Before the Indian Premier League 2025 restart, the Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered a big loss because both their key overseas stars, Moeen Ali and Rovman Powell, cannot play the rest of the tournament. Sports Tak says the players are unlikely to feature again this season for medical reasons. Since KKR comes in at sixth place, with 11 points in twelve games, they must win both their final matches to have a shot at making the playoffs. The team came to Bengaluru on May 15 and were set to play Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in a crucial match on May…
Author: Zubair Nagra
Pakistan might be last in the WTC, but they are still set to receive an impressive prize of USD 480,000 due to this special cycle’s prize system. At the Beginning, Things Were Promising, But They Soon Went Downhill. It all started well for Pakistan as they won both games in the away series against Sri Lanka. The group looked like it would do well with Shan Masood. However, the optimism was short-lived. Being in charge of Pakistan for the first time, Masood lost all three Tests on tour, which was not an easy way to start. The situation worsened after…
Tickets for the remaining matches of the Pakistan Super League Season 10 are now on sale, as the Pakistan Cricket Board officially announced on Sunday. Owners of tickets can buy them online or at the designated outlets of a private courier service, to make it easy for cricket lovers countrywide to follow the game live. Although the PCB has not come with a revised pricing list, sources say that ticket prices will remain the same as those fronted at the beginning of the tournament. Resumption of PSL 10 Matches The league will roll on May 17 with a heavyweight encounter…
India’s Old fast bowler Mohammed Shami has rubbished recent media reports alluding to his retirement from Test cricket, which he says were baseless and misleading. The pacer, who is 34 years old, did not miss a chance to criticise various social media outlets for the spread of misinformation after the recent retirements of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the longest format. Most Woeful Story of the Day Shami Hits Back. There are reports that Shami will retire before India’s upcoming five-Test series against England. In a strongly worded social media post, the Indian pacer responded to such talks, similar…
Retiring from Test cricket, cricketing icons Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma were recently retired, and former Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has shared his thoughts on the same, terming the moment as the turning point in Indian cricket history and tagging it as “the beginning of the Gautam Gambhir era”. Saying something on his YouTube channel, Ashwin revealed that he was surprised by the simultaneous retirement of the two stalwarts. I had not come up with the thought that both [Rohit and Kohli] would call it a day together. This will be a good test for the Indian cricket”, he said.…
Lovers of Indian cricket superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have to wait a little bit longer to see the duo back in action in ODI cricket, as they will wait for a two-month break after completing the IPL 2025, to return to business. Then, in a twist of events, Kohli, followed by Rohit Sharma, announced their retirement from Test cricket within days of each other, thus creating a massive rift in the Indian Test team. The new era in the longest game format for India will commence next month from the coming five-Test series against England, as younger players…
Pakistan Cricket Board has officially announced hiring an experienced coach, former New Zealand cricketer Mike Hesson, as the new white-ball head coach for the Pakistan men’s team. The appointment takes effect immediately, and Hesson will begin on 26 May. PCB Chairman Welcomes Hesson The news has been confirmed by the Chairman of PCB Mohsin Naqvi via the social media X and he is happy with the addition to the national setup. Speaking to the press, Naqvi said,” I am glad to announce that the former New Zealand cricketer and well-known coach, Mike Hesson, will come to join us as the…
SYDNEY – Australia has named a 15-man squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against South Africa to be played at Lord’s from June 11. Captain Pat Cummins, star pacer Josh Hazlewood, and all-rounder Cameron Green, all have been recalled after getting back to full fitness and Australia eye another WTC title in the: Cummins (ankle), Hazlewood (hip and calf) were all injured and failed to make the recent Test tour of Sri Lanka but have come back from injury and returned to competitive cricket for the Indian Premier League. Green, however, rejoins the Test set-up for the first…
At first, the PCB had intended to relocate the rest of the fixtures in the United Arab Emirates following an Indian drone attack close to Rawalpindi Stadium that interrupted matters last week. However, after the intervention and guidance of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the tournament was temporarily suspended for security reasons. Thankfully, after a situation analysis, the PCB has taken the decision to resume the matches in Pakistan, with Rawalpindi and Lahore being the only two cities where the matches will be played from now onwards. Double-Headers and Playoff Details May 18 The doubleheader will be played at Rawalpindi, and…
Pakistan Super League 2025 has been indefinitely cancelled due to increased irritations at the India-Pakistan border and a new attack by a drone at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. After consultation with the government officials, the PCB decided, and all six franchise owners have agreed to the move unanimously, because of the national sentiment and security concerns. Uppermost, the PCB announced that the remaining eight games, including playoffs and the final, would move to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). But under the orders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the league was suspended entirely. In a joint email to the PCB, the…