Shreyas Iyer was left stranded on 97 at the end of Punjab Kings’ innings during the IPL 2025 match against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Shashank Singh slammed 44 off 16 balls including a 23-run last over and didn’t give Iyer the strike throughout the over. Iyer remained unbeaten … Read more
Punjab Kings’ batter Shreyas Iyer celebrates his half century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings. | Photo Credit: KUNAL PATIL/PTI Punjab Kings’ batter Shreyas Iyer celebrates his half century during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings. | Photo Credit: KUNAL … Read more
Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will kick off its IPL 2025 campaign on Saturday against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. This will be the second time the two teams face off in an IPL opening match. In 2008, KKR dominated RCB with a massive 140-run victory, thanks to Brendon McCullum’s … Read more
Delhi Capitals named Axar Patel as its full-time skipper for the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after letting go of Rishabh Pant, who led the franchise last year. Axar, the 13th player to lead the Capitals in the league, had captained the team in one match, against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, last year. … Read more
India’s Champions Trophy victory has been a complete team effort in which everyone has stepped up at different points to make vital contributions. While the big hundreds from Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill, or the five-wicket hauls of Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakaravarthy will be discussed in the coming days, there have been quite … Read more
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Virat Kohli, Varun Chakaravarthy headline Team of the Tournament
New Zealand opener Rachin Ravindra ended as the leading run-scorer of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, amassing 263 runs in four matches. Ravindra scored 37 runs in the final, and Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli of India, who were also in contention for finishing as the tournament’s top scorers, couldn’t catch up. Meanwhile, though England crashed … Read more
Varun Chakaravarthy’s previous international appearances at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium were forgettable when he went wicketless in the three games he played during the 2021 T20 World Cup. On Sunday against New Zealand, he did not get off on the right note either on his Champions Trophy debut, dropping a sitter at mid-on to … Read more
Six years ago, during the 2019 ODI World Cup, India’s journey ended in the semifinals when it lost to New Zealand. One of the weak links during that campaign was an unstable middle-order, especially the crucial No. 4 spot. While the likes of Rohit Sharma, K.L. Rahul and Virat Kohli gave solidity at the top, … Read more
India and Bangladesh will face off in a Group A ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Both teams will look to get their campaigns off to a winning start and bag two crucial points. The Indian team, led by Rohit Sharma, is coming off a 3-0 series win … Read more