Author: Divyansh Mishra

The ODI cricket career of Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim has ended. Realizing it was time to close the curtains on his ODI career, the wicketkeeper-batter credited his decision to “demanding few weeks. The 37-year-old stated in a Facebook post that Bangladesh might not achieve much internationally but he gave “more than 100 percent.” Read Also: Shubman Gill achieves this elusive milestone in ODI cricket. Mushfiqur wrote, “I am announcing my retirement from the ODI format as of today, “Alhamdulillah for all of it.” It Though our accomplishments might have been modest worldwide, one thing is absolutely clear: every time I…

On Wednesday, former Australian pacer Jason Gillespie took to Instagram to publish a story in which he lashed out against the acting Pakistan head coach Aaqib Javed for his actions that led to Gillespie’s removal from the position of head coach of the Pakistan men’s Test team a year ago. Gillespie was appointed as head coach for red-ball cricket by the Pakistan men’s cricket team in April 2024; however, within eight months, he parted ways with the PCB. After almost more than three months since his departure, Gillespie opened up and hit back at Javed. “Aaqib was always someone who…

Mitchell Santner, captain of the New Zealand men’s cricket team, sent out a warning to Team India after securing a spot in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final on Wednesday, March 5. New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs in the second semifinal of the ongoing ICC event in Lahore and will now face India for the title on Sunday, March 9, in Dubai.  Having reached the ICC Champions Trophy final for the fourth time in nine editions, Santner pointed out how the Kiwis had managed to get the better of the Indian team in the past and that…

Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad remembered how captaincy came into his hands unexpectedly and how MS Dhoni’s trust helped him transition into the role very smoothly. Gaikwad was named the skipper a week before the start of the IPL 2024 edition. Initially, he admitted that he was overwhelmed but said Dhoni made it easy for him regarding the role.  “Just a week before the tournament last year, MS Dhoni came up to me and said, ‘I’m not leading this year–you are.’ I was taken aback. I asked, ‘From the first game? Are you sure?’ With really just a few…

Ajinkya Rahane of India stated that although some years back he was playing the anchor role while others played around him, he has changed to play with freedom in the last two or three years. Rahane topped the batting charts in the last edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 469 runs, including five fifties, at a strike rate of 164.56.  The aggressive approach taken by Rahane ideally shaped his batting style in the Indian Premier League, in the last two editions for the Chennai Super Kings. “It used to be me being the anchor, and everyone else would play…

The phenomenon of ascendant, world-class talent Azmatullah Omarzai seemed fast and furious. Although he will barely turn 25 at the end of this month, the Afghanistan all-rounder is now in uncharted waters, having climbed to the top of an ICC Rankings list. Exceptional performance in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, including a maiden five-wicket haul against England and a 50 against Australia, has indeed propelled Omarzai into becoming the world”s top-ranked all-rounder. He dethroned teammate Mohammad Nabi, who has now plunged to second on the list. The right-arm pacer climbed two spots to also achieve a career-best rating points of…

Kohli has effectively become the second leading run-scorer in the Champions Trophy during the course of his knock and is now 45 runs short of overtaking Chris Gayle’s record of 791 runs. Batting for Kohli, however, the second century of the ongoing tournament seemed to be a task too easy for him until he was caught at long-off after he tried to play a big shot in the 43rd with India needing just 40 more runs to win. “Once again, he assessed the conditions brilliantly,” Clarke said on JioHotstar. “A class player, he knew exactly what his team needed in…

The feedback that comes in from the ICC away from their restriction on ball shining using saliva is concerning; Shami says the seamers have lost their reverse swing abilities by this restriction. Reverse-shining an old ball has always been done with the help of saliva.  Reverse swing is already a non-existent factor in ODIs, given the two new balls from either end. “We are trying to reverse, but you are not getting the use of saliva into the game. We only keep on appealing to allow it, and with reverse swing, it will be something interesting,” Shami mentioned while addressing…

Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has mocked Rohit Sharma for bringing Varun Chakravarthy into the attack very late when he had already allowed Travis Head to hit Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya for runs. Chakravarthy was included in the playing XI against Australia after his earlier successes in the group-stage game against New Zealand, and he was an important match-up against Head. Harbhajan was not happy with Rohit’s tactics and demanded that Chakravarthy should have been sent with the new ball to counterhead. “When you have Varun Chakarvarthy, why would you wait nine overs to introduce him against Travis Head?…

Australia’s campaign at the Champions Trophy 2025 concluded with their semifinal loss on Tuesday against India in Dubai. Batting first, Australia made 264 in 49.3 overs. India reached the target without exerting extra effort and entered their third final in a row of the Champions Trophy. Australia made a couple of changes in playing XI as they added Tanveer Sangha so that their spin options could be highly organized and Cooper Connolly as batting all-rounder. Connolly opened in the match with Matt Short ruled out due to an injury. Unfortunately for Connolly, the debutant scored only a duck before being…