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IPL 2025 RCB celebrate after breaking the trophy drought after 18 long years © Sportzpics June 3 2025 will be etched forever in the hearts of Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans all across the globe, as the franchise broke its trophy drought after 18 long seasons. Season 18 of the IPL had parallels drawn towards RCB and India’s No. 18 Virat Kohli that it could be his year after the IPL crown eluded him for 18 long years. After posting a par score of 190 for 9, RCB defended the total by a margin of six runswith a collective bowling effort…
ENGLAND LIONS VS INDIA A Kotian scored 90 in the second innings © Getty India A rounded off the second unofficial Test on a positive note against the England Lions in Northampton. The visitors scored 254 runs for just three wickets on the day, which was heralded by a 149-run stand from Tanush Kotian (90*) and Anshul Kamboj (51*) for the eighth wicket. Nitish Reddy and Dhruv Jurel were still new to the crease when play started on the fourth day. With Nitish struggling early on, Jurel scored two boundaries off Chris Woakes. Nitish then scored a boundary to third…
IPL 2025 Salt took a crucial boundary-line catch to send Priyansh Arya on his way back. © BCCI/IPL The RCB-PBKS final had several defining moments – the dismissal of Shreyas Iyer (for one off two balls) and Player of the Match Krunal Pandya’s tight four-over spell (in which he claimed two crucial wickets giving away only 17 runs) for instance. But there seemed to be a sort of agreement between the coaches of the two sides that the real turning point in RCB’s six-run win was Phil Salt’s sensational catch of Priyansh Arya. Andy Flower and Ricky Ponting felt that…
Boland ‘really unfortunate’ to miss WTC final: Cummins Pat Cummins is adamant Scott Boland is not “running out of time” in his Test career after being overlooked for spot in the World Test Championship final. As Marnus Labuschagne edged out Sam Konstas for Australia’s opening vacancy and the fit-again Cameron Green returned to the XI to face South Africa, Boland was again an unfortunate casualty of the superstar ‘big three’ in Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.The Victorian fast bowler had mounted an overwhelming case to be included at Lord’s, taking a career-best 10 wickets in his last match for…
RETIREMENT Pooran last played for West Indies in December 2024 © Getty Dynamic West Indies batter Nicholas Pooran has sprung a surprise by quitting international cricket at the age of 29. Pooran is West Indies’ most-capped player in T20Is and their leading run-getter in the format as well. His retirement will come as a massive jolt for a side that’s been looking to make its way back up, especially in white-ball cricket after having missed out on qualification for the 2023 ODI World Cup. Pooran is at the peak of his powers in T20 cricket and had hit the most…
Those sentiments were echoed by fellow team mate David Bedingham, who looks forward to seeing what Rabada can deliver on the unique Lord’s wicket, which always offers opportunities for accurate bowlers. “I genuinely think he’s the best bowler in the world,” said Bedingham. “He’s played here (Lord’s), he’s taken wickets here before, so him going well will go a long way to us winning the whole thing. He’s an amazing person… and he makes our jobs a lot easier. He’s the leader of our attack.” As South Africa look to end their ICC silverware drought, their players are hyper aware…
IPL 2025 Ahmedabad had a rain forecast of only three per cent on the day of the final © Sportzpics There was a collective sigh of relief as Season 18 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) concluded without further interruption. With both war and weather (rain) posing serious threats to the tournament’s completion, it took scientific and deft decision-making behind the scenes – and in the end, it all seemed to pay off. At the IPL Governing Council (GC) meeting on May 20, BCCI administrators found themselves playing the role of meteorologists, closely studying the weather patterns across the country…
ENGLISH SUMMER The 28-year-old will join the squad in late July and remain until the end of the season to play in the Championship and the One-Day Cup © BCCI Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad is all set for his maiden stint in the County Championship after bagging a deal with Yorkshire. Gaikwad will join the squad ahead of their Championship fixture against Surrey next month and will remain until the end of the season where he will also be playing the One-Day Cup. Gaikwad is currently in England as a part of the India A squad but hasn’t played in…
A POTENTIAL SALE? Bloomberg also reported that RCB could be in to sell the franchise for a potential buyer who meets a USD 2 billion valuation © Sportzpics Diageo India, an Indian branch of UK-based Diageo Plc, the owner of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has categorically denied reports to sell the team. In a letter to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and BSE Surveillance Department on Tuesday (June 10), a Diageo India official has said that the media reports about its planned sale are speculative in nature. “The company would like to…
One fine day at Lord’s circa 2012. ©Getty Is it heavy? Graeme Smith cocked his head, thought about the question, and replied: “The problem with the mace is you can’t drink out of it.” Doubtless Smith, and the rest of his team, tried to do so anyway at Lord’s on August 20, 2012. Doubtless, also, the experiment ended exponentially more messily than the events of what had put the mace in South Africa’s dressing room – a five-wicket win that was as neatly tailored as a Saville Row suit. Hashim Amla’s 121 in the second innings set up a victory…