Author: Divyansh Mishra

The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur currently hosts the second semifinal of the Ranji Trophy, with Mumbai going up against last season’s losing finalists Vidarbha. With two wickets left, Mumbai is way above the first innings score of Vidarbha, wanting to reach beyond the target of 383 runs as the proof on day three of the match. These Mumbai players were mourned in black armbands on Wednesday, February 19, pleading Vidarbha to bring it down as low as possible in its first innings, in memory of deceased captain and selector Milind Rege, who succumbed to a heart attack on…

As holders of the tournament, hosts Pakistan will again be one of the contenders to win the Champions Trophy 2025. The Men from Green will kick off their campaign on Wednesday (February 19) against New Zealand, in this match that will be held at the National Stadium in Karachi. The Mohammad Rizwan-led side had sent a big warning to rival teams through the hammering of Australia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa during three-back-to-back-away ODI series last year, but unbelievably fell against New Zealand in a shocking defeat in both the first and last match of the tri-series held last week at…

Nita Ambani, who is the owner of the IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, opened up about how the Mumbai-based franchise found talents like The Pandya brothers, Jasprit Bumrah, and Tilak Varma. According to Nita Ambani, she would attend Ranji Trophy meets for talent scouting and that was where she spotted Hardik and Bumrah, who had won several matches for Mumbai Indians in the last 10 years and played crucial roles in making the team a five-time IPL champion. “We all work with a budget. Each team can spend X amount of money. So, we had to think of new ways to…

The Mumbai Indians, five-time champions, will lock horns with archrival Chennai Super Kings in their opening encounter of IPL 2025. Their face-off, replete with all the razzmatazz and high-octane drama, is slated to take place on March 23 at MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai-the showpiece stadium of the greatest rivalry in IPL history between the two most successful teams of the profusely rich league. The complete IPL 2025 schedule was released by the BCCI on Sunday, 16 February, and in this season 18 of the richest franchise cricket league in the world, the MI and the CSK will tussle it…

Ajinkya Rahane, who last played for India in a two-match Test series against West Indies in July 2023, nevertheless stayed hopeful for a return to Team India. The 36-year-old current Mumbai Ranji Team captain has already made 437 runs in eight matches of the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season. Rahane scored 31 and 108 against Haryana in the quarterfinal of the previous week to help the defending champions stamp their place into the semifinal with a huge 152-run victory. While speaking to the Indian Express just ahead of Mumbai’s semi-final encounter against Vidarbha at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur,…

Zaheer Khan, an erstwhile fast bowler from India, has chosen his top five ODI bowlers, with Bumrah being conspicuous by the omission. Former spearman for destructive bowlers, Zaheer achieved 282 dismissals in 200 ODIs from October 2000 to August 2012, speaks highly of Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath, Waqar Younis, Chaminda Vaas, and Dale Steyn. While speaking about these players on a show by Cricbuzz, Zaheer said, “There are so many international bowlers around me that have really made a big impact on this. Wasim Akram was obviously one very impactful bowling voice in this format, with his variations, those yorkers,…

Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik said on Sunday that batsman MS Dhoni surpassing him in terms of T20 runs does not ‘fascinate’ him much because records have never driven him in his career. Karthik said he was quite happy to know that he broke the record, but said the only achievement that he has ever cared about is representing India. MS Dhoni has 7432 runs and has been overtaken by Karthik, but the impressive total reached is 7537 runs during the SA20 tournament. Karthik had announced his retirement from all Indian formats, including the IPL, last year and played for the…