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In a surprising and playful nod to his passion for Manchester United, one of India’s most celebrated sports stars, Jasprit Bumrah, subtly paid tribute to Marcus Rashford during a crucial match at the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Bumrah and his fellow cricketers faced off against Afghanistan in Delhi, where the fast bowler showcased his remarkable […]

Senior Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah became a target of online trolls following his inclusion in the Indian cricket board’s annual contracts for players announced this week. Team India supporters mocked him before posting hilarious memes on Twitter to have fun at his expense. It's baffling to see #Bumrah with a Grade A contract despite […]

The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to include injured pacer Jasprit Bumrah in its annual list of contracted players angered Team India fans. The BCCI’s move to award Jasprit Bumrah, the national team’s top contract worth seven crores, comes at a time when he has been out of the Rohit Sharma-led […]

Premier India pacer Jasprit Bumrah was mocked on social media after the Indian cricket board shocked the world with its decision to offer the injured bowler an A+ contract. The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s move to award Jasprit Bumrah, the national team’s top contract worth seven crores, comes at a time when […]

The BCCI’s decision to withdraw Team India superstar Jasprit Bumrah from the ODI series against Sri Lanka sparked a meme fest on social media. Several admirers of the Men in Blue welcomed the development regarding Jasprit Bumrah by posting memes and hilarious jokes on Twitter. Jasprit Bumrah ☕☕☕ pic.twitter.com/0HNLMhQ2B9 — UmdarTamker (@UmdarTamker) January 9, 2023 […]

Team India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah is facing flak online after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) made a stunning U-turn to withdraw him from the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Jasprit Bumrah wasn’t originally part of the national squad for the One-Day Internationals against Sri Lanka but was later on added […]

Team India supporters are trolling fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah following his return to the national side on Tuesday. Recently, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Jasprit Bumrah will make his long-awaited comeback to international cricket in next week’s ODI series against Sri Lanka. “Bumrah was out of cricketing action since […]

Former India opener Wasim Jaffer made a shocking claim about Jasprit Bumrah, saying that the Mumbai Indians bowler may just have played with a stress fracture during the recently concluded Australia series. The news of Jasprit Bumrah’s injury has come at an inopportune time for Team India, considering the T20 World Cup in Australia is […]

Ever since reports of India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s injury started coming in, he has been receiving severe flak on social media with several admirers of the Indian cricket team mocking him for getting injured at a time when the T20 World Cup is only two weeks away. While some made fun of the Mumbai […]

Jasprit Bumrah was on fire in the first ODI between England and India on Tuesday as he ran through the Three Lions top-order to register figures of 6/19 at The Oval in London. The Ahmedabad-born quick’s stunning display in the British capital was the best by an Indian fast bowler on English soil. As he […]

After Jasprit Bumrah registered the best bowling figures of 6/19 by an Indian on English soil in the first ODI against England at The Oval on Tuesday, India legend Sachin Tendulkar and former England captain Michael Vaughan had labeled him as the “best bowler across formats”. Even the likes of Nasser Hussain and Jos Buttler […]

Jasprit Bumrah broke a flurry of records in the first ODI against England at The Oval on Tuesday. The 28-year-old pacer ripped apart the English top order before ending the English innings with figures of 6/19, the best by an Indian bowler on British soil. En route to his remarkable performance, Jasprit Bumrah went past […]

On Tuesday, India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ripped apart the England top-order in the first ODI at The Oval in London to register the third-best bowling figures by an Indian in the format. Jasprit Bumrah’s mastery not only left the English batting in tatters but also led to an England collapse not seen in recent […]

India lost the fifth and final Test against England by seven wickets as the home team completed a record run chase of 378 runs with relative ease. While the talismanic Joe Root and swashbuckling Jonny Bairstow’s hundreds in the fourth innings of the match contributed heavily to India’s defeat, captain Jasprit Bumrah blamed his side’s […]

Ex-England skipper Kevin Pietersen was left unimpressed by stand-in India captain Jasprit Bumrah’s captaincy on Day 4 of the fifth and the final Test match of the series between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Monday. After India set a stiff target of 378 to level the series for England, the hosts took […]

The third day of the ongoing fifth Test between India and England at Edgbaston in Birmingham began on a tense note as Virat Kohli and Jonny Bairstow were engaged in an ugly exchange of words. Video footage showed Virat Kohli signaling Jonny Bairstow to stay inside the crease after he walked up to the England […]

Coincidences happen at every stage of life and former India coach and all-rounder Ravi Shastri witnessed one of the biggest freak episodes in the cricket world. On Saturday, stand-in India captain Jasprit Bumrah broke Brian Lara’s long-standing record for hitting the most runs in an over in the history of Test cricket. Notably, the bowler […]

Former South Africa spinner Robin Peterson reacted to Stuart Broad breaking his record of bowling the most expensive over in the history of Test cricket. The veteran Englishman conceded 35 runs with India’s stand-in captain launching a blistering attack on him on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth Test match between the South Asian side […]

