IPL 2025 : SRH vs RR

 Ishan Kishan's century powers Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 44-run win against Rajasthan Royals.

IPL 2025, SRH vs RR: The Sunrisers Hyderabad asserted their supremacy in T20 cricket by setting a new benchmark for the most 250-plus totals in the format on Sunday. In the ongoing 18th edition of the Indian Premier League, the Sunrisers initiated their campaign from the point where they had last year concluded.

This marked the fourth occasion on which SRH surpassed the 250-plus total in T20s, the highest by any side in the format. Prior to their match on Sunday, SRH was tied with Surrey for the most 250-plus totals in T20s.

Ishan Kishan played a spectacular innings, scoring his first IPL century.His performance was a major factor in SRH's victory.

The Sunrisers continued their momentum from the previous season. The hosts dominated the Royals on their home turf. Abhishek Sharma batted aggressively, while Travis Head made a significant impact in Hyderabad.

Following Abhishek's dismissal while attempting an aggressive batting approach, Ishan Kishan entered the fray to elevate the team's power-hitting capabilities. As Travis Head continued to play his natural game, Kishan overcame a tentative start and began to strike boundaries with increasing frequency.

In the wake of Kishan's dismissal, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy unwaveringly pursued the objective of attaining the 300-run mark. The Royals regained momentum by curbing Sunrisers' scoring rate in the middle overs.

 Playing XI.  

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel (w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami

What are your projections for the viewership and popularity of the IPL 2025?

What are your projections for the viewership and popularity of the IPL 2025?

What are your projections for the viewership and popularity of the IPL 2025, considering the robust growth in digital platforms and television viewership observed in the previous season? In 2024, the IPL saw 541 million viewers, with digital platforms like JioCinema reporting 590 million video views for the first 10 matches, indicating a significant increase. Experts predict that IPL 2025 could surpass 600 million viewers, driven by the rise of digital streaming and features like regional language feeds. Television viewership also experienced growth, with a watch time of 356 billion minutes for the first 51 matches in 2024, suggesting sustained engagement that could expand further. The recent Champions Trophy win by India has amplified cricket enthusiasm, with the India-Pakistan match alone drawing massive digital engagement. This event, occurring just before IPL 2025, is likely to translate into higher viewership, as fans are eager to see their victorious stars in action. The 610 million views for that match, compared to IPL 2024’s MI vs RCB game with 147.5 million TV viewers, highlights the heightened interest that could boost IPL numbers significantly.

Indian Premier League

Who will secure the Orange Cap in the 2025 Indian Premier League season 2025?

Will Dhoni play IPL in 2025 or not?

Will Dhoni play IPL in 2025 or not?

 Well he hasn't made any decision till now. Recently CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan said that they are hopeful about his participation.

See if the Impact Player rule continues in IPL 2025, it will become easy for Dhoni. He has handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad, this time Devon Conway was injured and got ruled out. But if Ruturaj will lead CSK, Conway can keep wickets.. we can see MSD as an impact player too. He can participate as a Pure Batsman too, however when he plays there's always a debate about his batting position.. that if he is batting well, why doesn't he bat higher. But Dhoni's from last 2 seasons has been that of a slogger only, he comes to bat after 15 overs.. so his role is clear and he fits in that role. In 2023, his strike rate was 182 and in 2024, his strike rate was 220.5 and so his role would be to start hitting straight away, he doesn't need to worry about anchoring the innings as captain Ruturaj has played that role perfectly.. Jadeja too can do that and so Dhoni can enjoy his game now. So if he plays IPL 2025, it is good for his fans and also for CSK.

Indian Premier League

Who will secure the Orange Cap in the 2025 Indian Premier League season 2025?

Who will secure the Orange Cap in the 2025 Indian Premier League season 2025?

 Predicting the exact winner of the Orange Cap in IPL 2025 is challenging due to the unpredictable nature of cricket. However, based on recent performances, several players are strong contenders:

Virat Kohli (RCB): Leading run-scorer in IPL 2024 with 741 runs, showcasing consistent form.

Ruturaj Gaikwad (CSK): Second-highest run scorer in IPL 2024 with 583 runs, known for his stability at the top order.

Shubman Gill (GT): Secured the Orange Cap in IPL 2023 with 890 runs, indicating his potential to reclaim the title.

Travis Head (SRH): Fourth highest run scorer in IPL 2024 with 567 runs, contributing significantly to his team's performance.

Suryakumar Yadav (MI): Known for his explosive batting, he could be a strong contender if he maintains consistency.

The Orange Cap race is always competitive, and these players are among the top prospects for the upcoming season.

