Author: Divyansh Mishra

Ashwin jovially remarked that some pundits and experts see the Indian team as completely at an advantage in the Champions Trophy because they are playing all their matches at one venue, Dubai. A very large proportion of participating teams, fans, and experts complained regarding India profiting from the fact of having this hot facility right in Dubai. In fact, Ashwin argued that playing in the same venue is not such a huge advantage as it sounds, citing as example South Africa’s performance at the Champions Trophy in 2009. “A tournament is won based on performances and not excuses. And it…

The defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru started their WPL 2025 campaign with impressive performance with two convincing wins against the Gujarat Giants and two-time runners-up Delhi Capitals. The team started faltering as soon as the caravan moved from Vadodara to the home ground in Bengaluru.  The Bengaluru outfit went on to lose four consecutive games at their own ground, currently lodged in the fourth position on the points table, with only two matches left to play and a must-win scenario for them, with a bit of calculations thrown in too. They have only four points after six games and can…

After former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh slammed Congress leader Shama Mohamed for making a nasty comment on Rohit Sharma’s fitness a few days back and criticizing his captaincy, India are going along their unbeaten run in the Champions Trophy.  Multiple prominent personalities have since rallied behind Rohit, acknowledging his crucial contributions to Indian cricket Harbhajan, a big figure in Indian cricket, took a strong stance against the criticism and slammed Shama for her comments Will someone take off his cap and won`t be surprised to see as he keeps talking about his fitness, each and all with captaincy skills all…

This seems to be a major blow towards Mumbai Indians as they aspire to perform better in IPL 2025 as compared to 2024: ace India pacer Jasprit Bumrah may miss the first two weeks of the tournament, as reported by The Times of India.  The report specifies that Bumrah will be out for the first week or two of the Indian Premier League, and he might be joining the Mumbai camp only next month. Bumrah has been rehabilitating at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, after being ruled out of attending the Champions Trophy due to injury to his lower…

At the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, the Finals of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy pits India against New Zealand. For Mitchell Santner of New Zealand, former Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar and Shoaib Malik offer some advice. As per Shoaib Akhtar, New Zealand should ignore the notion in the final against India that they are underdogs. One should forget that India is front and that you are a lower team. (It should be remember you are the underdogs; India is in front of you.) Forget about not being great. Santner holds that philosophy. I have witnessed it in him.…

Australia has been a nation of unrivalled supremacy when it comes to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. They have won six titles, which makes them the most successful team in the tournament. Starting from the year 2010, Australia went on to win the Women’s T20 World Cup thrice and again, repeated the same between the years 2018 and 2023. They had also won their fifth title at home in 2020 when they claimed the trophy after defeating India in a lopsided final held five years back today (March 8) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Batting first, Australia set…

Preparing for their match against New Zealand on Sunday, March 9, the Men in Blue could have Indian symbol Virat Kohli in their third consecutive Champions Trophy final. Playing a brilliant 84 to chase down 265, Kohli led India to a comfortable victory over opponent Australia in the semifinal. The Indian star is currently aiming at a big record. In the tournament, Kohli has been in good form since he follows up a century against arch-rivals Pakistan with a match-winning 84 against the Aussies. With 217 runs, he is India’:s top run scorer and fourth in order of runs obtained…

Gautam Gambhir, head coach for Indian men, believes captain Rohit Sharma is simply a wonderful individual whose good nature is displayed in his leadership style and has allowed him to succeed with India and Mumbai Indians. Posted by the International Cricket Council (ICC) before the 2025 Champions Trophy final against New Zealand, set for Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Gautam was talking in a social media video. Having finished second in the 2023 World Cup and taken the 2024 T20 World Cup, Rohit and Men in Blue’s third ICC final is in 3 years. My experience of him…

As a former all-rounder for England, Moeen Ali considers ODI the ‘worst format ever to play’ mainly because of its ‘terrible rules’, and is thus close to ‘dying out’ completely. He believes the field restriction mechanism, especially the mandatory use of two new balls, has rendered the format heavily leaning toward the batters, which is killing the fun outside of ICC tournaments. Moeen played 138 ODIs for England, scoring 2,355 runs at an average of 24.27 and picking up 111 wickets at 47.84. He quit playing international cricket in September 2024 at the age of 37.  “That (ODI) format, apart…

Ravi Shastri, the former head mentor of India, believes that an all-rounder like Ravindra Jadeja or Axar Patel will be the difference in the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday, March 9. Three names Shastri emphasized would vie for the Player of the Match award on the evening of the final. After particular victories over South Africa and Australia, both sides from Group A of the Champions Trophy—India and New Zealand—advanced to the final. “Player of the Match, I will pick an all-rounder.” For India, I will call Axar Patel or Ravindra Jadeja” Shastri remarked during…