Gorn follows Maxwell-Classen, BCCI’s decision of Bengaluru’s decisions and changes in RCB’s ownership?

Will there be a change in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)? Is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) going to ignore Bengaluru after the stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium? Find the answers to both below. Nicholas Pooran has retired. Ruturaj Gaikwad will play in the County Championship. Ravichandran Ashwin has been fined for showing dissent. And the playing XI for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2025 is out.

RCB owners to sell IPL franchise?

On the morning of May 9, we heard that Diageo might be thinking about selling RCB. The news came as a shock since the franchise had won their maiden IPL trophy a week ago. Well, it turns out that the reports were wrong. Diageo shot the speculations down by the end of the day.

Nicholas Pooran retires

At the age of 29, Nicholas Pooran has announced his retirement from international cricket. Considered to be one of the most destructive white-ball batters, Pooran won’t play in the 2026 T20 World Cup, which is just 8 months away. In the last 8 days, Glenn Maxwell, Heinrich Klaasen and now Pooran have retired.

BCCI punishing KSCA?

In the aftermath of the Bengaluru stampede, which saw two top Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) officials resign, the BCCI might have decided to shift matches from the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The board may move the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 matches from Bengaluru to another venue.

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Gaikwad to play County Cricket

Ruturaj Gaikwad, who didn’t play for India A against the England Lions and hasn’t been selected in the Test squad, has decided he’ll play some red-ball cricket in the English summer. Gaikwad has joined Yorkshire and will play the County Championship and the One-day Cup starting from July 22.

WTC Final Playing XIs out

Australia and South Africa have both named their playing XIs for the WTC Final 2025. Australia have dropped Sam Konstas and Scott Boland, both of whom were part of the last Test they played. Cameron Green has come back as well. South Africa have made just one change as Lungi Ngidi comes in for Dane Paterson.

Ashwin fined for TNPL outburst

Ravichandran Ashwin has been fined 30% of his match fee for showing dissent in the Dindigul Dragons vs IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans match in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL) 2025. Ashwin had argued with the umpire, hit his pads in frustration and thrown his gloves after a controversial decision by the umpire.