Vishal Dikshit

1 week ago | espn.in | Hemant Brar |Vishal Dikshit

Big picture: Can GT cope without Buttler? Before the start of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans (GT) seemed to have a hole in their batting line-up. They had an excellent top three and a bunch of finishers but the middle order looked thin. GT, though, finished third in the league stage and will now face Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Eliminator in New Chandigarh on Friday. The winner moves on to Qualifier 2, one step closer to the final; the loser is eliminated.

1 week ago | espn.in | Vishal Dikshit

After only one win in their first five games, Mumbai Indians (MI) were close to the bottom of the points table in IPL 2025. Around the halfway mark of the league stage, MI turned a corner and made it to the playoffs with a six-match winning streak along the way. They will now face Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Eliminator on May 30. Before that, here's a look at the performers who helped MI, last season's wooden-spoon holders, bounce back.

1 week ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Vishal Dikshit

By Vishal Dikshit (ESPN CRICINFO), May 27: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) need not have watched the game between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Monday with a calculator in hand to see what kind of margin they need for Tuesday to finish in the top two for a straight shot into the IPL 2025 final.

1 week ago | espn.in | Vishal Dikshit

A combined 190 matches together, over 13,500 runs, 42 hundreds in the format, and a collective captaincy experience of 92 Tests. The recent Test retirements of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are "big holes to fill" but when players make decisions to leave the game, even if before a high-profile five-Test tour of England, you have to "respect" them and move on, according to chair of India men's selection panel, Ajit Agarkar.

4 weeks ago | espn.in | Vishal Dikshit

Yashasvi Jaiswal has taken a U-turn, requesting the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to let him continue with Mumbai - and not move to Goa - for the 2025-26 domestic season. Jaiswal's case will be taken up by the MCA at its apex council meeting, approximately after a fortnight. Jaiswal has written a formal letter to the MCA, stating that he had been planning to move to Goa and play for the state as his family was relocating there, but the plan had changed.