June 2025

Rishabh Pant arrives on England shores with a point to prove in the 5-test match series starting on Friday. The 27-year-old is no longer the trailblazing youngster and has been promoted to vice-captain for the India vs England series. Leadership has not been his strongest suit in recent times, and how India’s wicket-keeper performs could […]

Jasprit Bumrah is the best Test bowler in the world. This is undisputed. Forget Indian players or former cricketers saying so; even opposition players say so. Everyone saw Bumrah’s magic in Australia, where he almost drew the series on his own. Had the fast bowler not been at a monstrously high level, India could have

Once again, Jasprit Bumrah will be heavily relied on to deliver with the ball but this time in limited capacity. The pacer is the most experienced bowler in the Indian squad at the moment and is also the highest wicket-taking active pacer in England for India. While he has made it crystal clear that he

Following the retirement of India Test captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill was named his replacement. With Jasprit Bumrah putting himself away from the leadership discussion, many assumed and thought that Rishabh Pant would be named Rohit’s replacement. But BCCI thought otherwise. Although Pant was senior to Gill and had a much-distinguished Test career, the wicketkeeper

India are gearing up to take on England in the 1st Test at Headingley in Leeds on June 20. The game, which is the first out of the five-match Test series, marks the start of the new World Test Championship cycle for Shubman Gill and co. To date, India have played 7 matches at the

England have confirmed their Playing XI for the India vs England 1st Test starting on Friday. Chris Woakes and Josh Tongue both feature, having played for the England Lions against India A. Ben Stokes has named a largely set line-up, with 3 pacers and Shoaib Bashir being the lone spinner. Team news from Leeds ahead

Sri Lanka has sunk deeper. After being able to take just 3 wickets on the first day against Bangladesh, the hosts were able to claim 6 more wickets on the second day. Some of it was because rain halted play in the second session. Galle saw no action for over 2 hours but things hadn’t

India cricket team vice-captain Rishabh Pant has confirmed his batting position for the upcoming Test series against England. The five-match Test series, which will commence from June 20 onwards, will mark the start of the new World Test Championship cycle for Gill and co. Ahead of the contest, Pant has offered an insight into what

Mohammed Siraj was supposed to be the second-in-command to Jasprit Bumrah on the Australia tour. To his credit, Siraj was India’s second-highest wicket-taker in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However, despite picking up 20 wickets in five Tests, Siraj wasn’t as effective as many had expected. That he averaged 31.15 and had a strike rate of 47.15

Former England cricketers Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton had a tough time in picking a combined India-England playing XI from the last 25 years. Some notable exclusions from the line-up were that of modern greats Virat Kohli and England’s highest run-getter in Tests Joe Root. Nasser and Atherton were tasked to pick the XI consisting