Author: Divyansh Mishra

A Champions Trophy 2025 campaign not adequately begun, but rather the contrary, had taken a negative turn with Pakistan’s opening loss to New Zealand, further aggravated with the news of Fakhar Zaman’s injury and subsequent exclusion. The veteran sustained a muscle strain during New Zealand’s innings and was out of the field for a fairly long period in that innings. In the first over of the match, the 34-year-old was injured when he was chasing a ball to the boundary. He was unable to open the batting in the second innings, which then meant that Saud Shakeel had to come…

India has a batting lineup in white-ball cricket to die for. However, it also means that a deserving player might not make it in the 11 since only 11 players can take the field at a time. So is the case with the keeper-batter, Rishabh Pant, who last played an ODI in August 2024. KL Rahul has been picked for the ODI series against England and then the Champions Trophy as first-choice wicketkeeper-batter, despite not being a specialist ‘keeper. In the case of Pant, it may occasionally appear unfair considering the palette of talent he possesses, but legendary captain Sourav…

Delhi Capitals Women will take on UP Warriorz for their eighth match of Women’s Premier League 2025 at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on Friday, 22 February at 7:30 PM IST. Delhi had previously beaten UP by seven wickets. There were three fielding errors, with dropped catches and misfields in the last over of UP, costing the UP Warriorz the game. The middle issued a huge statement from the Delhi Capitals in this WPL. They converted the flaming start given by their prolific opening pair of Shafali Verma and Meg Lanning into another victory for UP Warioz, inflicting a second defeat…

The senior batter Babar Azam, former captain, had an extended practice there on Friday to bowl against several bowlers before the Champions Trophy clash with India in Dubai on Sunday. Following a 60-run defeat to New Zealand in the opening game in Karachi, Pakistan found itself in a do-or-die situation. The team trained for three hours at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, with all batters, except Skipper Mohammad Rizwan, going through a long 20-minute batting session. Batting lynchpin Babar Azam batted against every bowler for a minimum of two overs. The former skipper had batted rather sedately against New Zealand…

The Match Gets Underway: Aus vs Eng Champions Trophy 2025 Pitch and Weather Report-Lahore Will Be a Rain-Free ZoneAustralia will begin their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against England on Saturday, February 22. Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore is set to host the eagerly-anticipated clash of the powerhouses. Having won the tournament in 2006 and 2009, Australia imploded during both 2013 and 2017 editions without even a single win. Besides that, they will miss the key fast-bowling trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, and Josh Hazelwood for injuries. Steve Smith has been named as the captain in the absence of Cummins.…

With Pat Cummins absent, Steve Smith will lead Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025, commencing with a clash against Ashes rival England on February 22 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In view of that, the veteran batter divulged about his uncertainness over Australia’s batting order for the marquee tournament. Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will not be there in the middle order, which has forced Australia to rethink its batting order. Recently, they lost to Sri Lanka in two hard-fought contests, and now the team has a different approach to settle upon. While talking about this, Smith asserted that players…

Unlike the contrasting starts made by the Indian and Pakistan teams to their respective ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaigns, Rohit Sharma’s men have successfully begun the campaign for the title, overwhelming Bangladesh with a six-wicket rout. The defending champions, on the other hand, suffered a 60-run defeat at the hands of New Zealand. Now they meet in what shapes up as a blockbuster clash considering their historic rivalry. Though Pakistan has a better head-to-head record against India in ODIs, in recent times it has been the Indian team that looks competitive. The last time Pakistan triumphed over India in an…

Piyush Chawla, former Indian cricketer, believes that Salman Ali Agha, the middle batter of Pakistan, will pose the biggest threat to India, with both teams clashing in a group match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 here in Dubai on Sunday. Chawla, in an exclusive interview, dwelled on Agha’s attacking attributes, which were on view during Pakistan’s history-making run chase of South Africa recently in the ODI Tri-Series. He also did a Herculean job against New Zealand in the opening Champions Trophy clash by scoring 42 off 28, despite adverse circumstances during their chase in Karachi. “The biggest threat in…

Cheteshwar Pujara took time to speak up for Virat Kohli in this time of not going his way. Pujara has a lot of goodwill for Kohli despite extended lean spells since started his career when India will be takings were arch-rivals Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. When Pujara was asked about Kohli’s lack of runs recently, he said on CNN-news18 that Kohli has set too high a standard himself and is trying too hard to score big. The players go through the patches quite often in their careers and he feels it’s too understandable; thus he might be…

The Mumbai Indians, champions of IPL five times, There they held a player-retention ceremony and unveiled their jersey for IPL 2025 on Friday as the one-time champions vie for the sixth title after a year of great disappointment in IPL 2024.  While unveiling the jersey, Hardik Pandya expressed his gratitude to the fans, promising to be the torchbearers of the proud legacy of the franchise along with the team core comprising former captain Rohit Sharma, ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah, India’s T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Varma.  The fifth title for the Mumbai Indians came in 2020, converting six titles…