While it is not easy to guess who will win the Orange Cap in IPL 2025, it is possible that some would place their bets on Rishabh Pant Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler, or Ruturaj Gaikwad as they have performed well in the past IPL seasons. These players have performed consistently in the past IPL seasons which indicates their form and ability to perform in different situations.

The potential Orange Cap contenders have to keep in mind the following aspects while playing:

Batting position: More opportunities for runs are given to the openers.

Consistency: Scoring in every match is a key aspect.

Form leading into IPL: Generally, past international or local tournaments do count.

Battle for the Orange Cap: IPL 2025's Top Contenders 😎 🔥

Every year, the Indian Premier League (IPL) showcases new talent rising to prominence, shouldering their teams' hopes and aspirations. The coveted Orange Cap, awarded to the highest run-scorer of the tournament, symbolizes individual brilliance amidst the team competition.

In the annals of IPL history, one name stands tall: Virat Kohli 🐐, who holds the record for the most runs scored in a single season, a staggering 973 runs. Last year, the Orange Cap adorned the head of Subhman Gill, although falling short of Kohli's record with just under 900 runs.

As the anticipation builds for IPL 2025, let's take a closer look at the batsmen poised to shine and vie for the prestigious Orange Cap:

1. Heinrich Klassen: Riding on a wave of exceptional form, Klassen promises to dazzle for the Orange Army 🍊. His recent performances suggest he's primed to make a strong bid for the Orange Cap.

2. Subhman Gill : Having already tasted success with the Orange Cap, Gill steps into a new role as the captain of Gujarat Giants. Will the added responsibility affect his performance, or will he continue his run-scoring spree?

3. Yashasvi Jaiswal : Fresh from an outstanding test series against England, Jaiswal's prowess with the bat is undeniable. With two double centuries under his belt, the southpaw opener is set to dominate the IPL run charts 📊

4. Virat Kohli : A stalwart of the game, Kohli's hunger for runs remains insatiable. Representing RCB once again, he is poised to reclaim his throne atop the IPL run pile📑

5. Rituraj Gaikwad : A key figure in the CSK batting lineup, Gaikwad's elegant stroke play and ability to shift gears make him a player to watch out for in IPL 2025⚙️

As the IPL unfolds, all eyes will be on these dynamic batsmen as they strive to etch their names in cricketing history and claim the illustrious Orange Cap 🍊 😀

IPL HISTORY

IRANI CUP 2022-23

             1 to 5 March 2023 

        Mayank Agarwal, the highest run-getter of the recently-concluded Ranji Trophy season, is set to lead Rest of India in the Irani Cup fixture against Madhya Pradesh starting on March 1 in Gwalior. The match was initially set to be played in Indore, but had to be shifted to Gwalior after the third India-Australia Test was allotted to the Holkar Stadium. The Irani Cup game will be the first first-class game in Gwalior in more than six years.

    Agarwal, who is looking to reclaim his Test spot after falling out of favour in June last year, is likely to be partnered by Bengal opener Abhimanyu Easwaran. Abhimanyu is also looking to earn a breakthrough after having been part of the Test squad in Bangladesh in December. Prior to that, he was India A captain on the shadow tour to Bangladesh, where he hit two back-to-back hundreds.  

        Sudip Kumar Gharami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, B Indrajith and Yash Dhull are among the other top-order batters in the Rest of India squad. Gharami and Abhimanyu were sixth and seventh in the Ranji top-run-getters list with 803 and 798 runs respectively in Bengal's runners-up finish.

        Only two members of the title-winning Saurashtra team have been picked: wicketkeeper-opener Harvik Desai and left-arm seamer Chetan Sakariya. It's likely Desai will be the second stumper behind Uttar Pradesh's Upendra Yadav, who has already been part of several India A tours over the last two years. 

           The fast-bowling unit is well-rounded with Bengal's pace duo of Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep joining Sakariya and Delhi's Navdeep Saini in a four-man attack.

             Two of the season's top wicket-takers, Jalaj Saxena (Kerala allrounder) and Shams Mulani (Mumbai allrounder), find themselves missing the bus despite picking up 50 and 46 wickets respectively. The selection panel of SS Das, S Sharath, Salil Ankola and Subroto Bannerjee, instead, picked Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar. Punjab legspinner Mayank Markande, too, was originally named in the squad, but was ruled out of the tournament after injuring his right index finger during training. Markande was replaced in the squad by allrounder Shams Mulani.

              Madhya Pradesh, the champions of the 2021-22 season, were initially slated to play their Irani Cup game at the start of the 2022-23 season. However, the match was later allotted to Saurashtra, the winners in 2019-20, as they were denied the opportunity to host the Irani Cup because of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic a week after their maiden triumph in March 2020.

