Author: Divyansh Mishra

Former Indian spinner Piyush Chawla was quite ecstatic about the fabulous win that Mumbai Indians achieved over Lucknow Super Giants by 54 runs at Wankhede Stadium on a Sunday. He highlighted how the success of a five-time champion was always possible with an impact of having bunches of players that have the ability to win matches for them. It was this win that brought the count for Mumbai to five in a row at third place in the points table with 12 points from 10 games. Batted first, and now Ryan Rickleton and Suryakumar Yadav scored fifties. New entrants Corbin…

Former Indian player Manoj Tiwary has very strong opinions regarding Punjab Kings’ chances in the IPL 2025. He thinks the team has a hard road ahead for winning the title this time because of their head coach Ricky Ponting who prefers foreign players more than local talent.  In the latest match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab was able to score 201 runs, with just four wickets in hand at the time rain interrupted play. The innings included some great performances from Prabhsimran Singh, who scored 83 runs off 49 balls, and Priyansh Arya, who added 69 runs off just…

Former Indian cricketer Amit Mishra recently offered some thoughts on the Lucknow Super Giants and their performance in IPL 2024. He said that while KL Rahul took the big decisions last year as captain, this year seems to be completely different. Mishra felt the decision-making was rather shared among more people this time around. He additionally noted the media may have heightened the expectations of the franchise owners, which might perhaps have added to the confusion regarding what was going down. After the majority 2024 shakes for Lucknow and other franchises in the League, they parted ways with KL Rahul,…

Shane Bond, fast bowling coach of Rajasthan Royals (RR), has spoken of the team’s struggles in the Indian Premier League 2025. Things are not looking good for Rajasthan because they are currently ranked ninth on the points table with just two wins from nine matches. They would have only garnered about four points till now. The injury to their captain Sanju Samson has been one of the major reasons affecting them. Samson had missed the first three matches of the season and played as an impact player when he came back. To make matters worse, he aggravated his injury while…

On Sunday, former cricketer Shahid Afridi made some very strong remarks, particularly about the Indian Army. He blamed them for not having stopped the recent attack in Pahalgam and that India should stop blaming Pakistan every time something goes wrong. Afridi wanted proof of any Pakistani link to the incident and was particularly scathing about the manner in which Indian media reported on it. Afridi had a few things to say about the way the incident was covered. He pointed out how, with even the most minor incidents, Pakistan is interstate,” if a firecracker goes off in India, it’s- ‘Pakistan…

The extraordinary day for Virat Kohli was Sunday, as he scored his sixth IPL 2025 half-century, leading Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a good six-wicket win over Delhi Capitals. He scored 51 runs in 47 balls with the help of four boundaries. The innings became important when RCB was down at 26 for 3 in pursuit of 163 runs at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. His partnership with Krunal Pandya proved to be significant as the duo added a century partnership to put the team back on track. With this latest half-century, Kohli moved to the forefront of the Orange Cap tally…

Bhuvneshwar Kumar is now the second-highest wicket-taker in IPL history. He achieved this while playing on Sunday at Arun Jaitley Stadium against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru along with the Delhi Capitals. Bhuvneshwar took three important wickets in the match against KL Rahul (41), Tristan Stubbs (34), and Ashutosh Sharma (2), defeating RCB with a total of 162/8. He tied at 192 with leg-spinner Piyush Chawla when he dismissed Ashutosh in the 17th over. Bhuvneshwar then took the lead in the last over by taking out Stubbs, bringing his total to 193 wickets from 185 matches. Yuzvendra Chahal is still ahead…

Kevin Pietersen, mentor of the Delhi Capitals (DC), feels KL Rahul should be integrated into India’s T20I No. 4. He has had an electrifying beginning to his career here after acquiring the team for rupees 14 crores, in eight matches – scoring 364 runs, with a strike rate of 146.18 and an average of 60.66-including three fifties. He has not played since the T20 World Cup semi-final against England in 2022; however, his current form makes him deserving of a space on the national squad to Pietersen. “I’d back KL at four for India in T20 cricket,” said Pietersen after…

As a matter of fact, Royal Challengers Bengaluru only made their sixth away win because they are so good on the road in the IPL 2025. Their latest match on April 27 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium featured a resplendent victory against Delhi Capitals, marking the sixth straight win away from home. They chased down 163 and ended with a six wicket victory on somewhat tricky pitch, varied pace though. This victory is much more than just pounding the belt, as with this, RCB has become the first team in IPL history to achieve six consecutive wins away from its…

Australia has always been a powerhouse in cricket, and the amazing streak in the ICC Cricket World Cup shows just how dominant they have been up till now. It was 18 years ago when they bagged that 50-over global title for the third time running-it really entrenches them at the top. Their opponent in the final match of the 2007 World Cup was Sri Lanka, and it was held in the Caribbean paradise called Barbados. With obvious adverse weather conditions upfront abbreviated the match at Kensington Oval, the Aussies on aggressive stormed their way to a score of 281 runs…