Vaibhav Suryavanshi Under-19 debut

 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who is being called the future of Indian cricket, is in tremendous form these days. The young left-handed opener, who made his debut for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025, is now thrashing the bowlers in the Under-19 camp going on at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru before the England tour. Vaibhav has rained fours and sixes against all the bowlers, be it pacers or spinners. His excellent form has made it clear that he is going to rain heavily on the bowlers in the upcoming series in England as well.

Vaibhav won everyone's heart with his explosive batting in the IPL and now he has also been included in the Under-19 Indian team. Currently, the Indian Under-19 team is camping at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where the entire team is practicing for the upcoming England tour.

India Under-19 team will go to play in England

The Indian Under-19 team will leave for its England tour by the end of this month, where it has to play 5 ODIs and 2 Test matches with the England Under-19 team. The first ODI of this series will be played on 27 June at the County Ground in Hove. 17-year-old Ayush Mhatre has been selected as the captain of this team. Ayush was seen in the jersey of Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi seems to be very serious about this tour. In the ongoing camp in Bengaluru, he is sweating a lot in the nets and is completely dominating the bowlers. Seeing his form, the team management is also very impressed with him, due to which he has been given the responsibility of playing a big role in the top order. In a video going viral on social media, Vaibhav is seen hitting big sixes, which proves that he is fully prepared for the England tour.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi created history in IPL

Vaibhav Suryavanshi made his IPL debut for the first time on 19 April 2025 against Lucknow Super Giants in Jaipur, in which he started his career with a bang by hitting a six off the very first ball. After this, on 28 April at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium, he scored a century in just 35 balls against Gujarat Titans and became the fastest Indian batsman to score a century in T20 history. Thanks to his stormy innings, RR achieved the target of 210 runs in just 15.5 overs.

In this season of IPL, Vaibhav scored a total of 252 runs in 7 matches for Rajasthan Royals at a strike rate of 206.55. Due to his excellent strike rate, he was also given the 'Super Striker of the Season' award. After the IPL ended, he started preparing for the England tour.

Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma Farewell By Australia Cricket

 Indian cricket legend and former Test team captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Test cricket on May 7. Five days later, the team's star batsman Virat Kohli retired from Test cricket on May 12. But there has been no farewell match for these two players.

Australia Cricket Board will say farewell

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has not yet made any announcement regarding the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from Test cricket. But the Australian Cricket Board has made a plan to bid farewell to Rohit and Virat. The Indian team is going to tour Australia at the end of this year, where it will play a three-match ODI series. On this tour, Cricket Australia is going to organize a special farewell ceremony for these two great cricketers of India.

Australia tour will be memorable for Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma

Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg says that this could be Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's last tour of Australia and they want to honor their great cricketing career. Todd Greenberg further said that I don't know if this will be their last tour or not, but they want to make it memorable for Rohit and Virat. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have recently retired from Test cricket, but both of them are still playing ODIs. Cricket Australia feels that they can retire from ODIs anytime, so they want to make this tour of Australia special for them.

WTC Winner 2025 Prize Money: What happens if the WTC Final match is drawn?

 The final match of the ICC World Test Championship 2025 will be played between South Africa and Australia. This match will be held at Lord's Cricket Ground in London from June 11. There is a possibility of rain in this match. Reserve day has been kept for this tournament, if the match is interrupted due to rain or any other reason then the match will be played on June 16, but what will happen if the WTC final match is drawn. Who will get this trophy, South Africa or Australia?

ICC World Test Championship final 2025

The WTC 2025 Final (ICC World Test Championship Final) match between South Africa and Australia will be played from June 11 to June 15. While June 16 has been kept for reserve day. The Australian team captained by Pat Cummins will once again be eyeing to capture the trophy. In the last WTC 2023 final, Australia won this trophy by defeating India in the final. At the same time, the South African team will take the field with the intention of winning this trophy for the first time. The African team is captained by Temba Bavuma.

SA vs AUS WTC Final 2025 Schedule

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What happens if the WTC 2025 final match is drawn?