West Indies great Brian Lara has lavished rich praise on Jasprit Bumrah after the stand-in India captain went on to break his long-standing world record of scoring the most runs in an over in Test cricket. 19 years ago in December 2003, Brian Lara plundered 28 runs off South African left-arm tweaker Robin Peterson in […]

Stuart Broad scripted two contrasting records on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth Test between England and India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Friday. With Mohammed Shami’s dismissal, the veteran England cricketer became just the third fast bowler after Glenn McGrath and James Anderson to take 550 wickets in Test cricket. However, Stuart Broad’s happiness […]

Jasprit Bumrah scripted history on Saturday as the stand-in India skipper launched a sensational all-out assault against England pacer Stuart Broad, taking 35-runs in a single over on Day 2 of the ongoing fifth and final Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Out of the 35, 29 runs came off Jasprit Bumrah’s bat which is the […]

India stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah ripped veteran English fast bowler Stuart Broad for 29 runs, setting a new world record for most runs in a single over in Tests, breaking West Indies legend Brian Lara’s previous milestone by a run. Brian Lara accomplished the feat against South African spinner Robin Peterson, plundering him for 28 […]

Former England spinner Ashley Giles reckons that handing Jasprit Bumrah the captaincy of the Indian cricket team could prove to be a double-edged sword for the South Asian side as it could turn away his focus away from his bowling. Acknowledging that Jasprit Bumrah was the main weapon in India’s bowling arsenal, Ashley Giles stated […]

Ex-India opener Wasim Jaffer isn’t happy with Jasprit Bumrah’s elevation as India captain for the fifth and the final Test against England at Edgbaston starting Friday. According to him, India’s management, including coach Rahul Dravid should have appointed Cheteshwar Pujara as the skipper of the national side because he has experience leading his state team […]

With regular opener and captain Rohit Sharma set to miss the fifth Test against England at Edgbaston and KL Rahul unavailable due to a groin injury, speculation has mounted over India’s possible playing XI. Even coach Rahul Dravid didn’t want to disclose all his cards ahead of the start of the match which begins on […]

India head coach Rahul Dravid has provided a big update on regular captain Rohit Sharma, saying that the 35-year-old opener has not yet been ruled out of the fifth and the final Test against England which begins in Edgbaston on Friday. Rahul Dravid, the legendary batter and the former chief of India’s National Cricket Academy […]

India’s bowling mainstay Jasprit Bumrah is likely to lead the Indian cricket team in the one-off Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham starting on Friday, India Today reported. Jasprit Bumrah’s possible elevation as Team India captain comes at a time when regular skipper Rohit Sharma is down with COVID-19 and is unlikely to recover […]

The Indian Cricket Team is in the United Kingdom to play a one-off Test starting on 1st July at Edgbaston. The Test is the rescheduled fifth Test of India’s tour of England from last year, where India took a 2-1 lead following aggressive cricket under the leadership of Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri. The […]

India’s regular captain Rohit Sharma is currently recuperating from COVID-19 and faces a race against time to be fit for the deciding Test match against England in Birmingham. With uncertainty over whether Rohit Sharma will play at Edgbaston or not, speculation continues to spread like wildfire over who would take over Team India’s leadership role. […]

Chorus for Virat Kohli’s return as Team India captain in the upcoming Test match against England grew louder after former Three Lions spinner Graeme Swann backed him to lead the side in the absence of Rohit Sharma. Regular skipper Rohit Sharma is currently in isolation after testing for COVID-19 on Saturday. However, the chances of […]

It has been a season to forget for five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Mumbai Indians (MI). Before the start of this edition of the competition, who would have imagined that the Rohit Sharma-led side would be languishing at the bottom of the table with just one more match to play for? Cricket is a […]

MI vs LSG, Brabourne Stadium. An unnecessary gimmick in the batting order cost Lucknow Super Giants a loss in the previous game. They should have learned their lesson now and won’t be messing with the batting order again. Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, are failing to fetch wickets early in the inning again and […]

MI vs PBKS, MCA Stadium. Mumbai Indians are probably one of the great T20 teams of all time. But this season of IPL 2022 hasn’t been in their favor. Four games lost in a row. This is not something new for MI, but they need to focus on winning the matches early in the tournament. […]

MI vs RCB, MCA Stadium. Unlucky Mumbai Indians are searching for their first win of the IPL 2022. In comparison, Royal Challengers Bangalore is having a good IPL season, and MI has lost all three games. Call it a piece of bad luck; MI has a lot of it. MI was in the same table […]

Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals made their rivalry open in the last league match of the 2014 IPL season. When MI needed a boundary and Faulkner conceded a six to Aditya Tare. A historic run-chase in T20 cricket history. After that match in 2014, RR played MI 10 times and won 6 times. These two […]

IPL season-opening match for both Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians will be played at Brabourne Stadium. MI vs DC is the new rivalry in the IPL, and MI has one of the lowest win % vs DC in IPL history. MI has a reputation and record of losing the first match of the IPL almost […]

Mumbai Indians are the 5-time IPL title winner so far. Last season was neither excellent nor disappointing for MI. Could IPL 2022 be the 6th time Rohit Sharma will lift the trophy? The answer is not straightforward. The limited number of venues is an advantage for MI. Because it will be home turf for MI, […]