Author: Divyansh Mishra

Due to Bumrah’s injury history, the BCCI will not be keen to entrust him with any leadership responsibility during the Indian tour of England, where they are scheduled to play five Tests. The other nightmare for the board was Bumrah injuring his back on the last Test of the Australia tour 2024-25 and being out of cricket for almost three months, which ruled him out of the Champions Trophy triumph. With the ICC World Test Championship kicking off from England, the board now has an eye on grooming someone who can lead this team all through the five matches.  Bumrah…

Hayden gave a shout-out to Prabhsimran during the game break, comparing his six-hitting prowess with that of MS Dhoni. Hayden fondly recollected the 54- off-29-ball masterpiece by Dhoni against Kings XI Punjab in 2010, when he scored 16 runs in that last over against Irfan Pathan.  That boy has power. In 2010, young MS Dhoni was hitting them big in the final over. Prabhsimran has the same kind of qualities. His bat is as fast as his feet are quick. He probably is not too tall, but he combined placement with power and barely showed any fear. Look how he…

Six years back, Shai Hope and John Campbell really left a footmark in the annals of ODI Cricket. They got 365 runs for the highest-ever opening stand in a 50-over contest against Ireland in Dublin. Hope-Campbell put up big numbers, with Hope scoring a magnificent 170 and Campbell following it up with 179 to register his highest ODI score ever. This was a tri-series, which also included Bangladesh, and took place in May 2019. They battered the Irish fielders for runs before finally getting out. With this effort, they put the former holders of the record of 304 runs (Pakistan’s…

T20 cricket is excitement for the players and the spectators. The recent 1 Run screaming finish between KKR and Rajasthan Royals marks the 15th ever such finish in the history of the IPL. The first 1 Run win in IPL history came when Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings) defeated Mumbai Indians on May 21, 2008, at Wankhede Stadium. Then King XI Punjab secured another close win by one run against Deccan Chargers in 2009 as well. Hence they remain the only side with two wins by such an improbably narrow margin. There were some of these nail-biters in Mumbai…

Litton Das has been handed the captaincy of the Bangladesh cricket team for the upcoming T20I tours to Pakistan and the UAE. They have announced a fairly young squad of 16 players, involving ex-captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and a host of other promising talents in Bangladesh cricket. Bangladesh will kick off their tour by playing two T20Is against the UAE in Sharjah on May 17 and 19, before departing for Pakistan for a five-match T20I series starting May 25. Although he has not been in good form lately, he had led the team to a whitewash against West Indies in…

Rishabh Pant, captain of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), assured that his team still had hopes to reach the playoffs after suffering a 37-run defeat to the Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the HPCA Stadium on Sunday, May 4. LSG leaked runs, allowing 236/5 in the first innings, despite some commendable bowling efforts from debutant pacer Akash Singh and spinner Digvesh Singh Rathi, each chipping in with two wickets. With the bat, the LSG top three managed just 27 runs with Pant himself contributing only 18 off 17 balls. Ayush Badoni tried to keep the LSG fight going by scoring 74…

On Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Eden Gardens, Kanpur, India, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) would be facing the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 53 of the IPL 2025. KKR has previously won over RR during the season and would want to keep its aspirations for the playoffs alive by winning this match. Currently, KKR sits on the 7th place in the table with only 4 wins from 10 matches. The similar case applies to the 2008 champions, RR, who have had a bad run of consistency throughout this season and really need to win to stay in the playoff…

The Punjab Kings (PBKS) will battle the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 54th match of IPL 2025. The match will be held at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Stadium, Dharamsala, on Sunday, May 4. Having just won a match, PBKS would like to make it two in a row. They recently overcame the Chennai Super Kings by 4 wickets to place themselves second on the points table with 6 wins in 10 matches. In contrast, LSG is sixth but are currently at 5 wins and 5 losses. Rishabh Pant’s side has lost its previous two matches and looks to break…

Match 53 of the 2025 Indian Premier League sees the Kolkata Knight Riders taking on the Rajasthan Royals. The match is to be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on May 4. With both teams struggling in the lower half of the points table, RR is already out of the playoff race, while KKR’s chances are very slim. Some key matchups to watch out for are: Yashasvi Jaiswal vs Harshit Rana   Yashasvi Jaiswal has been on a roll of scoring more than 45 runs in five out of his last six games. So it would be interesting to see how he…

Former Australian cricketer and India’s head coach Greg Chappell has recently shared his take on the fast blossoming Vaibhav Suryavanshi. He asserted that like Sachin Tendulkar even as a teenager when Sachin performed in those big matches, it was not merely talent for Sachin; he had a heavy backing. Chappell is concerned that Vaibhav needs the same kind of backing.  This week, Vaibhav had made the news when he smashed a hundred in just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans, surprising many, including Chappell. He warned the BCCI about how to manage young players, quoting Vinod Kambli’s story and Prithvi Shaw’s…