Author: Gargi Raut

Gargi Raut in Mullanpur The IPL season is coming to an end, with the Qualifier 1 and Eliminator done and dusted,the IPL show now moves to Ahmedabad. Royal Challengers Bengaluru have made it to the Final after a dominating performance against the home team, Punjab Kings, while Mumbai Indians brought their A-game against Gujarat Titans and won the Eliminator in a thrilling showdown. RCB continued their winning streak in away games as fans predicted a title win for the team. Although, here in Mullanpur, PBKS fans outnumbered RCB fans—a rare sight in the IPL. Throughout the tournament, whenever RCB play…

Gargi Raut in Mullanpur The IPL playoffs kicked off at Mullanpur in a way that many hadn’t expected, with the top two teams—Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on each other. Fans expected a tooth-and-nail fight. But the night ended with RCB dominating the local team. After putting PBKS in to bat first, RCB bowlers put on a brilliant performance to bundle out PBKS for a meagre 101. While Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood struck in the powerplay, scalping four wickets, it was Suyash Sharma who picked up a three-wicket haul. Later, Phil Salt did the bulk…

Gargi Raut in Mullanpur There’s a certain flavour in the IPL playoffs this time around that didn’t exist before. Two teams that have never won the IPL trophy at the top of the points table, poised with 19 points each. When we look at the two teams, there is an opportunity of redemption for them, along with the fact that Shreyas Iyer, under whose captaincy Punjab Kings have flourished, might just lead a second team to the title. On the other hand there is a Virat Kohli, waiting patiently from the past 18 years to lift the coveted trophy. For…

With the top four solidified and the playoffs starting tomorrow, Mullanpur is all geared up to host Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator. With two back to back matches on May 29 and 30, today is the only spare day that the three teams can utilise to get a practice session in. The first team in was Mumbai Indians, who kicked off their practice session at 2pm. Even with the temperature reaching up to 41 degrees Celsius, MI players were dedicated to getting some time out in the middle. The practice session was divided into two groups, with one group practicing…

Soon after the LSG campaign ended, Akashdeep Singh bid his fellow players goodbye. He was on a 6am flight from Lucknow to Mumbai and thereafter he is expected to fly to the UK. As the IPL enters its concluding phase, one eye is already on India’s tour of the UK with players leaving the country in batches to get used to the conditions. In fact the India A team has already started training and will soon be involved in its first outing in England. Akashdeep who had a reasonable tour of Australia will want to do better in England in…

The Indian badminton fraternity is patiently awaiting the return of their favourite duo, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The men’s doubles pair has been through a rough patch, owing to injuries and personal losses. Following the Paris Olympics heartbreak, where the duo exited the competition in the quarter-finals, they have had to withdraw from several tournaments, including conceding a match at the All England. But now the pair are looking ahead and are all set to make a comeback at the 2025 Singapore Open, which begins today. Their first match is scheduled against the Malaysian pair of H.J. Choong…

Kidambi Srikanth had an exceptional run at the Malaysia Masters 2025, for the first time in nearly six years, the 32-year-old made it to the finals of an international tournament. The last time he finished at the podium was back in 2019 at the India Open. The former World No. 1 had a meteoric rise and then a crashing fall to World No. 65 owing to injuries and inconsistent performances. At the peak of his prowess, he had become the first Indian to win four BWF titles in a calendar year in 2017, which was followed by a gold at…

Shardul Thakur, after a streak of brilliant performances in the domestic red-ball circuit has now been included in both the India A and main squad for the tour of England. Ahead of the high-stake five match Test series, acclimatising to English conditions is crucial. For the same, players are travelling in batches, with the management ensuring that the players get to England as soon as they are done with the IPL. India A team is to leave for the UK tomorrow and one name that is a pleasant addition to the list is that of Shardul Thakur. This is because…

With Shubman Gill named as the new Test captain of the side, India have embarked on a transition phase, especially in the backdrop of retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Many expected Jasprit Bumrah to be the captain, as the next senior-most player in the dressing room, but the concerns with his workload management deterred selectors from handing over the reins of the Test team. It was reported on the 8th of May on RevSportz that Jasprit Burmah was unlikely to become the next captain owing to how the Test series has been scheduled with insufficient breaks between Test…

As we await the announcement of the main squad for India’s five-match Test series to England, sources close to the development have confirmed that Kuldeep Yadav is most likely to return to the Indian Test team. With how the left-arm wrist spinner has been bowling in the recent past, he could be the game changer for the Indian team as was argued by former Aussie captain Michael Clarke. With Jasprit Bumrah likely only playing a maximum of three Test matches in the series, India’s pace attack selection becomes crucial. In the absence of Bumrah, a name that had cropped up…