South Africa was at number one and Australia at number two in the points table of WTC 2023-25, but now if the WTC final match is drawn, then how will the winning team be decided? Under rule 16.3.3, if the final is drawn, then both the teams will be declared winners and the prize money received will be divided equally between the two teams.

WTC Winner 2025 Prize Money

The ICC has already announced the prize money for the team that wins the 2023-25 ​​​​World Test Championship. The winning team will get a prize of 3.6 million US dollars i.e. about Rs 30.7 crore according to Indian currency, while the runner-up team will get 2.16 million US dollars i.e. about Rs 18.53 crore according to Indian currency.

South Africa and Australia teams

South Africa:

1. Tony de Zorzi
2. Ryan Rickelton
3. Aiden Markram
4. Temba Bavuma (captain)
5. David Bedingham
6. Tristan Stubbs
7. Kyle Verreynne
8. Wiaan Mulder
9. Marco Jansen
10. Corbin Bosch
11. Kagiso Rabada
12. Lungi Ngidi
13. Dane Paterson
14. Keshav Maharaj
15. Senuran Muthusamy

Australia:

1. Usman Khawaja
2. Sam Constanza
3. Marnus Labuschagne
4. Steve Smith
5. Travis Head
6. Alex Carey
7. Josh Inglis
8. Cameron Green
9. Beau Webster
10. Pat Cummins (captain)
11. Mitchell Starc
12. Josh Hazlewood
13. Scott Boland
14. Nathan Lyon
15. Matt Kuhnemann

Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 2025 Schedule, Squads & All you need to know

 The 2025 edition of the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) will begin on May 31. The entire season will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) International Stadium in Pune. The final of the league will be held on June 21.

MPL was the first T20 tournament organised by the state committee in 2009, which was discontinued after three seasons. After a gap of a decade, the league has been revived and the last two editions saw thrilling encounters.

Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) Winners List

1. Raigarh Royals in 2009
2. Sinhagarh Supremo in 2010
3. Devgiri Samrat in 2011/12
4. Ratnagiri Jets in 2023
5. Ratnagiri Jets in 2024

Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 2025 Teams

MPL will follow a round-robin format, where each team will play twice. Six teams will participate in MPL 2025

1. Ratnagiri Jets
2. Eagle Nashik Titans
3. Puneri Bappa
4. Raigad Royals
5. Satara Warriors
6. PBG Kolhapur Tuskers.

Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 2025: Full Team

Ratnagiri Jets: Azim Kazi, Abhishek Pawar, Akhilesh Gawale, Nikhil Naik, Jay Pande, J. Pradeshi, Siddhant Giri, Harshil Sawant, Ajinkya Naik, Krish Shahapurkar, Yashwant Kale, Ashkan Kazi, Dhiraj Phatangare, Sangram Bhalekar, Satyajeet Bachhav, Atharva Dharmadhikrai, Kunal Thorat, Pradeep Dadhe, Yogesh Chavan, Manj=oj Yadav, Prathamesh Gawade, Krushna Martand, Samarth Kadam, Atish Rathod, Divyang Hinganekar, Kiran Chormale, Preetam Patil, Rohit Patil, Sahil Churi, Abhimanyu Jadhav, Vijay Pavle

PBG Kolhapur Tuskers: Rahul Tripathi, Ankeet Bawane, Shreyas Chavan, Sumit Markali, Atman Pore, Rajneesh Gurbani, Hardik Kurangale, Shubham Mane, Nilay Newaskar, Deepak Dangi, Sumit Dhengle, Shrikant Mundhe, Dhanraj Shinde, Anand Thenge, Atharva Dakway, Nihal Tusamad, Sachin Dhas, Siddharth Mhatre, Atharva Wanve, Bhargav Pathak, Ayush Ubhe, Rajveer Jagtap, Digvijay Jadhav, Rhuturaj Veerkar, Vishant More, Arya Shah, Vedant Patil, Dilip Malviya, Sunil Yadav

Eagle Nashik Titans: Mukesh Choudhary, Akshay Waikar, Arshin Kulkarni, Atharva Kale, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hari Sawant, Kaushal Tambe, Mandar Bhandari, Prashant Solanki, Ranjit Nikam, Razeq Fallah, Sahil Parikh, Siddhant Doshi, Yogesh Dongare, Manoj Ingale, Rohan Damle, Adarsh Manure, Pruthviraj Kand, Balkrishna Kashid, Sushrut Sawant, Aniket Nalwade, Rehan Khan

