Author: Divyansh Mishra

The legendary English batsman and former captain has joined his former Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Capitals as a mentor of the franchise. This was confirmed by the franchise with a press release on Thursday, 27th February. The 44-year-old will join a mighty support staff for Delhi Capitals, including Director of Cricket Venugopal Rao, Head coach Hemang Badani, Assistant coach Matthew Mott, and bowling coach Munaf Patel. “We are glad to have KP back with us as our team mentor. He is a Delhi boy and has played for us earlier, so it’s fantastic to have him back in…

Mohammad Amir, the former Pakistani pacer, stated that just the way one admires Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for their lifestyle, star Indian batter Virat Kohli can also be called a complete package”. On February 23, Kohli was able to push aside poor form to score an unbeaten 100, thereby helping India beat arch-rivals Pakistan by six wickets. It was Kohli’s 51st ODI hundred and his 82nd across formats, as India qualified for the semifinals with a second win in two games. “Why do people love Ronaldo? Why do they love Messi? Ronaldo is special; look at his lifestyle. Look…

Since Afghanistan has performed well at various ODI and T20 World Cups, coach Jonathan Trott emphasizes that Australia won’t take them lightly anymore in their Champions Trophy 2025 match on Friday as they vie for a semi-final spot. Afghanistan won against England by eight runs in Lahore on the 4th of October, and this victory reflects their aspirations to be among the final four-match preparation. Trott’s side is certain to face tough competition in Friday’s Champions Trophy 2025 match, especially since a chance to qualify for the semi-finals is at stake. They played against England, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka to…

Former batter David Boon shall leave his position as an ICC match referee after the ongoing Champions Trophy to join Cricket Australia’s board effective March 28. Boon, who is currently 64, will represent the Cricket Tasmania body at CA, taking over Paul Green. “I am very excited that David is going to be bringing his enormous experience as a player and administrator of cricket into the CA board,” Baird said, as quoted by cricket.com.au. “He has remained in touch, certainly, with what is happening in international cricket as an ICC match referee, and this will provide great perspective as we…

Australian top-order batter Georgia Voll takes Chamari Athapaththu’s position in the UP Warriorz squad for the rest of the Women’s Premier League because of her national duties with Sri Lanka. “The UP Warriorz have replaced Chamari Athapaththu with Georgia Voll for the remainder of TATA Women’s Premier League 2025 as Athapaththu will resume national duties for Sri Lanka,” said WPL in a statement on Thursday. Voll, 21, is a rising star whose international career has begun with a bang, her second one-day international resulting in a century. She has played three T20Is along with three ODIs and one Test for…

Jos Buttler faced a barrage of difficult questions Wednesday night after’s his team’s removal from the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Afghanistan beat the former world champions in Lahore by 8 runs, sending them home. Wednesday’s result was yet another early exit for England in an ICC tournament after the 2023 ODI World Cup and the T20 World Cup last year. This was also Buttler’s disposition to England win their seventh straight ODI under current captaincy. On the Gaddafi Stadium surface, England allowed Afghanistan to recover from 37/3 and post a fighting 325/7. Joe Root’s century was insufficient to guide the…

The Gujarat Giants Women (GJ-W) will face the Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women (RCB-W) in the 12th Womens Premier League (WPL) 2025 game. The game will take place at the M. On Thursday, February 27 at 7:30 PM IST, Bengaluru, India’s Chinnaswamy Stadium. Having won two out of four games they have played so far, Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women are doing rather well. They have lost to the UP Warriorz Women in super over. Having claimed one and lost three matches to date, Gujarat Giants Women are fighting at the foot of the points table. Their six-wicket last loss came against…

At the 1996 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar was already established at 23 as one of cricket’s finest batting prodigies. He was that dangerous that even the mighty Australian bowling attack comprised of Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, and Damien Fleming, fell into terror. Today, in 1996, he played only one of his truly memorable innings at the World Cup against mighty Australia on February 27. No, it had nothing to do with his hundred international centuries; rather, this was a heroic 90 that might have gone practically in vain. But that moment would forever remain in the annals of cricket history.…

Defending champions Pakistan were knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 being held at home by New Zealand and India after the first two matches, ending the much-anticipated event after a three-decade long wait in their home land. After the team expectedly exited the marquee event, the rumors started swirling about the future of Fakhar Zaman, with some claiming that the star batter was considering retirement. However, 34-year-old Zaman dismissed all such retirement talks as baseless rumors, vowing instead to try to continue competing in all formats. “Well, I have also heard a lot about this, and my friends…

It is concerning for India that as the business end of the Champions Trophy approaches, their captain, and maverick opener Rohit Sharma is likely encountering a hamstring injury. The injury was sustained during India’s hotly-contested match against Pakistan in Dubai last Sunday, where he had came off the field temporarily. Later, Rohit opened the innings and carved out a brisk 20 off just 15 balls as India coasted to victory at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Cricbuzz reported that Rohit was retired from the nets during an “intense batting session.” The 37-year-old did not attend practice in order to not…