File photo of Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli. Image: AFP Virat Kohli is all set to return as Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain from the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). It is understood that Kohli has already had discussions with the management and wants to step up at a time when…

India captain Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Pat Cummins (Photo Source: X) Pat Cummins has had the privilege of winning the Ashes, the World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup as Australia captain; but a Test series win over India remains missing from his impressive CV, and the 31-year-old pacer wants to fill that…

Nitish Kumar Reddy (Photo Source: X) Nitish Kumar Reddy‘s progression from the Indian Premier League to T20I and his selection in the Test squad for the Australia tour is something any cricketer would dream of. He made his India debut in a T20I against Bangladesh on October 6, and before the month added, the 21-year-old…

Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma (AFP Photo) NEW DELHI: Will India travel to Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025? This big question is making rounds on social media. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi recently expressed confidence that the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy will take place in Pakistan, with all teams, including arch-rivals…

File photo of retired Australia opener David Warner (Getty Images) David Warner made heads turn with his recent comments on the possibility of him coming out of retirement to play for Australia again, but the former opening batsman’s wife, Candice, has said that “it’s not happening”.Earlier this month, the 37-year-old Warner surprised the cricket fraternity…

Lucknow Super Giants player Nicholas Pooran. File Photo Nicholas Pooran has reportedly signed with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season. As per Cricbuzz, the 29-year-old visited the RPSG House in Kolkata to meet owner Sanjiv Goenka and finalise the deal.Pooran is set to be the primary retention for…

From left, Ravichandran Ashwin, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja (Agency Photos) MUMBAI: “It’s the last dance, we’ve come to the last dance; they’re dimming the lights down, they’re hoping we’ll go.” No, we are not eulogising Frank Sinatra here. We are dimming the lights, closing our eyes, and wondering whether it is indeed “the…

Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: As the IPL 2025 retention deadline nears, excitement builds around team decisions, with the spotlight especially on five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and their top retention picks.CSK recently stirred up fan speculation with a cryptic post on social media. CSK’s post read: “The Ones…

File image of wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan (Photo Source: X) It has been eleven months since Ishan Kishan played for India. A T20I in Guwahati, versus Australia, was the 26-year-old’s last outing for the national side. He has been away from the set-up and undergoing the grind in the domestic circuit to impress the men who…

File image of India captain Rohit Sharma and Australia skipper Pat Cummins posing with the Border Gavaskar Trophy (Photo Source: X) Celebrating his 53rd birthday on October 29, former Australia batsman Matthew Hayden has predicted a victory for the hosts in the coming Border Gavaskar Trophy (BG) Down Under, but not without a tough fight…