Author: Divyansh Mishra

Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj said Virat Kohli really supported him when he wasn’t doing well back in 2018 and 2019. He also said it was tough leaving Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the Gujarat Titans after getting picked in the IPL 2025 auction. Siraj has been a key part of Bengaluru’s fast bowling for the past six years. Now, he has to get used to a new team but still has strong feelings for his old team and Kohli. Thinking about his time in Bengaluru, Siraj said Kohli was a big part of his success, especially during the rough patches…

In the 2024 IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad went wild, twice smashing the record for the highest innings total in the league’s history. First, they beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s 2013 record of 263/5 by scoring 277/3. Then, they almost hit 300, posting an amazing 287/3 against RCB. With records being broken so fast, former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa is making some big predictions for the 2025 IPL. Uthappa knows the IPL well. He played for six different teams, including Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, RCB, and the old Pune Warriors. Uthappa, 39, retired from Indian cricket in…

Shardul Thakur, the medium-pacer from India, is going to take Mohsin Khan’s spot on the Lucknow Super Giants. There’s still a question mark over whether Mayank Yadav will play in the 2025 IPL since he’s still recovering from an injury he got last year during the Bangladesh T20Is. Thakur has been practicing with the team for the 2025 IPL and will sub for the hurt Mohsin on the team led by Rishabh Pant. The Times of India says that Thakur knows about this and will head to Vishakhapatnam with the team for their first game against the Delhi Capitals. Mohsin…

The Indian Premier League has really boosted careers and made dreams come true for many talented cricketers who wanted to play for India. Guys like Hardik Pandya and Yashasvi Jaiswal first showed what they could do in the IPL, which then got them into the national team. As the 18th IPL season kicks off this Saturday in Kolkata, Suresh Raina, who used to play for India, thinks the league has given young stars a place to grow and helped some become great captains. We’ve seen loads of players get better and then move on to play internationally. India has won…

Looks like the start of the Indian Premier League’s 18th season might be a washout if the Kolkata weather forecast is correct. IPL 2025 kicks off with an opening ceremony on Friday, March 22, and then the first game between the Kolkata Knight Riders, who are the champs, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. But, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put out an orange alert for parts of West Bengal from March 20 to March 22. The Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata is saying there’s a good chance of thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds in some areas of…

The Mumbai Indians team and staff got to Chennai Thursday night. They’ve got three days before their huge game against their biggest rivals, the Chennai Super Kings, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Hardik Pandya, the Mumbai captain, came out of the airport first, with Tilak Varma right behind him. The team kept both of them as key players. Next up was Rohit Sharma, who got a huge welcome from the Chennai fans. #WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Players and staff of Mumbai Indians arrive at Chennai airport for their first IPL match against Chennai Super Kings at MA Chidambaram Stadium in…

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) gave Dilip Vengsarkar and Diana Edulji the Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday for being awesome at cricket. Vengsarkar and Edulji did a lot for Mumbai and Indian cricket, as players and leaders. They got their awards at a fancy party at the Sharad Pawar Indoor Cricket Academy in Mumbai. The MCA also gave awards to the best cricket players in the city from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Important people like C. P. Radhakrishnan, the Governor of Maharashtra, and Ashish Shelar, a government minister, gave out the awards with the MCA president, Ajinkya Naik, and…

After his great IPL in 2024, Nitish Kumar Reddy got a spot on India’s white-ball team. What’s cool is that the all-rounder was chosen for the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy too, since Rohit Sharma and the team really wanted a good all-rounder. Even though Nitish didn’t play much red-ball cricket before, he got the chance and played his first Test match in Perth. The 21-year-old had a great tour in Australia, scoring 298 runs in five games. He even hit an amazing century at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), which got him a lot of praise from cricket legends like…

So, Ben Duckett, the England opener, apparently deleted his X account (you know, Twitter) after he had to defend what he said about Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian fast bowler. Basically, Duckett said that since he’s faced Bumrah before, he knows what to expect when England hosts India for a Test series later this year, so he won’t be ‘surprised’. He told the Daily Mail that he knows how much damage Bumrah can do, and he also praised Mohammed Shami. Duckett said, I’ve played Bumrah in a five-Test series before. I know what he’s going to try, and the good thing…

With the IPL 2025 kickoff for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) set for March 22, Sarandeep Singh, ex-India spinner and selector, thinks Virat Kohli has gotten smarter at knowing when to switch things up in his batting and control the game. Stats from Cricket-21 say Kohli went for a fresh T20 batting style in IPL 2024, ending up as the top run-scorer with 741 runs in 15 matches. His powerplay strike rate jumped to 161, a big leap from his usual 120. Also, 72% of his runs in the powerplay came from boundaries. This shows that even though he’s done with…