
            <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item">Arun Rawal, a producer at Sports Tak, is a daydreamer, movie buff, and cricket fanatic. He could not play cricket, so did the next best thing, writing for it. He loves to play the flick shot over square leg, and believes Sachin Tendulkar is God. </div>
      

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            <div class="text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item">Arun Rawal, a producer at Sports Tak, is a daydreamer, movie buff, and cricket fanatic. He could not play cricket, so did the next best thing, writing for it. He loves to play the flick shot over square leg, and believes Sachin Tendulkar is God. </div>
      

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NZ vs PAK: From 32/5, Faheem Ashraf and concussion replacement Naseem Shah's maiden ODI half-centuries helped Pakistan post 208 in unsuccessful run chase against New Zealand.

Concussion replacement Naseem Shah scored his maiden ODI fifty.

New Zealand beat Pakistan by 84 runs to take 2-0 lead in three-ODI series.

Ben Sears registered his maiden five-wicket haul. 

Babar, Rizwan fail but Ashraf and Naseem's maiden fifties help Pakistan avoid embarrassment in series defeat to New Zealand

Mark Chapman had a chance to break Brian Lara's record against Pakistan at no.4 in ODIs but he lost his wicket in the 44th over of the innings.

Mark Chapman surpasses Ross Taylor, AB de Villiers to take 3rd spot on this list with 132 vs Pakistan 

NZ vs PAK: Young all-rounder Muhammad Abbas took on Pakistan bowlers in slog overs and reached his fifty from just 24 balls on his ODI debut.

Muhammad Abbas reached his maiden ODI fifty from 24 balls.

Abbas helped New Zealand post 344/9.

Abbas dismissed Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan. 

Lahore-born Muhammad Abbas breaks all-time ODI world record of Indian all-rounder on debut with 26-ball 52 vs Pakistan

NZ vs PAK: Pakistan were alive in the run chase until Babar Azam departed. The visitors suffered a batting collapse and were bowled out for 271.

Pakistan lost seven wickets for just 22 runs.

Mark Chapman registered the highest ODI score for New Zealand against Pakistan.

Debutant Muhammad Abbas scored a blazing fifty and dismissed Mohammad Rizwan.

NZ vs PAK: Inspired by Mark Chapman's record-breaking ton, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 73 runs as Babar Azam and Salman Agha's fifties go in vain

NZ vs PAK 1st ODI: After the top-order collapse, Mark Chapman and Daryl Mitchell helped New Zealand recover and eventually dominate Pakistan bowlers in the series opener.

Mark Chapman has been in tremendous form against Pakistan.

Chapman's record-breaking knock was studded with 13 fours and 6 sixes.

Chapman shared a 199-run partnership for 4th wicket with Daryl Mitchell.

Mark Chapman breaks Ross Taylor's 14-year-old record with 132-run knock as Mohammad Rizwan's Pakistan pay for no speciallist spinner, 4 fast bowlers strategy

James Neesham's fifer helped New Zealand register a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the fifth and final T20I of the series.

James Neesham becomes 5th bowler in T20I history to achieve rare feat against Pakistan

IPL 2025

Noor Ahmad was named 'Player of the match' as he claimed four wickets for 18 runs on CSK debut and helped his side win by four wickets against Mumbai Indians.

Noor Ahmad registers best bowling figures for CSK spinner with 4 for 18 vs Mumbai Indians, enters elite list 

Sanju Samson will play as an impact player in Rajasthan Royals' first three IPL 2025 matches. Riyan Parag will lead the side against SRH in their IPL 2025 opener.

Sanju Samson needs 66 runs as impact player to becomes first Rajasthan Royals batter to achieve major feat

Milestones await Royal Challengers Bengaluru's Virat Kohli as he gears up to take on defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025 opener.

Virat Kohli has 962 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Kohli can break Shikhar Dhawan's record for most runs in successful IPL run chases.

Rain threat looms large over IPL 2025 opener between RCB and KKR. 

Virat Kohli needs 38 more runs to become third batter in IPL history to achieve massive feat against KKR

Pakistan's 29-year-old over Sahibzada Farhan registered the joint third-highest T20 score in the history of the format. Peshawar beat Quetta by a massive margin of 126 runs.

Sahibzada Farhan hit 14 fours and 11 sixes in his record-breaking unbeaten 162.

Farhan has scored 414 runs from four innings in the ongoing National T20 Cup.

The previous record belonged to Kamran Akmal who scored unbeaten 150 in 2017. 

