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Indian Women’s Cricket Team with ODI World Cup title (PC: BCCI Women) Today marks the first anniversary of the Women in Blue’s historic maiden Women’s ODI World Cup triumph. On this day in 2025, India defeated South Africa in the final at the D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai, lifting their first-ever ICC Women’s ODI World Cup title in front of a packed home crowd. The writer was among the fortunate media personnel present to witness the historic moment. Thousands of fans singing ‘Vande Mataram’ together and chanting ‘India, India’ created an atmosphere that will remain etched in memory for years. India’s journey to the title, however, was far from straightforward. Two wins to begin the campaign were followed by three consecutive defeats before the Women in Blue staged a remarkable comeback. They beat New Zealand in the group stage to qualify for the semi-finals, overcame the mighty Australian challenge in the semi-final and eventually defeated South Africa in the summit clash....

Marnus Labuschagne at the MCG (PC: Debasis Sen) Australia Test captain Pat Cummins hinted at possible changes to the team following their 1-2 defeat in the three-match Test series against South Africa. Despite winning the first Test in Durban, Australia went on to lose the series 1-2 to the Proteas. Cummins was asked about the possibility of changes to the team following the series defeat. “I think it’s always the case after losing a series [that changes are talked about], and it’s probably fair; we lost two games in a row,” Cummins said at the press conference. “It’s fair to be asking those questions. We’ll be asking them internally as well. We are a very good side, but I think we need to get a little bit better if we want to get back to No. 1 … so maybe that’s a change of style, maybe it’s a change of personnel in some instances. Give us a couple of weeks and work it out.” Australia not only lost the series but also...

Mayank Yadav (PC: @mayankyadav_8) Eleven. That is the number of times India have conceded more than 200 runs in the shortest format since the T20 World Cup win earlier in the year. Recently, we also witnessed West Indies chase down a target in excess of 250 against India. Moreover, in that India-West Indies T20I series, from the home team’s point of view, only Prince Yadav managed to maintain an economy rate of under 10. Unfortunately for the Indian bowlers, the chastening experience has continued in the ongoing T20Is in New Zealand, with the likes of Prince, Mayank Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Axar Patel and Co. all conceding runs at more than 10 an over. So, how should we look at these statistics? Is it down to India not having the required resources beyond Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh for T20Is? Or are there other factors that have made life tougher for bowlers across the cricketing landscape? For starters, we have to understand that we live in an e...

Bevon Jacobs for New Zealand (PC: RevSportz) In modern-day T20 cricket, where power-hitters are often judged solely by brute force and bat speed, Bevon Jacobs is quietly mastering the subtleties of the craft. The hard-hitting New Zealand batter – whose rapid ascent through the Super Smash ranks and into the Black Caps’ white-ball setup turned heads across the cricketing world – is far more interested in the layers of run-scoring than mere highlight-reel sixes. Reflecting on an intense whirlwind period that saw him journey across foreign conditions and rub shoulders with global giants in franchise cricket to the Black Caps teams, Jacobs remains remarkably grounded. “Yeah, it’s been awesome,” Jacobs says in an exclusive interview with Revsportz, summing up his introduction to the international circuit. “Just to be able to experience going to a few different countries with this group and playing in different conditions has definitely added some things...

  Image :X Boria Majumdar Political leaders tweeting about sporting achievements has become a global norm. Sport is an instrument of soft power, and such posts are par for the course. But Shehbaz Sharif, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, has taken the cake with his tweet the other night. He congratulated the Pakistan team on beating India in the group stage at the Hong Kong Sixes and went on to praise Mohsin Naqvi and his team for the achievement. I am willing to concede that it is not the Prime Minister’s job to follow every inconsequential cricket tournament around the world. He has a country to govern, after all. But what about his advisers? Are they so ill-informed that they would encourage him to post something that makes him a laughing stock in front of the world? Do they not understand where this competition stands in the global cricket hierarchy? Is this really something a Prime Minister should be tweeting about? The post makes him look like an ill-informed enthusiast rat...

  Picture Credit: Subhayan Chakraborty(RevSportz) Subhayan Chakraborty, Auckland Jet lag? What jet lag? Around three Hours after touching down in Auckland following an exhausting long journey from Mumbai via Dubai, Virat Kohli was out on the Eden Park turf, with the bat in hand. While modern schedules, punishing flights, and timezone shifts are frequent points of contention in professional sport, Kohli remains cut from an entirely different cloth. Touching down in the City of Sails around midday on Friday, he bypassed the hotel bed and headed straight for the nets. The occasion already carried a sense of occasion. Eden Park was completely sold out for the fourth T20I between India and New Zealand – the first cricket sellout at the venue since Grant Elliott’s unforgettable, heart-stopping finish in the 2015 World Cup semi-final. For the fans who streamed through the turnstiles early, the evening came with an unexpected curtain-raiser – an up-close look at India’s ODI...