Lucknow Super Giants spinner Digvesh Rathi has been suspended for one game and fined 50% of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. The incident occurred during LSG’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on May 19, when Rathi dismissed Abhishek Sharma in the eighth over and gave him a send-off involving a waving gesture and a “notebook” celebration. The act led to a verbal exchange between the players and required the intervention of an umpire, Michael Gough. This was Rathi’s third Code of Conduct violation in IPL 2025, all under Article 2.5, which relates to actions or gestures…
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Virat Kohli revealed the emotional and mental strain that led to his decision to resign from leadership roles with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Indian national team. Speaking on the RCB Bold Diaries podcast, Kohli opened up about the relentless scrutiny and expectations that affected his well-being, particularly during the final years of his captaincy. Kohli stepped down as RCB captain after the 2021 IPL season and relinquished India’s T20I captaincy following the T20 World Cup later that year. He was then removed as ODI captain by the BCCI to streamline leadership under one white-ball captain. Following this, Kohli…
Each player is required to go through a bat check during the match. So far, Sunil Narine and Anrich Nortje’s bats have failed the gauge test in IPL 2025. Moreover, each team was given a bat gauge to test the bats on their own. The ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has recently witnessed a unique change in umpires’ actions. They are time and again checking the bats of batters for thickness, and if they don’t pass through the gauge, the players are asked to change it. Umpires checking bats is not happening for the first time in…
Indian Premier League chairman Arun Dhumal said that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) doesn’t have any immediate plans to expand the Women’s Premier League (WPL). The tournament began with five teams back in 2023, with the top three teams in the points table qualifying for the final and Eliminator. Dhumal, who’s a member of the WPL committee, said that India’s premier women’s championship has grown by leaps and bounds. He was impressed with the viewership and crowd attendance at all four venues: M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, and…
Jos Buttler has resigned as England’s white-ball captain after their group-stage exit from the Champions Trophy. He confirmed on Friday, February 28, that he will lead England for one final time against South Africa on Saturday, which will mark the end of England’s campaign in the showpiece event. They lost to Australia and Afghanistan in the earlier two matches to get knocked out of the tournament. They came into the Champions Trophy on the back of a 0-3 loss at the hands of India and lost the preceding T20I series against the same team 1-4. On the eve of England’s…
India’s star cricketer Shreyas Iyer has been named as the skipper of Punjab Kings (PBKS) for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) season. PBKS went all guns blazing after buying the former KKR skipper in the two-day mega auction at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and signed him for a whopping INR 26.75 crores to make him the second most expensive player in IPL history. Notably, the stylish right-handed batter led KKR to win the title in the previous IPL season but he parted ways with them to throw his name in the auction, where a plethora of franchises engaged…
MS Dhoni’s association with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has been well known. However, during CSK’s two-year suspension in 2016 and 2017 due to the infamous spot-fixing scandal, Dhoni represented Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS). While the team struggled in its debut season, finishing second from the bottom, it bounced back in 2017 to become the runners-up. The lead-up to that remarkable turnaround was marred by controversy. Ahead of the IPL 2017 auction, RPS made the bold decision to replace Dhoni as captain with Steve Smith. The move sparked widespread backlash, given Dhoni’s immense stature, having already won two IPL titles with…
Mumbai’s current coach, Omkar Salvi, has been appointed as the bowling coach of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ahead of the 2025 Indian Premier League edition. With the player list for the IPL 2025 mega-auction released last week, the excitement for the upcoming edition is reaching new heights. In an important move, the IPL 2016 finalist has boosted their coaching staff by hiring Omkar Salvi, a big name in the coaching fraternity with an impressive track record. Having a massive experience in the domestic circuit, Salvi is no stranger to the cash-rich league either. Meanwhile, the 46-year-old cricketer has already served…
Hemang Badani and Venugopal Rao are all set to lead the Delhi Capitals coaching staff for the forthcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, as reported by Cricbuzz. The former is set to take charge as a head coach, while Venugopal Rao has been appointed as the team’s director of cricket. Former India skipper and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly was the franchise’s director of cricket, but there is no more update on his future. Notably, Badani will be replacing 2003 ODI World Cup-winning skipper Ricky Ponting, who has shifted his base to Punjab Kings after being released from DC ahead…
Australian skipper Pat Cummins has recently given a heads-up to his squad regarding the attacking form of the young Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant ahead of the upcoming Border Gavaskar Trophy later this year. Notably, Pant has made a phenomenal comeback in the Indian cricket team after his tragic car accident and since then has given magnificent performances in the T20 World Cup 2024, followed by the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh, where the middle-order batter smashed a stellar century. India will visit Australia for a five-match Test series as a part of the ongoing World Test Championship 2023 to…