                   Madhya Pradesh, will be led by wicketkeeper-batter Himanshu Mantri in the absence of regular captain Aditya Shrivastava. Much of the core group that won the Ranji Trophy in June last year has been retained, with Rajat Patidar, Venkatesh Iyer, Avesh Khan, Shubham Sharma and Yash Dubey all in the mix. 

               Madhya Pradesh squad: Himanshu Mantri (capt & wk), Rajat Patidar, Yash Dubey, Harsh Gawli, Shubham Sharma, Venkatesh Iyer, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Aman Solanki, Kumar Kartikeya, Saransh Jain, Avesh Khan, Ankit Kushwah, Gaurav Yadav, Anubhav Agarwal, Mihir Hirwani

                  Rest of India squad: Mayank Agarwal (capt), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Harvik Desai, Mukesh Kumar, Atit Sheth, Chetan Sakariya, Navdeep Saini, Upendra Yadav (wk), Shams Mulani, Saurabh Kumar, Akash Deep, B Indrajith, Pulkit Narang, Yash Dhull

                      

             

IRANI TROPHY (sports association)

           Irani Trophy is known as MasterCard Irani Trophy due to sponsorship reasons. 

    The tournament was conceived during the 1959-60 session to mark the completion of 25 years of the Ranji Trophy Championship and was named after the late BCCI President Zal R Irani who was associated with the BCCI from its inception in 1928 till his death in 1970.

   It is the first class tournament organised by the Board of Control for cricket in India (BCCI). This tournament is played annually between the winners of the Ranji Trophy and rest of India Cricket team. The rest of India team includes players from Ranji teams of various States except players of Ranji Trophy winner of that session.

      The first match of the series was played between Bombay and the Rest of India team at the Ferozshah Kotla Ground in Delhi from March 18 to 20, 1960. Though the match was drawn, Bombay were declared winners by virtue of having gained the first innings lead.

        For the first few years, it was played towards the end of the season. Realizing the importance of the fixture, the BCCI moved it to the beginning of the season, and from 1965–66 to 2012–13, it was traditionally heralded the start of the new domestic season. In 2013, it was moved to a date immediately after the Ranji Trophy final, resulting in there being two Irani Cup matches the 2012/13 season. The game has since remained at the end of the season, and is played shortly after the Ranji Trophy final.

         In 2022, for the first time in the history of the Irani Trophy, BCCI decided to organise two seasons of the tournament back-to-back (the 2019-20 and 2022-23 trophies), with the matches to be played at Rajkot and Indore respectively.

     

  The following table shows the result of Irani Trophy from 1959–60 to 2022–23.

 

