It was yet another successful Women's Premier League campaign for the Mumbai Indians, which won it's second title after beating Delhi Capitals by eight runs. Our correspondents Lavanya L, Rajdeep Saha and Kavita Menon provide an in-depth analysis of the 2025 WPL season.

Expectations can be a double-edged sword in elite sport. The pre-tournament favourite team or an athlete winning a title could be taken for granted while failure could attract intense criticism. India was in this unenviable situation.But over the last three weeks, the Men in Blue have gone about their business clinically and methodically to emerge triumphant after beating New Zealand by four wickets in a pulsating summit clash at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.Our correspondents Dipak Ragav and Pranay Rajiv dissect India's journey to the top.

In this episode of Matchpoint Paradox, Sportstar's Cricket Podcast, Dhruva Prasad and Sahil Mathur try and unpack the raging debate on a two-tiered international Test ecosystem, its pros and cons and more.

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Australia regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years with a 3-1 series win. The series was filled with misses for India which comes away from the continent with its Test ecosystem in disarray. KC Vijaya Kumar joins Dhruva Prasad and Sahil Mathur to discuss the ups and downs of the series and the road ahead for Gambhir and his boys.

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If there is one person who knows R. Ashwin better than most, it is former India cricketer and women’s team coach W.V. Raman. The Tamil Nadu off-spinner made his First Class debut when Raman was at the State team’s helm and spoke about the latter’s role in his early years in domestic cricket.

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🎙️ Podcast | In a brand new episode of Matchpoint Paradox, Lavanya Lakshminarayanan and Amol Karhadkar look at an interesting IPL Auction and the talking points that emerge:

From Mumbai Indians' faith in Tendulkar Jr.'s and the practicality of Vaibhav Suryavanshi's acquisition by the Royals to #IPL2025 signifying the closing of an important loop and much more.

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The #INDvAUS Test rivalry has some incredibly dramatic moments

Arun Dhumal, the chairman of the Indian Premier League, talked about the exit of T20 World Cup-bound England players mid-season and also the future of the Impact Player rule.

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Hardik Pandya and Ashish Nehra were unable to recreate the magic they managed together when they went their separate ways in the ongoing Indian Premier League season. Amol Karhadkar and Pranay Rajiv look at the repercussions of the IPL's most controversial transfer and what it means for the future of Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians.

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Asha Sobhana Joy is an individual with immense faith in the universe. In 2021, the leg-spin-bowling all rounder was dropped from the Railways side and found herself low on confidence. She posted a photograph on her Instagram account then with the text — ‘Fall seven times, stand up eight.’

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Here's Asha Sobhana's story of how she found cricket and her difficulties staying in the game

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