Author: Divyansh Mishra

 India’s cricket team didn’t make it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final in 2025. That happened after they lost to Australia 3-1 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024-25. But they’re getting ready for the next WTC season (2025-27) with a big five-match series against England. The team is heading to England in June for this red-ball series. Word is, they’ll get at least two practice matches to warm up before the first match in Leeds on June 20. According to the Indian Express, they’re planning an India A tour that starts in early June. A lot of the main…

Looks like the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) game on April 6 at Eden Gardens might get moved. PTI says the Kolkata police haven’t given the okay because of Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal. Apparently, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said there will be over 20,000 processions for the festival, so security is tight. Snehasish Ganguly, who heads the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), talked to the city police twice on Tuesday. Snehasish told PTI, They said they can’t provide enough security. Without police, we can’t handle a crowd of 65,000. He said the authorities haven’t…

KL Rahul, the Indian batter who usually opens in the Indian Premier League and scores a ton of runs for teams like Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants, is probably going to bat in the middle order for Delhi Capitals this year. A report in the Times of India said that Rahul, who DC got for Rs 14 crore in the IPL 2025 auction after Lucknow Super Giants let him go, will bat in the middle order, which he’s done a lot for Team India lately, but not so much in the IPL. Apparently, Rahul, who was key in Team…

Rohit Sharma, captain of the Indian men’s cricket team, is all poised to open along with South African wicketkeeper-batter Ryan Rickelton for Mumbai Indians in the coming 2025 season of the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Signed for Rs. 1 crore by the Mumbai-based club in last year’s IPL 2025 mega auction, Rickelton played for MI Cape Town, MI sister franchise, on SA20 2025. Most probably batting at No will be the five-time champions’ three-times champions who were held for Rs 8 crore, Rs 16.35 crore and Rs 16.35 crore respectively captain Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma. 5, 4…

Pakistani bowler Haris Rauf mentioned that people in Pakistan often trash their own players and almost want them to fail – a jab at his fellow citizens after another poor showing. The team, led by Salman Ali Agha, lost the second T20I against New Zealand by five wickets, putting them on the verge of losing the series. Rauf, who managed to snag two wickets, said some folks back home seem to be waiting for Pakistan to lose so they can rip into the players. “It’s pretty normal now for Pakistani fans to slam players. These are young guys getting a…

Everyone’s watching MS Dhoni as he gets ready for his 18th IPL season, still playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at 43! CSK paid him Rs 4 crore to stay, and he’s already led them to five IPL titles. Now, he’s close to setting three big records that might be impossible for anyone else to beat. People think this might be his last season, so this cricket legend has a real chance to make his mark with these achievements. **200 Catches as Wicketkeeper** Right now, Dhoni has the most catches as a wicketkeeper in IPL history. In 264 games, he’s…

Junail Zafar Khan, a cricketer with Pakistani roots who played for a club team, passed away after collapsing during a game. The match was happening at Concordia College in Adelaide, and the weather was crazy hot. Khan was in his 40s and playing for Old Concordians Cricket Club against Prince Alfred Old Collegians last Saturday, according to news.com.au. He’d been out on the field, fielding for 40 overs and then batting for seven, when he suddenly collapsed. This happened around 4 pm local time in South Australia. They’ve been having a real heatwave there. The Bureau of Meteorology said that…

Shreyas Iyer, India cricketer, has remarked that his assured strokes against Jofra Archer’s short balls in the ODIs against England were not meant to send a ‘message’ to anyone and he simply has faith in himself to play his best possible cricket. Iyer has cemented the No. in ODIs and been great in recent years. fourth position in the Indian batting order and showing his value over time. Iyer’s greatly better performance against the short-pitched delivery has of late been much publicized. Regarding the assurance, absolutely not. But you look at my domestic season, I played so many this year…

Star India batter Shafi Verma claimed a hattrick on Monday for Haryana against Karnataka in the ongoing Women’s U-23 One-Day International Trophy being held at Fulwung in North Guwahati. The teams’ match was a pre-quarterfinal contest. Off the last two balls of the 44th over, Shafali (30) and wicketkeeper-batter Soumya Verma (0 off 1) were off-spin part-temp bowlers. Shafali came back in the 46th over to finish a remarkable hat-trick by cleaning up Namita D’Souza’s first-ball stumps. Playing a match-winning part for her team in the local league, Shafali finished the match with scores of 4-0-20-3. Shafali’s hustle aided Haryana…

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the ex-Pakistan cricket star, has responded to some comments made by Mohammad Hafeez. Basically, Hafeez had kind of downplayed the impact that players from the ’90s had on Pakistan cricket, suggesting they didn’t really leave much of a mark since they didn’t bag a World Cup win. It all started during the Champions Trophy when Hafeez took a shot at those ’90s cricketers, pointing out their lack of a World Cup title. During a presser in Lahore, someone asked Inzamam what he thought about Hafeez’s remarks, and Inzamam didn’t hold back. Inzamam made it clear that Pakistan cricket owes…