Author: Divyansh Mishra

Seen having a grand time on Tuesday (March 11) were legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. From sister’s wedding events of top Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, Dhoni and Raina can be seen displaying their dancing skills in a viral internet video. Pant’s sister Sakshi is to marry this week; she was engaged last year. Mussoorie is where the wedding events are happening. Part of the Indian side that claimed the Champions Trophy 2025 last in Dubai on Sunday (March 9), Pant flew to India on Monday morning and joined other family members for festivities. Rishabh Pant , MS…

March 12, 2006, was a memorable day for cricket when in the glorious history of ODIs, uptil that time, 872 runs were registered in a single match played between South Africa and Australia. In an unparalleled show by Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa chased down the 435 run target to win a match held at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, 19 years ago today. So started the Tour by Australia to South Africa with five ODIs, with the series-level after four games. On this day, in the fifth ODI, the visiting captain Ricky Ponting won the toss in Johannesburg and opted…

After playing a key role in India’s Champions Trophy win in Dubai – when India won by four wickets over New Zealand on March 9 – star India all-rounder Axar Patel fell into Ahmedabad in the early hours of Tuesday. Being one of the four spinners India deployed since their group stage match against the Kiwis, Axar bowled some saving spells and created partnerships with top and middle order batters. Axar cordoned off by security men from the airport waving and acknowledging fans awaiting his arrival On Monday, Axar was also named the 12th player in ICC’s team of the…

In a breakthrough development, KL Rahul has reportedly declined to lead Delhi Capitals in the next IPL 2025 season. He was shortlisted to take on captaincy, but now that plan has been shelved. As stated in IANS reports, the franchise contacted KL Rahul for the position, but the India’s star was content with playing as a pure batter and therefore declined the offer from the owners. Now this post actually belongs to star allrounder Axar Patel after KL rejects the captaincy idea. The tussle for the new DC captain, post-Rishabh Pant, was between Rahul and Axar, but now that keeper-batter…

The 2025 World Test Championship (WTC) final will be held at The Lords, London, June 11-15. In the WTC 2025 final, defending champions Australia will face title toppers South Africa from WTC 2023-25. Iconic London stadium will host the WTC final for the first time in history, but the ‘Home of Cricket’ is set to nearly lose 4 million pounds in revenue after India failed to qualify for the summit clash. According to a report in The Times, “Organizers had originally priced tickets at a premium rate, believing India fan demand would outstrip supply, but the absence of India has…

The Indian cricket team stars are said to congregate in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, to attend the wedding of Rishabh Pant’s sister, Sakshi Pant, who is a wicketkeeper-batter. The wedding ceremonies will be conducted at an undisclosed site in Mussoorie on Tuesday and Wednesday. India skipper Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli, and former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni are expected to attend the wedding. Sakshi Pant is marrying businessman Ankit Chaudhary. The couple got engaged last year after dating for almost nine years. Among the guests at the couple’s engagement ceremony in London in January 2024 was former Indian skipper MS Dhoni.…

The Indian cricketers, having obtained a quiet farewell in India after winning the Champions Trophy in Dubai, were led by Rohit Sharma. The captain Rohit brought the team back after giving India their second ICC title within nine months in Mumbai on Monday evening. It will be one week before his men converge on their IPL teams to prepare for the tournament starting March 22. “All the players with families left from Dubai on Monday. There are some players who have stayed back for a couple of days,” the BCCI source quoted by PTI said. With players preferring to get…

India’s seemingly flawless run at the recently concluded Champions Trophy was attributed to the former and current players in part to the ‘advantage’ of remaining at a single venue and not having to travel, unlike the rest of the traveling teams. The tournament host Pakistan, in line with the geopolitical tensions, did not send the Indian team there for the tournament and hence the Hybrid Model, making Rohit Sharma’s men play all their matches in Dubai. All teams apart from India, however, toured Pakistan, where three venues hosted their matches. Group A teams had to fly to Dubai from Pakistan…

Australia will play at home against England in Test cricket under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2027 to mark the 150th anniversary of Test cricket. The first test in history happened in 1877, while the centenary between Australia and England happened after 100 years. Both tests have been won by the host team by 45 runs each. The 150th anniversary match will be held outside Australia’s summer holiday period from March 11-15 and will be the very first men’s test played under lights in a venue with a capacity of 100,000. The Melbourne Cricket Ground will host a…

Michael Bracewell will captain New Zealand for the first time on home soil when they face Pakistan in a five-match T20 series, leading a squad that was named on Tuesday without several key players due to the IPL. Bracewell was an important player as the Black Caps made it into the final of the Champions Trophy and is one of seven players from that one-day team selected for the T20s. But a number of stars are unavailable due to Indian Premier League commitments, namely usual captain Mitchell Santner, along with Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, and Glenn Phillips. Kane Williamson also…