Author: Divyansh Mishra

While India and the West Indies are engaged in a Test series at the Narendra Modi Stadium, another important contest is underway – the Irani Cup. Ranji Trophy champions, Vidarbha, take on Rest of India, a team comprising the best-of-the-best in domestic cricket. The match is being held at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. After day 3, in a dismal position, as the Rest of India were 142 for 5 and still 200 runs adrift of Vidarbha’s first-innings 342, they had only one reason to smile, as their captain, Rajat Patidar, was still in fine form. On resuming…

Before the second T20I, Australian captain-opener Mitchell Marsh asks for an international cricket milestone as he stands at 33 runs away from 7,000 runs. Now, with the series being 1-0 already in the favor of Australia, the second duel will take place on Friday. The Kiwis would look to drawing level so they can keep on with their chances for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy. In all formats, Marsh has so far represented Australia in 216 international matches across all formats since his debut in 2011, scoring 6,967 runs in 243 innings at an average of 32.55, with seven centuries and 40…

Indian Test captain Shubman Gill had a dream start to the home series against the West Indies, slamming the valiant fifty in the first Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Coming at four, Gill got 50 runs off 100 balls before the West Indies counterpart, Roston Chase, got him out.  Shubman Gill joins Gavaskar in a massive feat after 47 years This was, in fact, Shubman Gill’s very first innings as India captain in Tests away from home. As soon as the elegant Punjab batsman reached his fifty, he joined the minority who have scored a fifty-plus score…

An Indian leg-spinner, Yuzvendra Chahal, will once again be with Northamptonshire for the third summer in a row, this time with an even bigger responsibility. He will join the club from June till the end of the season, making him eligible to play in the County Championship and also the Metro Bank One-Day Cup. Prior to this, Chahal did impress at the club with 44 dismissals in first-class games and 7 more in the one-day format. The past season was particularly worthwhile for him; he took 5 wickets on his One-Day Cup debut versus Kent and also took a career-best…

The dispute between the two countries has been carried over to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) following the yet unfinished 2025 Asia Cup. Reportedly, the BCCI is contemplating an effort to get rid of PCB Chairman and ACC President Mohsin Naqvi, with respect to accusations of Naqvi having violated protocol and also having neglected to fulfill his responsibilities. India is the title holder, having been made so in the final staged in Dubai on September 28. However, the Indian team was not given the trophy. The trophy presently lies with PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi. India refused to accept the trophy…

The feuding then took another leap when commentator Sana Mir referred to one of the Pakistani players as originating from Pakistan-administered Kashmir. In her commentary, the cricketer turned commentator seemed to have called Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as Azaad Kashmir and was thenceforth condemned by Indian cricket fans for bringing politics into sport.  When Pakistan Women were playing their most recent World Cup match against Bangladesh, Sana Mir commented that Natalia Pervaiz hails from Azad Kashmir rather than Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.  As Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, her comments questioned Indian sovereignty and were therefore not well taken by…

To put it quite frankly, after Manoj Tiwary alleged ‘no pickup’ from no less a legend than MS Dhoni himself, another GT athlete took the liberty to expose the former skipper’s peculiar habits. GT’s spinner Sai Kishore then detailed the working styles of MS Dhoni and how those styles melt into the in-game mindset.  Conversely, this Dhoni method is quite obvious under the revitalisation of careers of those under his tutelage, wherein Sai Kishore makes an interesting case. Though he never actually got to play a match for CSK in his two seasons with them, the foundation laid down during…

The ex-Pakistani women’s cricket captain Sana Mir found herself in a spot of trouble during the Women’s World Cup match played between Pakistan and Bangladesh at Colombo on October 2. While commentating, Mir mentioned batter Natalia Pervaiz as being from “Kashmir.” She immediately had to correct herself to say “Azad Kashmir.” However, this remark spread like wildfire across social media and received a lot of backlash, largely with the fans claiming she was mixing politics with the game. Some even demanded that the International Cricket Council take action over the issue since it’s expected that the commentators should remain neutral…

The fourth match of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 will be played on October 3, with England Women and South Africa Women facing off at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. The match will start at 3:00 PM IST, paving the way for an exciting battle between two great rivals. For England, 2025 has been a bumpy road. Following a 0-3 drubbing in the Ashes in January, they bounced back really well by 3-0 against the West Indies. The inconsistency arrived against India, though, as they lost the series 1-2 despite having massive success in the middle contest.…

Being the fourth fixture of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, it really throws up high-drama, with England and South Africa squaring off against each other on October 3rd at Barsapara Cricket Stadium Guwahati. Set to start at 3:00 PM IST, the clash inculcates itself into a highly dramatic contest between two sides having acquainted themselves with each other fairly well. Recent Outings- England The year of 2025 has been a year of change and recalibration for England Women. A four-win-out-of-nine-opportunity journey that has had its highs and lows. There was a humiliating 3-0 Ashes loss at the very…