Author: Divyansh Mishra

The new captain of the national women’s cricket team is now Nat Sciver-Brunt, as announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). She replaces Heather Knight, who announced her resignation after a tough Ashes series where England lost every single match. Since then, she’s been a vital part of the England setup, having been around since her international debut in 2013, and now she is going to lead the side across all formats. Having been a double winner as ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2022 and 2023, in addition to being PCA Women’s Player of the Year…

The star all-rounder in Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Russell was very grateful for the teammates as they pulled off an amazing birthday surprise with victory over Delhi Capitals by 14 runs on April 29. This win meant adding hopes to KKR for the playoffs and helped Russell achieve victory with his effort.  After the match, he hinted at the IPL of scheduling a game on his birthday and then shared that he had asked the boys to win for him. And it was done thanks to a mixture of big hitting, smart decisions, and steady bowling. “We had the team…

The Chennai Super Kings, desperate for points and lying neglected at the bottom of the table, will come face to face with the dangerously on-form Punjab Kings in the 49th match of IPL 2025. This encounter will be happening at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday, April 30, at 7:30 PM. Both sides need a victory from here for different reasons. CSK has failed to do anything credible about the situation, which is last on the table with a mere two wins out of nine matches played, while PBKS is handily perched at fifth with five wins and three…

Australian fast bowler Xavier Bartlett is all set to join the San Francisco Unicorns for the 2025 Major League Cricket (MLC). He is currently with the Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and this summer he will be touring the U.S. Bartlett on the Unicorns is joined by the other Aussie players Cooper Connolly, Jake Fraser-McGurk, and Matt Short under legendary Australian coach Ricky Ponting at Punjab. Bartlett made all the right noises after a strong start to his T20I career, claiming 11 wickets from just seven appearances at an impressive economy. He was also the leading wicket-taker…

Andre Russell is said to be one of the most formidable hitters in the game of cricket. He may not be at his absolute peak right now, but he should still be able to decimate the top bowlers. In the 48th match of the IPL 2025 between DC and KKR, he displayed that talent by slamming a giant 106-meter six against Mitchell Starc during the last over of the first innings.  Starc bowled a low full toss, and Russell smashed it down the ground. This was the second-longest six in IPL 2025, equal to Abhishek Sharma, who also had a…

In response to Shikhar Dhawan, former Indian opening batsman, after Afridi made several troubling comments about the Indian Army following a horrific terror attack that left 28 civilians dead in Pahalgam, Kashmir, Afridi in turn made statements about the capacity of Indian security forces on Pakistani television, which Dhawan felt were improper.  They have also gone public with comments of their own: “Kargil mein tumhe humne haraya,” he tweeted. “You have stooped pretty low, how much lower Will you go? Instead of issuing baseless comments, try to do something to uplift your own country. Our pride is our Army. Bharat…

Playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders since his debut in the Indian Premier League back in 2012, Sunil Narine has emerged as one of the key players for this edition of the team over the years. Now, after all, fast forward to a Tuesday, April 29, in a match against the Delhi Capitals at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, where Narine is in the news again for achieving a milestone. Most importantly, he shares the world record for most all-time wickets taken for a single franchise in T20 cricket, with such a big set of achievements. After Narine first played…

The Chennai Super Kings are going through a poor run again, having missed out on the playoffs for the second year running. Last year, it was just marginally that the team could not enter the playoffs, finishing fifth, and while this season has turned out to be a huge disappointment, it has put them at the bottom of the table with little hope of qualifying. They began the season well against the Mumbai Indians but then soon started showing weakness. Their batting has been in trouble, especially in the middle order, with players like Hooda, Shankar, and Tripathi simply unable…

Exciting coaches and mentors have been lined up by the Mumbai Cricket Association for the upcoming T20 Mumbai League 2025, and this assures that it will not disappoint a cricket fan after a six-year break. T20 is back and ready to set the cricketing city on fire. This happens to be held between May 26 to June 8 at the hallowed Wankhede Stadium, featuring eight teams battling it out for glory. In a fantastic move, former cricketers Abhishek Nayar and Paras Mhambrey will be stepping in as mentors for the Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals and ARCS Andheri, respectively. With…

The Padma Shri Award was bestowed on Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday by Indian President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, after which Ashwin spoke about his retired life from international cricket. He stated that the first moment he thought about retirement was somewhat after the Test match whereby he scored a century while taking six wickets against Bangladesh in Chennai. But he kept that to himself until he finally candidly declared his retirement while in Australia and actually took a flight back home. Subsequently, he featured for Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2025. Ashwin said: “To be honest, I…