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May 2025

End of the road for Mohammed Shami? Selectors in doubt after IPL 2025 struggles

Mohammed Shami’s Test career could be coming to a close when the selectors name the squad for the India vs England series. The veteran, one of India’s finest red ball bowlers, has struggled for form and fitness since a long-term injury absence. No longer considered an automatic pick, Shami could miss the bus altogether given […]

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IPL 2025 back on track, GT first team to start training, sans Buttler & Coetzee

It was just a few days back, that the IPL 2025 was stopped due a security threat, but already the preparations have started, to commence the league again. The BCCI is soon going to come up with a revised schedule, as the foreign players return to their respective bases. On Sunday, Shubman Gill’s GT became

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Gautam Gambhir’s Nitish Reddy conundrum: To bowl or not to bowl?

India’s search for a pace bowling all-rounder seemed to have ended when Nitish Kumar Reddy struck a scintillating century in Melbourne. The youngster from Hyderabad, playing in his maiden series in Australia, stood tall against an attack that boasted Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon. And he bowled medium pace too. All

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Jasprit Bumrah sacrifices captaincy ambitions for India’s good, won’t lead in India vs England Tests

The wait for a full-time fast bowler to take up Test captaincy will continue. Jasprit Bumrah, favourite to lead India after Rohit Sharma stepped down and announced retirement from Test cricket, has sacrificed his captaincy ambitions. The reason is: workload management. Bumrah is unlikely to feature in all five matches of the India vs England

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No Mohammed Shami, India should go with four pacers and two spinners in Headingley Test vs 1st England Test

Over-reliance on Jasprit Bumrah is what led to India’s 1-3 failure in the series Down Under. It seemed — with his 32 wickets in five matches, that he was the only bowler who picked up wickets at will. Truth be told, the nation wants him to fire once again, come the series vs England, but

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Ricky Ponting comes to Punjab Kings’ rescue, convinces Marcus Stoinis and Co to return for IPL 2025

Ricky Ponting has come to Punjab Kings’ aid with the IPL 2025 set to resume later this month. The PBKS head coach stepped to ensure their overseas stars are on board when the campaign resumes. Ponting himself was on the way to Australia when he deferred his travel to rally the team together. Ricky Ponting

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IPL 2025 Final most likely to be shifted from Kolkata to Ahmedabad; could be on May 30

In what could be one of the many massive changes that could be in store for us regarding the IPL 2025, the tournament final — initially scheduled at Eden Gardens, Kolkata — is now likely to be shifted to the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The unprecedented suspension of the IPL 2025 has left the

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India Women clinch confidence-boosting tri-series ahead of Women’s World Cup

India Women’s Cricket Team will return home with a confidence-boosting win in the ODI Tri-series, also featuring Sri Lanka and South Africa. In the final in Colombo, India beat Sri Lanka by 97 runs to clinch the trophy. With the Women’s World Cup in October, the win will help Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. India will

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Shreyas Iyer no certainty for IND A and England series, future depends on Virat Kohli’s status

While the focus is on resumption of IPL 2025, it seems that the squad for the India A tour to England has already been picked, as per a report in Cricbuzz. It seems that the selectors discussed this team on May 6, and the India A squad was finalised there. While the squad is to

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