Author: Divyansh Mishra

Steve Smith has announced that he is retiring from One Day International after top-scoring in Australia’s Champions Trophy semi-final against India on Tuesday. Smith informed his fellow teammates after the match of his retirement being effective immediately from ODIs, although he is available for Test and T20 cricket. One of the most successful players in ODIs, Smith made his debut in 2010 against West Indies as a leg-spinning all-rounder before developing into one of the team’s main batsmen. He played 170 matches and made 5,800 runs at an average of 43.28 with 12 centuries and 35 fifties whilst claiming 28…

Anil Kumble, the former leg spinner of India, has said that KL Rahul should have been sent higher in the batting order than Axar Patel, considering the kind of innings he was playing in the semifinals of the 2017 Champions Trophy against Australia on Tuesday. Rahul came in at a very critical time for India, batting at 6. He scored a critical 42 runs off 34 balls during India’s chase of a target of 265, helping his team home. Kumble praised Rahul for his fantastic innings and said he showed why he is suited better at number 5. “During that…

Pakistan’s dry run in the cricket circuit continued as they ended their Champions Trophy campaign in the group stages. After that dismal exit from such a high-profile event, the ‘Men in Green’ are ready to put everything behind and look forward to their upcoming T20I series against New Zealand. After that horrendous outing at the Champions Trophy, the team did come under heavy criticism from the experts regarding team selection. The T20I series against New Zealand will be quite different as the team has also made some major appointments, and the coach, Aqib Javed, shared quite a few key points.…

The second semifinal of the ongoing ICC tournament is going to take place in Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday when South Africa and New Zealand will face off.  South Africa are going into the semifinals under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma as an unbeaten team, having done better with a couple of big wins over Afghanistan and England, and are hoping to continue their dream run. On the other hand, after winning the first two group matches, New Zealand was handed a close defeat by India in the final group stage encounter.  With both teams bolstered by strong squads,…

The world of the Internet had been rife with tension and elation as India captain Rohit Sharma and ace batter Virat Kohli captured the action-their determination-to make Ravindra Jadeja bat with just six runs left for India to cross the lineup into the finals of the Champions Trophy. There were only a few runs left to win with quite a few deliveries remaining, yet every Indian fan was submerged in tension, and the Indian dressing room was no different, as can be seen from this recent video shared by the BCCI. Even when everything was going out of sorts, Kohli…

Till the end in the first semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, KL Rahul stayed to assist lead India to a four-wicket win over Australia. Staying until the end, KL drove the winning runs with a maximum and a perfect 42 from 34 balls. As the Indian star hit the sixth, a fan ran onto the field to embrace KL Rahul., who hugged the invader back before the fan was dragged away. At a location that has usually created meager scores in the event, Australia rode half-centuries from skipper Steve Smith (73)…

India’s fantastic performance in the current Champions Trophy 2025 has spurred suggestions that the Rohit Sharma-led team has an ‘advantage’ since they are playing at only one place and have a better understanding of the conditions than other teams. According to the Hybrid Model, India will be playing all their tournament matches in Dubai whereas the remainder of the games will be spread across three cities in Pakistan. In addition to not needing to travel, players like Pat Cummins, Rassie van der Dussen, Michael Atherton, and Nasser Hussain among others have stated that the Indian team benefits from all their…

In the opening semifinal of the Champions Trophy 2025 played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, March 4, Indian men’s cricket team captain Rohit Sharma was all praises for his long-time India teammate Virat Kohli after hitting 84 runs out of 98 balls to secure India’s four-wicket victory over Australia. Having come out at his normal No. Kohli hit five fours and ran 56 singles to help Indians feist off the Australians’ assault from their 3rd. With KL Rahul (42*), he posted 91 runs for the third wicket with Shreyas Iyer (45), 44 runs for the 4th wicket alongside…

Played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday (March 4), the first semifinal of the 2025 Champions Trophy the Australian men’s cricket team was unable to uphold the 264 runs against India. Riding Virat Kohli’s 84-run knock from 98 balls, the Indian team chased six wickets down to 265 runs in 48.1 over. Although Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma were sent early in the chase, India’s innings left the Australian team—which played in the 2025 Champions Trophy without Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Marsh—behind. Australian captain Steve Smith remarked his side fell short of what would…

The new season of the IPL brings with it a new set of rules. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has partially released its recently approved code of conduct for the Indian team to all ten IPL franchises before the commencement of IPL 2025, with certain aspects that may astonish some. The board came out with a string of rolling rules, after India had a dismal outing in under, where the Australians humiliated them in the Border-Gavaskar Series, trying to encourage a more serious and detached attitude towards the game: barring personal managers from traveling in the team…