Author: Divyansh Mishra

Great Pakistani Shahid Afridi does not like leg-spinner Shadab Khan’s choice for the next visit of New Zealand. Afridi thinks there is no basis other than perhaps domestic displays for his return to be justified, so he says it’s decisions like this that have put Pakistan cricket in the “ICU.” Shadab Khan last appeared for Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup in Barbados and the United States, where the team had one of their worst ICC events exit. He was, however, summoned back to the T20I team soon after the 2025 Champions Trophy at home and promoted vice-captain. Even…

After India won the Champions Trophy 2025 title by four wickets against New Zealand, legendary opening batsman Virender Sehwag had great words for Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. In the summit match played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Rohit Sharma’s team first limited New Zealand to 251/7 after Mitchell Santner chose to bat first and then chased down the 252-run goal in 49 overs for a six-wicket win. Rohit, the fifth captain in the world to win many ICC trophies and the second Indian after MS Dhoni, rose thanks to India’s final victory on Sunday. Sehwag, speaking on the Cricbuzz show, said…

Managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Rob Key has suggested Ben Stokes, star all-rounder and captain of England’s Test team, would like to lead the white-ball teams of England. After winning the 2019 ODI World Cup, Eoin Morgan was succeeded in 2022 by Jos Buttler, who resigned from his post on February 28; the ECB is seeking for his replacement before the 2025-26 season starts. Stokes, who played a crucial part in England’s 2022 T20 World Cup and 2019 ODI World Cup success, is reported last week to be competing for leadership of England white-ball captaincy…

Former West Indies international Andy Roberts criticized the International Cricket Board (ICC) for meeting every demand set out by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the just concluded ICC Champions Trophy 2025. With Dubai hosting all of India’s games, the tournament was run in a hybrid format with Pakistan as the official hosts. The ICC board meeting decided this; throughout the 2024-2027 cycle, all games scheduled for India hosted in Pakistan would be played at a neutral site. Speaking with Mid-Day, the West Indies pace great criticized the ICC for providing India an edge in the…

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.…