Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has announced his decision to step away from his political career to focus on upcoming cricket commitments, particularly the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Gambhir, who entered politics in March 2019 by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), conveyed his gratitude to the BJP leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]

The threat of rain has cast a shadow over the Asia Cup 2023 matches held in Sri Lanka during the group stages. The highly-anticipated India vs. Pakistan clash in the Asia Cup was marred by relentless rain, allowing only one innings to be played and resulting in a shared point outcome. India’s final group match […]

The resolution of the Asia Cup’s venue dispute may have brought some clarity, but the cricket community in Pakistan remains disappointed with the decision. Former cricketers and captains have expressed their belief that India should have visited Pakistan for the tournament instead of splitting it between two countries. Joining the chorus of voices is former captain […]

The veteran Indian wicket-keeper batter Wriddhiman Saha played his last international match during the home Test series against New Zealand in November-December last year as regular stumper Rishabh Pant was rested for the two-match Test series. However, it was reported that he and the veteran pacer, Ishant Sharma could not be featuring for Team India […]

On Wednesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly termed his daughter Sana’s alleged Instagram post related to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as “not true”. He also said that his daughter is too young to know much about politics and she should be left alone. Tweeting about the same, […]

In the first week of December 2018, Gautam Gambhir announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with an emotional video. The southpaw then played his last competitive game against Andhra at the Feroz Shah Kotla, a venue where he started playing cricket, playing up all his cricket. He didn’t disappoint his supporters and bowed […]

Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza is set to contest the upcoming 11th Bangladeshi general election, which has been scheduled to be held on 30 December 2018. Before that big contest, Mortaza claimed he has not a big goal like the former Pakistan World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan, who recently becomes the 22nd Pakistan Prime Minister. […]

There is no denying to the fact that it has been a regular habit that cricketers have been considering to ply their trade in politics. One of the prime examples can be former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, who eventually went on to become the Honourable Prime Minister of the country. Even Indian cricketers from the likes […]

Former Pakistan skipper, Javed Miandad has advised his fellow countrymen to avoid voicing their opinions on political and other sensitive issues to avoid controversies. His advice came in the wake of comments made by all-rounder Shahid Afridi on the Kashmir issue. During a media interaction in Karachi, Miandad, who played as many as 120 Tests, […]

The national politics in Sri Lanka has always been pretty negative for their country. According to insiders in Colombo, the bad weather of politics was the actual reason that Sri Lankan team was held back from traveling to India for the ODI series. The sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekara was upset with the Sri Lankan Cricket Board […]