Dropped from Pakistan's T20I squad after Zimbabwe tour, Peshawar opener scores 72-ball 162 in National T20 Cup to break Kamran Akmal's record for highest score

Eight out of the top 10 highest scores in IPL history were registered in the previous season as the batters became more aggressive and played with added freedom due to impact player rule.

Travis Head, Marcus Stoins, Arshdeep Singh

SRH's 287 vs RCB to LSG's 257 vs PBKS: Top 10 highest totals in IPL history

After two underwhelming appearances, Pakistan's new-look side finally lived up to what captain Agha Salman said before the series as they chased down 205 in 16 overs.

Hasan Nawaz reached his maiden T20I century from just 44 balls.

Mohammad Haris scored 41 and captain Agha Salman scored an unbeaten fifty in run chase.

This is New Zealand's second-highest run chase in T20Is.

After two ducks, Hasan Nawaz's maiden T20I century leads new-look Salman Agha-led Pakistan to 9-wicket win in run chase of 205 to keep series alive

SRH vs GT

CSK vs DC and PBKS vs RR

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IPL 2025, MI vs RCB: Virat Kohli revealed that most of the times he is on the same page as Rohit Sharma when they talk about the game.

Virat Kohli is third-highest run-scorer against Mumbai Indians in IPL.

Rohit Sharma is third-highest run-scorer against RCB in IPL.

MI have had a upper hand over RCB in IPL history. 

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Vinay Kumar

'We've definitely enjoyed our time playing together': Kohli on bond with Rohit ahead of RCB vs MI

IPL 2025, PBKS vs RR: PBKS spin-bowling coach Sunil Joshi felt that the spinners were not underutilised and could've bowled two more overs.

Yuzvendra Chahal conceded 32 runs from three overs. 

Glenn Maxwell bowled just one over in the powerplay and conceded 6 runs. 

Rajasthan Royals spinners bowled 10 overs, conceded 83 runs and took 4 wickets.

Shreyas Iyer

'We missed the trick': PBKS coach blames underutilisation of spinners for 1st loss of season

Most Wickets in IPL 2025: The race for the purple cap is expected to get intense in the coming few weeks. Currently, Noor Ahmad holds the top spot.

Noor Ahmad holds the top spot with 10 wickets.

Mohammed Siraj has a chance to enter the top 10 wicket-takers' list.

Khaleel Ahmed struck in the first over of the innings again.

Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed

IPL 2025 Purple Cap Standings: Another CSK bowler enters race with wickets of DC youngsters

IPL 2025, MI vs RCB: Ahead of the clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians have posted a video announcing Jasprit Bumrah's arrival.

Mumbai Indians have lost 3 out of 4 games in IPL 2025.

MI's next match is against RCB at home on April 7.

On April 13, MI will travel to Delhi to face DC. 

Jasprit Bumrah, Sanjana Ganesan, Angad

'Once a cub, now the lion': MI post emotional video teasing Jasprit Bumrah's return after injury

Most runs scored in IPL 2025: Nicholas Pooran remained unchallenged as no batter could break into top five on Saturday double header. 

Shreyas Iyer missed entering top five list by just eight runs. 

Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler can surpass Nicholas Pooran on April 6.

3 SRH batters also have a chance to break into top five.

Sanju Samson, Shreyas Iyer

IPL 2025 Orange Cap Standings: Samson rises but Iyer fails to make it into top 5

Cricket News

Pakistan's Sufiyan Muqeem created history during third ODI against New Zealand where his team suffered a 43-run defeat

Pakistan's Sufiyan Muqeem (L) bowls during the third ODI against New Zealand

Sufiyan Muqeem scripts history during PAK vs NZ 3rd ODI, becomes 1st player in the world to notch this milestone

IPL 2025, LSG vs MI: Hardik Pandya's five-wicket haul went in vain as Mumbai Indians lost to Lucknow Super Giants by 12 runs.

Hardik Pandya

Before Hardik Pandya, 5 Indian players have taken 5-wicket haul as captain: Full list here

The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will lock horns against the Delhi Capitals for their fourth match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2025 on April 5 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. 


MS Dhoni

Ruturaj Gaikwad to Mitchell Starc: Players to watch out for IPL 2025 tie between CSK and DC

Former Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) captain Virat Kohli has played 33 matches against the Mumbai Indians (MI) since 2008. 


Virat Kohli IPL

Virat Kohli IPL stats against Mumbai Indians ahead of 2025 clash

NZ vs PAK: Mitchell Hay's unbeaten 99 off just 78 balls helped New Zealand accelerate in slog overs and set a target of 293 for Pakistan.