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ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup – 2026
December 24, 2025
Big Bash League 2025
Big Bash League is Professional T20 League of Australia, the Big Bash of the year 2025 is currently ongoing which started on 14^th December, 2025. The ongoing season of BBL 2025 is going to conclude on 25^th January, 2026. The leagues generally features a total of 8 teams who play 44 matches. The 44 matches consist of 40 regular season matches and 4 finals.
This season is very exciting due to the big influx of international superstars after 2025 draft. Some of the notable changes this season are inclusion of Babar Azam and Sam curran in Sydney Sixers, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Usman Khawaja in Brisbane Heat, Mohammad Rizwan and Adam Zampa in Melbourne Renegades, David Warner and Lockie Ferguson in Sydney Thunder, Glenn Maxwell and Haris Rauf in Melbourne Stars. These are the teams that are in focus this season with some big name players and international superstars of the cricket world.
Since there have been so many international players this season, it is being called the most international BBL ever. This season has just started and it already has some must watch moments and matches if you are truly interested in Big Bash league. One of the said moment is the highest successful chase of massive target of 258 run by Brisbane Heat.
Do You Know some of these interesting facts about BBL?
1. The Bat Flip Tradition instead of the traditional coin toss: In 2018 BBL had ditched the traditional coin toss way of deciding on who will be batting/bowling first. Instead of a coin toss the captains of the teams flip a bat to decide the team batting or bowling first.
2. The evergreen runner-up Melbourne Stars: Even after having some of the big names of the cricket world, Melbourne Stars is the only team that has never won the title.
3. The design of the trophy was designed by a sports brand and was chosen by the public in a design contest in 2011.
December 24, 2025
ICC T20 Cricket World Cup – 2026
December 24, 2025
Indian Premiere League 2026
The stage for the upcoming season of Indian Premiere League has already been set and the teams are ready for the action. There has been some major swaps and changes in the teams this time around. After the chaotic Mini Auction held in Abu Dhabi on 16^th December 2025, there have some major buys and swaps among the teams, and the team balance and composition have had major overhauls.
According to some reputable internet sources and news outlets the IPL 2026 season is expected to begin on 26^th March 2026 and conclude on 21^st May 2026. The Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be hosting the opening match of the season at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium according to the tradition.
The auction held on the 16th December in Abu Dhabi was a record breaking event and has resulted in some major team reshufflings. The most expensive buy of this season was Camron Green, breaking all records bye being bought at staggering ₹‎ 25.20 Crore by Kolkata Knight Riders. The other major focus in this mini auction were the youngsters being bought for ₹‎ 14.20 Crores each by Chennai Super Kings, Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma are the two new additions to the team.
Historical Trade window and some shocking Trades also known as “The Great Swap”.
Being the biggest trade in the IPL history there were some big swaps among the teams. Big name players like Sanju Samson has moved to Chennai Super Kings and Sam Curran and Ravindra Jadeja have moved to Rajasthan Royals. In an all cash deal Mohammed Shami has changed teams from Sunrisers Hyderabad to Lucknow Super Giants. Mumbai Indian have also made a strategic move, sending Arjun Tendulkar to Lucknow Super Giants and bringing in Shardul Thakur, Sherfane Rutherford and Mayank Markande.
To focus on the welfare of the Indian players a new rule was introduced capping the salary to overseas players. According to the rule if bid for any overseas player crosses the Highest Indian Retention price of ₹‎ 18 crores, the exceeding fund will be redirected to the BCCI player welfare fund.
December 24, 2025