Author: Staff Reporter

Prithvi Shaw’s cricket journey has taken a difficult turn, and Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad believes wrong choices played a big role in shaping his career. Shaw went unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction after being released by Delhi Capitals. He was also recently dropped from Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad for the 2024–25 season. Lad, while speaking on a podcast with Gaurav Mangalani, remembered Shaw as a promising player and a teenage prodigy. “I have seen Prithvi since his childhood, from the time he was 10 years old,” he said. “He was a highly talented player. But as…

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 will be held in India after more than a decade, and ICC chairman Jay Shah says it will be a ‘defining moment’ for the sport. The tournament will be held from September 30 to November 2. India will play against Sri Lanka in the opening match in Bengaluru. This will be the first senior ICC Women’s event in the subcontinent since 2016, when India hosted the Women’s T20 World Cup. India has also hosted the Women’s World Cup in 1978, 1997, and 2013. Stars join for ‘50 days to go’ event in Mumbai.…

Team India batter Karun Nair’s international comeback in the recently concluded India vs England Test series was a mixed bag. The batter scored 205 runs including a half-century in the series that ended in a 2-2 draw. While his long-awaited return didn’t end up with much positives, the batter showered praise on Test captain Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant. While speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Nair said that Gill illustrated the same spirit as head coach Gautam Gambhir as the new Test captain while hailing his batting performance and leadership when it came to managing and communicating with the team. “The way…

1983 World Cup-winning star Dilip Vengsarkar has criticised former Australia opener Matthew Hayden for his remarks on Gautam Gambhir’s heated altercation with The Oval pitch curator. Ahead of the fifth Test, Gambhir had a heated exchange with The Oval curator Lee Fortis during a practice session. The incident quickly went viral, adding extra buzz before the match. However, India won that game and levelled the five-match series 2-2. After the game, Hayden shared his view, saying the curator seemed determined to make things tough for Gambhir while also advising the Indian coach to be more measured in his approach. “This…

Rajasthan Royals (RR) skipper Sanju Samson has been an integral part of the franchise since 2013. Ahead of IPL 2021, he became the captain and led the team to the final of IPL 2022, which unfortunately RR lost to Gujarat Titans (GT). But now, speculations have emerged that Samson might not continue with the franchise and could don a new IPL team jersey from 2026. Amidst all these speculations, in a free-wheeling chat with former RR spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on his show ‘Kutti Stories with Ash’, Samson shared how the captaincy stint at RR has helped him to understand the…

West Indies beat Pakistan in the rain-curtailed second match of the three-match ODI series by five wickets (DLS method) in Trinidad. After winning the toss, the Windies asked the Men in Green to bat first. However, three rain interruptions eventually made the game a 37-over affair. The Windies’ bowlers kept it tight from the beginning, and Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Jayden Seales gave West Indies a double break in the ninth over, and after that, wickets continued to fall regularly. Throughout the innings, Pakistan struggled to stitch a big partnership. The only significant contributions came from Saim…

Pakistan Women finished their Ireland tour with a convincing eight-wicket win in the third and final T20I at Dublin on Sunday, 10 August 2025. With this win, they prevented the Ireland Women from a clean sweep, as the home side won the series 2-1. Pakistan were chasing a 156-run target and Muneeba Ali made a brilliant unbeaten century. The opener scored an unbeaten 100 runs off 68 balls, smashing 14 boundaries and a six. She was also named Player of the Match. Despite losing Shawaal Zulfiqar and Natalia Pervaiz early, Muneeba stitched a solid unbeaten partnership of 101 runs with…

Afghanistan’s T20I captain, Rashid Khan, expressed his joy at getting the chance to play in front of his home crowd — a rare occasion in his career. Last month, Rashid enjoyed 12 days of cricket in Kabul, taking part in the Shpageeza Cricket League at the Alokozay Stadium. Despite playing 216 matches for his country across formats, the T20 globetrotter had never played a single game on home soil before this. “We hardly play any games at home, so to go there and see the happiness on their faces is great. It’s massive for the young generation to see their…

Australia started their three-match T20I series against South Africa with a 17-run victory in Darwin on Sunday. Chasing 179, South Africa’s innings suffered early damage as they lost three wickets inside the powerplay. Tristan Stubbs and Ryan Rickelton steadied the chase with a 72-run stand off 52 balls for the fourth wicket. Rickelton top-scored with an impressive 71 off 55 balls at a strike rate of 129.09, hitting seven fours and a six. Stubbs contributed 37 from 27 deliveries, including five boundaries. However, Australia kept chipping away with wickets, and the visitors were eventually restricted to 161/9 in their 20…

Veteran India batter Ajinkya Rahane lauded Jasprit Bumrah for being upfront about his availability and prioritising the team’s needs over his own during the recently concluded Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy. Bumrah featured in only three of the five Tests in England, a decision made before the tour in consultation with the medical team and the 31-year-old pacer himself. “What I liked about the Bumrah situation was that he was very clear; he knew exactly what he wanted to do before the series. He said, ‘I’ll play the first one, I won’t play the second one, and then I’ll play the third’. That’s…