Raigad Royals: Vicky Otswal, Savya Gajraj, Nikhil Kadam, Nadeem Shaikh, Nimir Joshi, Shubham Kadam, Atharva Chaudhari, Mohd. Ardam, Ishan Lohiya, Shrawan Khade, Omkar Rajput, Siddhesh Veer, Tanay Sanghvi, Ravindra Jadhav, Niraj Joshi, Sagar Jadhav, Abhishek Shrivastav, Hitesh Walunj, Chetan Kurandale, Neeraj More, Snehal Kamankar, Rushabh Rathod, Vaibhav Agam, Ajay Borude, Digvijay Patil, Swapnil Fulpagar, Omkar Khatpe, Harsh Sanghvi, Rugved More, Harsh Mogaveera, Ranvir S. Chauhan, Utkarsha Hazare, Rajnikant Prowal, Ibrahim Velaskar, Harsh Oswal, Abhishek Tate, Sharwin Kiswe, Nachiket Thakur, Omkar Mohite, Hrishikesh Raut

Puneri Bappa: Rushikesh Sonawane, Aayush Raktade, Neel Gandhi, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Rohan Kharat, Roshan Waghsare, Sachin Bhosale, Sahil Autade, Sohan Jamale, Suraj Shinde, Yash Kshirsagar, Murtaza Trunkwala, Nikit Dhumal, Piyush Salvi, Yaash Jadhav, Aaryan Desai, Om Pawar, Naushad Shaikh, Nikhil Lunawat, Abdus Salam, Abhinav Tiwari, Mayank Kashyap, Yash Nahar, Sagar Pawar

Satara Warriors: Rajwardhan Hangargekar, Harshal Kate, Om Bhosale, Saurabh Navale, Mehul Patel, Shamsuzama Kazi, Pawan Shah, Jagdish Zope, Sunny Pandit, Swaraj Chavan, Vaibhav Choughule, ANiket Porwal, Aniruddha Sable, Atish Kumbhar, Mahesh Maske, Arjun Wagh, Tejas Tolsankar, Saurabh Shevalkar, Saurabh Singh, Vivek Shelar, Indrajeet P Shinde, Atharv Shelke, Shubham Maid, Vaibhav Dhurgunde, Dev Navale

Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 2025 Broadcast & Live Streaming

Fans can watch the full live telecast of MPL 2025 on Star Sports 2 TV channel in India. All the matches of MPL 2025 will be live streamed on the Jio Hotstar app.

Heinrich Klaasen announces retirement from international cricket

South African veteran player Heinrich Klaasen has announced his retirement from international cricket. He said that representing the country has been the biggest honor for him and the decision to retire was very difficult for him. Klaasen played his first international match for South Africa in a ODI match. He scored 3,245 runs in his entire international career.

Heinrich Klaasen has shared a picture with his family on Instagram, through which he announced that he is leaving cricket. He said, "It has been a matter of pride for me to represent the country, I used to dream of this since childhood." Klaasen also said that in this brilliant cricket career, he also met such people, with whom his life changed.

Heinrich Klaasen, while giving the reason for retirement, said, "I am now hoping that I will be able to spend more time with the family because I will be able to do so after retirement." Klaasen thanked all those people who have helped him reach this point in cricket.

Heinrich Klaasen Cricket Career

Heinrich Klaasen retired from Test cricket in January last year. He played only 4 matches in his red-ball career in which he could score only 104 runs. Now he has also said goodbye to ODI and T20 formats. In his 60 ODI career, he scored 2,141 runs including 4 centuries and 11 half-centuries.

He got recognition for his explosive batting in T20, where he scored 1,000 runs in 58 matches for South Africa. Heinrich Klaasen has played his last match so far for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2025. In his last match, he scored an unbeaten 105-run century against KKR. At the same time, the last match for South Africa was played against New Zealand in March 2025.

