “It was the proper call for us and the team. Somebody else…

Karun Nair from Vidarbha has disclosed that after saying farewell to his home side, Karnataka, he had offered himself for playing for Kerala for state cricket, but the bids eventually could not be pursued. The international batter revealed he was not in a position to wait, and as Vidarbha came with an offer, he decided to go ahead. Nair is born in Rajasthan while his father Kaladharan Nair and mother Prema Nair hail from Kerala. The family moved to Bengaluru for Kaladharan’s job and has stayed there since. Nair started as a Karnataka cricketer and spent nearly a decade with…

Sanjay Bangar, the last batting coach of India, revealed the technical and mental recorded changes that Virat Kohli made after the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He said that Kohli upped his intensity, adopted an eagle-eyed watch of the ball, and adjusted his bat swing to play as late as possible after returning to India, where he was spotted working with Kohli. It has been a rocky Australia tour for Kohli, who scored a hundred in the first Test in Perth but couldn’t cross the 50 mark thereafter. Neither did his Ranji Trophy comeback go as planned, nor did his time against…

Wasim Akram, who is a legendary fast bowler and former captain for Pakistan, has explained why he has no motivation to become a selector or the head coach of the men’s team for Pakistan. One of the greatest fast bowlers in history, Akram has never been Pakistan’s chief coach. While replying to a fan on The Dressing Room show of Ten Sports Pakistan, Akram said he has never arrived at the conclusion that he could accept a job of head coach or chief selector of the Pakistan men’s cricket team because he could not tolerate how his colleagues, among them…

This most recent giant-slaying spectacle from Afghanistan further bolstered their stock as arguably one of the most potent forces on an international cricket stage. This time, they astonished England in a Champions Trophy match on Wednesday by eliminating it from the contest. Accepting another giant challenge from Australia, Afghanistan sent a stern reminder to the cricketing world to stop considering them as the ahistorical jogger of international cricket. The greatest cricketers of all time crossed over to Afghanistan’s soul and conveyed a path into their great and tough loyal cricket fans-now a becoming an impenetrable wall for the others. Indian…

England have gone out of another ICC tournament with the early exit and deservedly drawn flak from captain and players. Skipper Jos Buttler has dismissed the suggestion for knee-jerk reactions even as calls for him to quit as captain continued. Afghanistan put England’s hopes of making it to the semifinals of the Champions Trophy up in smoke on Wednesday night, defeating them by eight runs in an incredibly close contest in Lahore. Afghanistan set England a target of 326 and England were bowled out for 317 in 49.5 overs. Rashid was the last wicket to fall after he was caught…

On Friday, Australia will compete against Afghanistan in their last group match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 competition. For the Afghans, this is a knockout match, virtually so, having staged a shocking upset against England in their last match. Brought here by Steve Smith, Australia punished England on its first outing, while the next match against South Africa was a washout. Meanwhile, what a comeback Afghanistan made-it totally buried its previous outing with South Africa and strung together a terrific performance to set up a well-deserved victory over the English. The ground even has boosters preparing for the…

Pakistan had very high hopes concerning their Champions Trophy destiny. Hosting the ICC tournament for the first time and not only in their history, they were also defending champions with the tournament returning after almost eight years. However, very quickly, within a span of five days, their campaign came to a disappointing and early end, with the Mohammad Rizwan-led side losing their opening two matches in Group A and crash out of the semifinals race. Then the rains put paid to their chances of a consolation victory as their final group match, against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Thursday, was a…