Royal Challengers Bengaluru are set to announce their captain for IPL 2025 on Thursday in Bengaluru. The name of the new captain could not be confirmed, but the frontrunner for the position is likely to be Virat Kohli, who had led the franchise from 2013 to 2021 before stepping down from the role. He had also stood in as captain for three matches last season. Another option is middle-order batter…

Bangladesh haven’t had a great run in ODIs lately. In addition, they have little to no prep heading into the Champions Trophy 2025. But captain Najmul Hossain Shanto strongly believes Bangladesh are title contenders. “We are going to the Champions Trophy to become champions,” Shanto said. “All eight teams deserve to be champions in this tournament. They are all quality teams. I believe our team has the ability. No one…

The route toward the international airport from Bengaluru’s CBD is dotted with a number of cricket academies. NICE – New Innings Cricket Enterprise – is one of them where Shreyanka Patil, the India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru off-spinner, trains. Long before the Women’s Premier League (WPL) took shape, Shreyanka moved out of her parental home in southwest Bengaluru to shorten her commute to the academy, which otherwise took her two…

Kerala 281 (Nizar 112, Saxena 67, Nabi 6-53) and 295 for 6 (Azharuddeen 67*, Nizar 44*) drew with J&K 280 (Wadhawan 48, Muzaffar 44, Nidheesh 6-75) and 399 for 9 decl (Dogra 132, Wadhawan 64).Kerala qualified on first-innings lead Salman Nizar was the hero for Kerala as they entered the Ranji Trophy semi-final only for the second time in their history. They got there having batted out the entire final…

GMR Group have, as expected, secured a stake in Southern Brave to conclude the ECB’s process of selling equity in the Hundred. GMR, co-owners of IPL team Delhi Capitals, were already the majority shareholders of host county Hampshire, having bought out former owner Rod Bransgrove last year. More to follow… Source: ESPN Crickinfo

A list of players* who will be missing the Champions Trophy 2025 due to injury and personal reasons, or are currently under an injury cloud Afghanistan AM Ghazanfar is out due to a fractured vertebrae, which he picked up on Afghanistan’s tour to Zimbabwe in December. Australia Australia will be without their entire first-choice pace attack at the Champions Trophy: Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood are “managing some ongoing injuries”….

Toss South Africa chose to bat vs Pakistan Pakistan were asked to chase in what is a knockout match against South Africa in the tri-series, with the winner set to play New Zealand in Saturday’s final. Both teams have already lost to New Zealand and have made changes to bolster their teams, especially on the batting front. Saud Shakeel, who last played an ODI for Pakistan in November 2023, has…

India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson has undergone a surgery on his finger, but is expected to be fit in time for the IPL, where he will lead Rajasthan Royals (RR). It is understood that Samson will take around a month to recover. That gives him enough time for be ready for the IPL, which will start in the March 21-22-23 weekend. Samson picked up the injury during the fifth T20I against…

Toss England chose to bowl vs India England will bowl first in the third ODI in Ahmedabad, after Jos Buttler won his third consecutive toss of the series. The visitors are looking to secure a consolation win to sign off what has been a chastening tour of India ahead of this month’s Champions Trophy. India’s victory in Cuttack banked them the ODI series, moving to an insurmountable 2-0 lead ahead…

AM Ghazanfar, the 18-year-old right-arm fingerspinner who has made such a bright start to his ODI career, has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy 2025 because of a “fracture in the L4 vertebra”. Left-arm spinner Nangeyalia Kharote, who was originally in the list of reserves, has now replaced Ghazanfar in the main squad. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), which tweeted out the news on Wednesday morning, said that Ghazanfar…