Star Australian batter Steve Smith has voiced his confidence in Pat Cummins’ leadership, praising the fast bowler’s impact as captain. Cummins took on the role amid a turbulent period for Australian cricket after Tim Paine’s resignation, leading to scepticism about appointing a pacer as captain. However, the 31-year-old has excelled, notably securing the World Test […]

The Lucknow Super Giants have confirmed Nicholas Pooran’s retention for the upcoming IPL 2025 season. While there was little doubt about retaining Pooran, discussions revolved around whether to designate him as the first retention or stick with KL Rahul. Currently, indications suggest Rahul may depart from the team, making Pooran the likely candidate to step […]

Shikhar Dhawan has come forward to defend Rohit Sharma following India’s disappointing performance in the home Test series against New Zealand, where Rohit became the first Indian captain to lose such a series on home soil. Dhawan emphasized that it would be unfair to scrutinize Rohit’s leadership abilities based on a single series defeat, particularly […]

It’s been 16 years since Manoj Tiwary made his debut for India, and though he recently retired from all forms of Indian cricket, the lingering pain of not being given an extended run at the international level still haunts him. Tiwary’s ODI debut came in 2008, but it took another three years before he got […]

In the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2024 match between India A and India B at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, India A captain Shubman Gill has been sporting a taped-up jersey. It appears that Gill did not have access to his usual number ’77’ jersey, leading him to improvise with a taped-up version. This number holds special significance […]

World Cup-winning captains MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, two of India’s most successful leaders, have distinctly contrasting approaches to managing their players, says former India spinner Harbhajan Singh. Dhoni’s tenure as captain brought India three major ICC titles, including the T20 World Cup in 2007, the ODI World Cup in 2011, and the Champions Trophy […]

With the absence of Ben Stokes playing the Test series against Sri Lanka, the regular Test captain hamstrung in the game versus Somerset from The Hundred 2024, many questions had been asked of how England would manage without its best cricketer. Indeed, England won the first Test of the series one-sidedly, but too many issues, […]

Jasprit Bumrah, India’s lead fast bowler, had once expressed himself clearly as to his aspirations to one day lead the national team, inspired by legends of the game like Kapil Dev and Imran Khan, who led their respective teams quite brilliantly. However, former India cricketer Dinesh Karthik has junked the idea of Bumrah becoming India’s […]

Suryakumar Yadav’s instincts as captain came to the fore in this thrilling T20I series clincher against Sri Lanka. These unorthodox bowling changes brought in during the death overs proved to be game-changers, helping India eventually defend the modest total of 137 runs. The call of handing the 19th over to Rinku Singh turned out to […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) recently announced star batter Suryakumar Yadav as the captain of India’s T20I side in the ongoing white-ball series against Sri Lanka. Following Gautam Gambhir as the new head coach of the Indian Team, Suryakumar Yadav was inducted as the skipper for the shortest format of the […]