IPL Winner and Runner-up Team List from 2008 to 2024

This time we will get a new IPL champion team, because Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, playing since 2008, have not won any IPL title yet. Both the teams will play the final on Tuesday, June 3 at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium. Here you will know which team has become the champion and which has been the runner-up in every season since 2008.

Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are jointly the teams with the most trophies in IPL. Both have won 5 trophies each, but they are not in the final of IPL 2025. Chennai Super Kings were at the bottom of the points table and became the first team to be eliminated from the playoff race. While Mumbai Indians made it to the playoffs by finishing fourth and defeated Gujarat Titans in the Eliminator. However, they lost to Punjab Kings in Qualifier-2.

IPL Winners Team List 2008 to 2024

• IPL 2008 Winner: Rajasthan Royals
• IPL 2009 Winner: Deccan Chargers
• IPL 2010 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
• IPL 2011 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
• IPL 2012 Winner: Kolkata Knight Riders
• IPL 2013 Winner: Mumbai Indians
• IPL 2014 Winner: Kolkata Knight Riders
• IPL 2015 Winner: Mumbai Indians
• IPL 2016 Winner: Sunrisers Hyderabad
• IPL 2017 Winner: Mumbai Indians
• IPL 2018 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
• IPL 2019 Winner: Mumbai Indians
• IPL 2020 Winner: Mumbai Indians
• IPL 2021 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
• IPL 2022 Winner: Gujarat Titans
• IPL 2023 Winner: Chennai Super Kings
• IPL 2024 Winner: Kolkata Knight Riders

IPL Runner-Up Team List 2008 to 2024

• 2008: Chennai Super Kings
• 2009: Royal Challengers Bangalore
• 2010: Mumbai Indians
• 2011: Royal Challengers Bangalore
• 2012: Chennai Super Kings
• 2013: Chennai Super Kings
• 2014: Punjab Kings
• 2015: Chennai Super Kings
• 2016: Royal Challengers Bangalore
• 2017: Rising Pune Supergiants
• 2018: Sunrisers Hyderabad
• 2019: Chennai Super Kings
• 2020: Delhi Capitals
• 2021: Kolkata Knight Riders
• 2022: Rajasthan Royals
• 2023: Gujarat Titans
• 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad

Most Player of the Tournament in IPL

Sunil Narine holds the record for winning the most Player of the Year awards in IPL. He has won this award a total of 3 times (2012, 2018 and 2014).

Teams that have played the most IPL finals

Chennai Super Kings is the team that has played the most IPL finals. They have played a total of 10 finals, out of which they have won 5 and lost the same number. Mumbai Indians have reached the IPL final 6 times, out of which they have lost only 1 time.

How many times has Royal Challengers Bangalore reached the IPL finals?

Before IPL 2025, RCB has reached the IPL finals a total of 3 times, but never won the trophy. RCB reached the finals in 2009, 2011 and 2016.

How many times have Punjab Kings reached the IPL finals?

Before IPL 2025, Punjab had reached the IPL final only once, in 2014 it was defeated by KKR in the final. Since then, this is the first time this team will play the final.

Glenn Maxwell announces retirement from ODI cricket

 Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Monday announced his retirement from ODI cricket, bringing an end to his illustrious 13-year career for the national side in the 50-over format. Maxwell, 36, said he had made up his mind to retire from the format during Australia's Champions Trophy 2025 campaign, exiting from the semi-finals after a loss to India in Dubai.

Glenn Maxwell, who made his international debut in ODIs for Australia in 2012, was part of the World Cup-winning teams in 2015 and 2023. Maxwell revealed that during the Champions Trophy he spoke to Australia's selection committee chairman and former teammate George Bailey about his decision.

Glenn Maxwell ODI career

Glenn Maxwell made his debut against Afghanistan in 2012, playing 149 matches. He has scored 3,990 runs at an average of 33.81 and an incredibly high strike rate of 126.70, one of the best in ODI history. He scored four centuries, one of which was a double century, scoring an unbeaten 201 against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup, which is considered one of the greatest innings of all time.

He also took 77 wickets with his off-spin and was the best fielder of his time. Injuries have forced him to focus more on T20s since then. He has also expressed in an interview that he feels the body is no longer supporting him and it is time to let the youngsters take over.