Season	Winner	Result	Against	Host
1959-60	Bombay	1st lnnings lead	Rest of India	Firoz Shah Kotla
1960-61	Not held
1962-63	Bombay	1st Innings lead	Reast of India	Brabourne Stadium
1963-64	Bombay	Won by 109 runs	Rest of India	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy Stadium
1964 -65	Not held
1965-66	Bombay/Rest of India (shared)			Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai
1966-67	Rest of India	6 Wickets	Bombay	Eden Gardens
1967-68	Bombay	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Brabourne stadium
1968-69	Rest of India	Won by 119 runs	Bombay	Brabourne stadium
1969-70	Bombay	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Pune club Gardens
1970-71	Bombay	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Eden Gardens
1971-72	Rest of India	Won by 119 runs	Bombay	Brabourne stadium
1972-73	Bombay	Won by 220 runs	Rest of India	Nehru Stadium Pune
1973-74	Rest of India	1st innings lead	Bombay	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
1974-75	Karnataka	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Sardaar vallabh Bhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad
1975-76	Bombay	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Vidarbh Cricket Association Ground
1976-77	Bombay	10 wickets	Rest of India	Feroz Shah Kotla
1977-78	Rest of India	Innings and 168 runs	Bombay	Wankhede Stadium
1978-79	Rest of India	9 Wickets	Karnataka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
1979-80	Not held
1980-81	Delhi	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Firoz Shah Kotla
1981-82	Bombay	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Nehru Stadium Indore
1982-83	Rest of India	5 Wiwickets	Delhi	Firoz Shah Kotla
1983-84	Karnataka	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Madhavrao Sindhiya cricket ground
1984-85	Rest of India	4 wickets	Bombay	Firoz Shah Kotla
1985-86	Bombay	1st innings leads	Rest of India	Vidarbh Cricket Association ground
1986-87	Rest of India	Innings and 232 runs	Delhi	Barkatullah Khan Stadium
1987-88	Hyderabad	First inning leads	Rest of India	Gymkhana ground Secunderabad
1988-89	Tamilnadu	3 wickets	Rest of India	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
1989-90	Delhi	309 runs	Rest of India	Wankhede Studiam
1990-91	Rest of India	1st innings lead	Bengal	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
1991-92	Haryana	4 wickets	Rest of India	Nahar Singh Studiam
1992-93	Rest of India	Innings and 122 runs	Delhi	Firoz Shah Kotla
1993-94	Rest of India	181 runs	Punjab	Punjab agriculture University stadium
1994-95	Bombay		Rest of India	Wankhede Studiam
1995-96	Bombay	9 wickets	Rest of India	Wankhede Stadium
1996-97	Karnataka	Five wickets	Rest of India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
1997-98	Mumbai	54 runs	Rest of India	Wankhede Stadium
1998-99	Karnataka	1st innings lead	Rest of India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
1999-00	Rest of India	Innings and 60 runs	Karnataka	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
2000-01	Rest of India	10 wickets	Mumbai	Wankhede stadium
2001-02	Rest of India	6 wickets	Baroda	Vidarbh Cricket Association ground
2002-03	Railways	5 wickets	Rest of India	Karnail Singh Stadium
2003-04	Rest of India	3 wickets	Mumbai	MA Chidambaram Stadium
2004-05	Rest of India	290 runs	Mumbai	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
2005-06	Railways	9 wickets	Rest of India	Karnail Singh Stadium
2006-07	Rest of India	9 wickets	Uttar Pradesh	Vidarbh Cricket Association stadium
2007-08	Rest of India	9 wickets	Mumbai	Madhavrao Sindhiya cricket ground
2008-09	Rest of India	187 runs	Delhi	Reliance cricket stadium
2009-10	Rest of India	1st innings lead	Mumbai	Vidarbh Cricket Association ground
2010-11	Rest of India	361 runs	Mumbai	Sawai Man Singh Stadium
2011-12	Rest of India	404 runs	Rajasthan	Sawai man Singh stadium
2012-13	Rest of India	Innings and 79 runs	Rajasthan	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
2013	Rest of India	1st innings lead	Mumbai	Wankhede stadium
2013-14	Karnataka	Innings and 222 runs	Rest of India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
2014-15	Karnataka	246 runs	Rest of India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
2015-16	Rest of India	4 wickets	Mumbai	Brabourne stadium
2016-17	Rest of India	6 Wickets	Gujarat	Brabourne stadium
2017-18	Vidarbha	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Vidarbh Cricket Association stadium
2018-19	Vidarbha	1st innings lead	Rest of India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
2019-20	Postpond in 2021-22 Session
2020-21	Not held due to Covid 19
2021-22 (1 to 5 October 2022)	Rest of India	8 wickets	Saurashtra	Saurashtra Cricket association stadium
2022-23

       In March 2020, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that all domestic cricket in India was suspended due to coronavirus, including the 2019–20 Irani Cup. However, the cancelled match was played as an opening match of this season from 1 to 5 October, with the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy winners Saurashtra playing against a Rest of India team.

Second Test : India and Australia

                      In second test match of India and Australia. Australia won the toss and elected to bet first and the score 263 in their first inning . Khwaja is a top scorer of their side. He score 81 with 12 fours and one six. Handscomb also did  good contributions with 72. From Indian side  Mohammed Shami take 4 wickets Ashwin and Jadeja each take 3 wickets. With the end of the first day  India score 21/0 Rohit and Rahul were playing on 13 and 4. In second day India did not do well and its main batsman goes very soon with very low score .Four  Batsman out only on just 66 runs. At the end of the day Indian team all out at 262. Australia lose its first wicket very soon and at the end of the day they score  61/1. 

       Test match 3rd day is completely in favour of Indian spinner bowlers they completely destroyed Australian strong batting lineup. Australia is all out in just 31.1 overs  in just 113 runs. Ravindra Jadeja takes Sevan wickets and Ravi Chandra Ashwin three wickets. This is the first time after a long time that a bowler in test cricket clean bold 5 batsman this was previously happened in 2002 when Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar clean bold 5 batsman and other incident was happened in 1992 Indian spinner bowler Anil Kumble Bold 5 batsman so this is a long time later this incident happened again in this test match and this time also Indian bowler who did it. At the publishing of this article India score 14 runs and lose its  one wicket. KL Rahul is one more time out in just one run score. India win the second test against Australia by six wickets. All batsman plays some important knock accept Rahul and manage to complete the target 114 runs. Srikar Bharat wicketkeeper batsman played small but very important knock at the end of the match he score 23 runs with three important fours and one big sixes. India take lead of 2-0 in the series. One more time Ravindra Jadeja did exceptionally splendid performance in this match he get Man of the match and take 7 wickets in second ining. He takes 3 wickets in first inning so in entire match he takes 10 wickets.