Author: Divyansh Mishra

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…

The IPL season is almost here, and some rules are changing. The BCCI got team captains and referees together last Thursday and apparently decided on some rule changes for the 2025 season. The IPL 2025 starts on March 22, so let’s check out the big rule changes: 1. Saliva is back One change is that players can use saliva to shine the ball again. The ICC banned this in 2022 because of COVID. The IPL followed suit, but they knew they could make their own rules. After talking with IPL team captains and hearing from players like Mohammad Shami, the…

After missing out on the Indian squad for the Champions Trophy, Mohammed Siraj, who last played in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in Australia, isn’t sweating it. He’s putting all his energy into the next Indian Premier League (IPL) season with the Gujarat Titans. About not being picked for the Champions Trophy, which India ended up winning, Siraj said he’s not dwelling on things he can’t change. Instead, he wants to focus on how he plays. Selection isn’t up to me. All I can do is bowl the cricket ball as best as I can. I don’t want to stress about…

Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai Indians’ star fast bowler, is back at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. He’s trying to get the green light to play in the next IPL season for MI. Cricbuzz says this is his second trip in about a week, and this time it’ll determine how much of the season he can play. He’s already missing the first few games because of his back. The report says he felt some pain when bowling during his last visit, so the NCA folks suggested some exercises and told him to come back later. This time, they seem more positive…

The IPL 2025 is kicking off on Saturday, March 22, and so are the team rivalries. The first match is between Kolkata Knight Riders, who won last year, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Eden Gardens. Every year, IPL gets fans super competitive as they support their teams like crazy. One of the biggest rivalries is between RCB and Chennai Super Kings, who have won five times. Their games are always great to watch. Before the season starts, Subramaniam Badrinath, who used to play for CSK, made a funny video mocking RCB. He acted like he was from CSK, shaking hands…

Apparently, Mohammed Siraj of Star India was in top form during the Gujarat Titans’ practice match. A video posted by the team on Thursday showed him bowling great, making it hard for the other batters. Siraj wasn’t picked for the Champions Trophy and hasn’t been in the T20I team since the 2024 World Cup win. It was a surprise since he took the most ODI wickets for India from early 2022 to the end of last year – 71 wickets at about 23 each. He even bowled well enough to start over Mohammed Shami in the 2023 ODI World Cup.…

Cricket fans in India are getting ready for the Indian Premier League (IPL) kicking off on March 22, and some crazy stuff just happened in international cricket. Andrew Brownlee, who plays for the Falkland Islands International Cricket Team, just became the oldest guy to play his first international game. He was 62 years and 147 days old! He did it in a game against Costa Rica on March 10. It is wild, especially when most cricketers retire way before that age. Sure, some awesome players like MS Dhoni keep playing past 40, like he’s doing in the IPL for Chennai…

Faf du Plessis, the old South African batter, is back for another round of the Indian Premier League (IPL). He captained Royal Challengers Bengaluru for the past three years, but in IPL 2025, he’ll be with Delhi Capitals. Before the season starts this Saturday in Kolkata, a lot of fans got a surprise: a Faf du Plessis was announced as the captain of Namibia’s U-19 team for the next World Cup qualifiers. Funny enough, the 17-year-old captain of Namibia U19 shares a name with the South African legend. Namibia is playing in the U-19 World Cup Division 1 Qualifiers (African…

Liam Livingstone, the big-hitting all-rounder, is going to captain the Birmingham Phoenix Men. They picked him to lead the team for the 2025 Hundred tournament. He’s taking over from Moeen Ali, the ex-England all-rounder, who’s decided to sit out this year as he retires from domestic games. Livingstone has scored the most runs for the Phoenix in the last four seasons. After a bad Champions Trophy, he’ll be hoping to get his white-ball game back on track. Livingstone was also the ODI captain when Jos Buttler was not available in the West Indies last year. People see him as a…