Author: Divyansh Mishra

Today marks the 52nd birthday of one of the greats of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar! Many consider him as one of the greatest cricketers, and it is not hard to see why. After a long and illustrious career, he walked away as the leading run-scorer in international cricket, and with an unbelievable 100 centuries- a feat that will most certainly stand the test of time. Known for contrasting a blistering batting style with the graceful, Tendulkar’s 24 years of cricketing lore were indeed spectacular. The great Don Bradman once said he has never seen himself play like that, yet he felt…

Daniel Gidney, the chief executive of Lancashire, has suggested that the England and Wales Cricket Board must consider BCCI as a minority owner for The Hundred. This would be a grieve to lure Indian players into league, despite the restriction of usually allowing Indian men to play outside the IPL. Gidney stated that while all the energies of Indian men are booked into the IPL, there are several women cricketers-Harmanpreet Kaur, for example-and Smriti Mandhana-who have participated in The Hundred and Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League. He believes that a partnership with BCCI would encourage even more Indian talent to…

On Wednesday, April 23, at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad took on the Mumbai Indians, who have lifted the IPL Trophy five times. The match was not turning out well for SRH as under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Mumbai Indians made merry while pursuing a total of 144 runs with consummate ease, finishing the match by the 16th over. This defeat marked a sad date in the story of SRH, bringing their losses in the Indian Premier League since its inception in 2013 to 100. That puts them in some trouble and makes them the eighth…

The Mumbai Indians fast bowler Trent Boult showered praise on Rohit Sharma describing him as world-class and went ahead to state how crucial he will be to the team in its quest for a sixth title in the IPL. Rohit seems to have recently found his form again, scoring half-centuries one after another at the right time. Boult played a vital role in their previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad as he took 4 wickets while conceding only 26 runs. This important contribution made it possible for Mumbai Indians to win the game by their fourth consecutive winning streak. After Sunrisers…

Kane Williamson, New Zealand’s gifted cricketer, had just signed on with the Karachi Kings for the PSL season 2025. This is his very first season of participation in the PSL, with the Kings having secured him earlier this season. At 34, he is looking forward to teaming again with his Sunrisers Hyderabad’s old mate from David Warner, who has taken on the reins as captain for this season.  Before heading to Karachi, Kane was busy calling the action in India for his commentary stint during IPL 2025. After hanging up his commentary boots, he flew to Lahore to join his…

Jaydev Unadkat has been part of the IPL since 2010. He currently plays for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) team. On Wednesday, April 23rd, the left-arm fast bowler played his second match of the season in which he bagged his 100th wicket; that is pretty exciting! That player achieved the milestone after dismissing Ryan Rickleton. But in an unusual twist, he has also registered a rather embarrassing record. It took Unadkat 106 innings to reach that milestone of 100 wickets, which is the slowest any fast bowler has done so in IPL history. Overall, he is the 18th fast bowler to…

Mohammad Amir, the former bowler of Pakistan, said that he would be open to playing in the Indian Premier League if he got the chance. Otherwise, he would continue to play in the Pakistan Super League which he really wants to get into at a leading T20 league in India. This IPL-PSL conflict occurs current, with both the IPL and PSL 2025 going on while Amir is joined to the Quetta Gladiators. When Amir was asked in a conversation with Geo News, which league he would choose in a scenario where both leagues have their events in full motion, he…

Captain Rishabh Pant of the Lucknow Super Giants was clearly having a tense talk with mentor Zaheer Khan during the clash between the two franchises. Anil Kumble claimed Rishabh had been “wronged” when he batted at seven instead of his usual position, where he faced only two balls. After Nicholas Pooran’s wicket in the 12th over, Lucknow were looking strong at 99/2, and everyone thought Pant would come out at number 4. Instead, the left-handed Samad took Pooran’s place, which left a lot of people baffled. Some thought this was done in order to maintain the right-left batting combination, but…

News that shocked nearly everyone is coming from Gautam Gambhir, the head coach of the ICT team, who has reportedly been threatened with death by a group that calls itself ‘ISIS Kashmir.’ Upon learning of this, Gambhir, being a former-cricketing World Cup-winner of sorts, thought that it was best to get in touch with the police in Delhi as soon as possible. He has already requested that they initiate an official complaint, as attested to by the officer-in-charge at the Rajinder Nagar Police Station. Gambhir received two threatening emails on April 22, with the chilling message ‘IKillU.’ That’s really scary!…

It has been a long journey full of hard learnings for the national cricket team, which attained Test status in 2000. The underdogs have been toying with the biggest teams, stripping them of their home advantage. There have been batting stars in the team, but it is in the bowling department that the team has seen some tremendous Test victories, particularly on very difficult pitches. Here are Bangladesh’s top five bowlers, based on the number of wickets taken, and let’s celebrate the history of Test cricket for Bangladesh by showing what they nation has achieved: Bangladesh’s Leading Wicket-Takers in Test…