Vishal Dikshit

Assistant editor, ESPNcricinfo

October 4 at T20 World Cup: SA face WI in potential quarter-final; dew to play big role in India vs NZ

New Zealand have separated the opening pair of Bates and Devine; Harmanpreet will bat at No. 3 for India

03-Oct-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Catching in focus as Women's T20 World Cup enters the ring of fire

Nearly 70% of the matches at the tournament will be played under lights, and one venue will pose a specific challenge

03-Oct-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Gavaskar, who? And other stories

At a book launch to mark Sunil Gavaskar's 75th year, the former India captain regaled the audience with anecdotes from his playing days

02-Oct-2024•Vishal Dikshit

India beat the weather and the clock to sweep Bangladesh 2-0

Jaiswal scored twin fifties as India registered a remarkable win despite two days of no play due to rain in Kanpur

01-Oct-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Chandimal, Mathews punish sloppy New Zealand to make it Sri Lanka's day

Chandimal made the most of his promotion to No. 3 allowing Mathews and Kamindu to cash in later in the day

26-Sep-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Cricketing nomads Afghanistan hurt by lack of dedicated home venue

It's not rocket science: the more they play at one venue, the more their game will develop, especially with the red ball. But where is that one venue?

14-Sep-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Afghanistan coach Trott: Sometimes we take things like drainage 'for granted'

Greater Noida Test against New Zealand was abandoned without a ball bowled, and Trott hoped it was a "good learning case"

13-Sep-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Mushfiqur and Mehidy star in Bangladesh's historic maiden Test win against Pakistan

Bangladesh bowlers skittle out Pakistan for 146 in the second innings and hand them their fifth loss in a stretch of nine winless home Tests

25-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Mushfiqur 191 hands Bangladesh 117-run lead, and clear advantage ahead of final day

He and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who scored 77, added 196 for the seventh wicket, as visitors posted 565

24-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Southee asks for boards and T20 leagues to come together to solve club vs country debate

NZ Test captain is also looking to play all their six upcoming matches in Asia, but will sit out if conditions require more spinners than quicks

22-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Hayden: Pushing Smith up to open in Tests is 'crazy'

Although Smith has opened for Australia after Warner's retirement, Hayden believes the team is better off utilising him at his best batting positions - Nos. 3 and 4

22-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Hayden: Hard to say who has the edge in Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Former opener also feels "home advantage in Australia has been taken away quite a lot", particularly under lights

21-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Goswami: 'Franchise leagues are the future of women's cricket'

"You have to give priority to every franchise league otherwise cricket will not grow"

14-Aug-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Axar's powerplay plan: Make it difficult for England 'without doing anything extraordinary'

On a tricky pitch in a stop-start game, he stepped up with both ball and bat to KO defending champions England

28-Jun-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Paudel: Sri Lanka are under more pressure than us

"If you look at this tournament, there have been many ups and downs. So, more than us as a team, the pressure is on the Test-playing nation"

11-Jun-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Rashid after Afghanistan's win: One of our greatest T20 performances

Williamson admits "it's very frustrating" to start the tournament with such a big loss

08-Jun-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Tripathi the link at No. 3 that SRH had been missing

In successfully chasing 215 against Punjab Kings, SRH have ticked their last remaining box ahead of the IPL 2024 playoffs

19-May-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Rajasthan Royals search for winning mantra to hold on to second spot

A fifth straight defeat for RR in the back-end of the league stage could leave them outside the top two

18-May-2024•Vishal Dikshit

Nitish Reddy: 'I love to be a match-winner, so I don't have any choice but to work hard'

He has paid SRH back more than the INR 20 lakh they got him for, and is more than likely to get a bigger payday come the next IPL auction

15-May-2024•Vishal Dikshit

SRH bank on home advantage against deflated Titans

GT, who are out of contention for the playoffs, might use this game to give opportunities to some of their fringe players

15-May-2024•Vishal Dikshit

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