Author: Divyansh Mishra

Matthew Hayden, the ex-Australian opener, thinks Kuldeep Yadav might be crucial in the upcoming Test series against England, which is set to start in Leeds on June 20. In an interview conducted on Monday, he said that in his opinion, the left-arm wrist-spinner has it in him to bag anywhere around 20 wickets for India. Kuldeep has played only one Test against England, taking no wickets for 44 runs in one innings. Overall, in Test cricket, he has 56 wickets at an average of 22.16, which includes four five-wicket hauls. “I’m really interested to see how India performs in England.…

On Monday, a few venue changes were announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for some important forthcoming cricket matches, and there are quite a few details to be discussed. First suspected to the India Men’s team, the BCCI revealed that the first Test match between India and South Africa, scheduled for November 14, 2025, at New Delhi, will now be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The good news for all fans is that they have to mark this on their calendars as it is a venue voted by the crowd. In accordance with any other…

Sai Sudharsan is now a roving generator of spots. Jaiswal and Gill have his partnership for go-to man across formats.” Sudharsan kept up a fantastic run in the recent IPL season and helped the Gujarat Titans get to the Eliminator. He finished as the highest run-scorer in the tournament, ahead of the likes of Virat Kohli and Rohit. The 23-year-old Sudharsan has been making waves and adding some new shots to his arsenal. Just last year he was withdrawn from a match for scoring too slowly-but this time he really stepped it up. From a strike rate of 130, it…

Jasprit Bumrah got into action in Beckenham for the buildup of the five-Test series against England starting June 20 at Headingley. This is the dawn of a new era for India as the team steps out sans the big names accompanying Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Shubman Gill is putting his young shoulders to work as India’s youngest-ever Test captain, with an eye on the World Test Championship. Setting the net sessions in Beckenham, Bumrah unleashed his usually swift bowling. His prowess without needing the pitch was witnessed as he showed some wonderful seam movement to continue troubling the batsmen.…

A three-match T20I series between Ireland and West Indies will begin on June 12 at Bready Cricket Ground, with the other two scheduled on the 14th and 15th, respectively, also at Bready. Ireland, under Paul Stirling, have made three changes to their squad and have seen the return of their fast bowler Mark Adair after he was unable to tour with them for the ODI series due to injury. Meanwhile, the Windies are busy with a T20I series against England and thus enter a new phase with Shai Hope taking over the captaincy. IRE vs WI T20I T20I Series 2025…

England was dealt a tricky blow when the fast bowler Josh Tongue sustained an injury in the unofficial Test against India-A at Northampton. He had to leave the field on Day 3 of the match. England, led by Ben Stokes, is brushing up for a hard-hitting and full-length series against India comprising five Tests at home, while some of the other players from the squad are currently playing this unofficial series for practice. Tongue was only allowed to bowl about four overs before walking back to the dugout. He was a tad bit off the rhythm, giving away some runs-wicketless…

Zimbabwean cricketer Sikandar Raza communicated with the Harare Metropolitan Cricket Association (HMCA) as a complaint was lodged by him in the matter of racial abuse during a Vigne Cup match on June 1. The matter came to light at Old Hararians Sports Club, while Raza was competing for Old Hararians against Rainbow Cricket Club. According to ESPNcricinfo, Raza claimed that racial abuse was hurled at him while walking off the field after his innings. The abuse was carried out in front of players and spectators, and that upset the seasoned cricketer. Raza declared the situation must be dealt with: “If…

The South African fast bowler Lungi Ngidi is very thrilled about the chance of bringing the World Test Championship trophy home. It would be a major turning point in South African cricket, having experienced so many years of sorrow in achieving an ICC title. On Wednesday, they will be walking into the final against the defending champions Australia, hoping that after seven back-to-back victories, fortune could finally smile on them.  Ngidi remarked, “I can’t really express how much this means to me. We’ve come close a few times in other tournaments, but to win this would be a dream.” He…

Being the lively Aussie all-rounder that he is, Cameron Green was caught in an emotional moment. The rugged Green must have needed some reassurance that he was making the right decision for himself, thus receiving some very unexpected yet extremely welcome communication just days before his hard back surgery. That was when Bumrah, India’s fast bowler, keeping in touch with an old Mumbai Indians teammate during the Test series against New Zealand, reached out to him. Bumrah had undergone the same surgery 18 months earlier and returned stronger-the reassurance Green needed that he was surely making the right choice. Bumrah’s…

Punjab Kings (PBKS) vice-captain Shashank Singh claimed that he felt he indeed deserved to be sung at, or worse, slapped, by his skipper Shreyas Iyer for lazy running between the wickets during the second Qualifier against Mumbai Indians (MI) in IPL 2025. Post match, Shreyas even took Shashank out for dinner for a tete-a-tete.  Shreyas had an unbelievable game, scoring an incredible 87 off 41 balls to chase down a target of 204. Unfortunately, Shashank was run out in the 17th over for just 2 runs due to not focusing, and this added even more pressure on their chase and…