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CSK Win, India Women In Final And Rohit Sharma Retirement – May 7 Cricket Highlights

Aakash Saini

MS Dhoni and Jemimah Rodrigues [Source: @IPL, @notjemi05/x]MS Dhoni and Jemimah Rodrigues [Source: @IPL, @notjemi05/x]

Defending champions KKR and MS Dhoni’s CSK put up a thrilling exhibition at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in match 57 of the IPL 2025 season. The Indian Women’s team outclassed their South African counterparts in the Women’s ODI tri-series. In other news, Rohit Sharma confirmed his retirement from Test cricket ahead of India’s tour of England.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Wednesday, May 7.

CSK End Losing Streak By Defeating KKR

CSK pipped defending champions KKR in a clutch final-over thriller at Eden Gardens. KKR batted first and hauled 179-6 from 20 overs. Captain Ajinkya Rahane top-scored in the innings with 48 runs from 33 balls, while Manish Pandey and Andre Russell unleashed valiant 30s in the slog overs. For CSK, overseas spinner Noor Ahmad unfurled the spell of the innings with figures of 4-31.

In response, CSK slipped to 60-5 courtesy of early strikes from Harshit Rana and Varun Chakravarthy. However, Dewald Brevis clobbered 52 runs from just 25 balls to tilt the tide back in CSK’s favour. Shivam Dube also cracked a crucial 45, before captain MS Dhoni launched the match-defining six in the final over off Andre Russell as CSK ended its four-match losing streak with two wickets in hand.

India Women Beat SA To Qualify For Tri-Series Final

India Women outclassed South Africa by 23 runs in match five of the Women’s ODI tri-series in Colombo, qualifying for the final in the process. The Indian team mounted 337-9 from 50 overs upfront, courtesy of Jemimah Rodrigues’ career-best 123 and Deepti Sharma’s fiery 84-ball 93. Smriti Mandhana also compiled 51 runs at the top of the order.

In response, South Africa reached 314-7 from 50 overs, with captain Chloe Tryon’s blistering 43-ball 67 minimizing their defeat margin. Annerie Dercksen made 81 runs at a near run-a-ball, but Amanjot Kaur’s three-wicket haul and two wickets from Deepti Sharma proved too much to handle for the Proteas Women.

Rohit Sharma Announces Retirement From Tests

Rohit Sharma has announced his retirement from Test cricket, effective immediately. Having made his debut in November 2013, the legendary Indian opener played 67 Tests until the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series in Australia in December 2024. Under his leadership, Team India lost their last two Test series, to New Zealand at home and to Australia (away). With Sharma’s retirement, the BCCI is now searching for a new Test captain as the Indian team braces itself for the upcoming five-match tour of England.

Sediqullah Atal Replaces Harry Brook In Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals has named young Afghanistan batter Sediqullah Atal as the replacement of Englishman Harry Brook for the remainder of the IPL 2025 season. It is worth noting that Brook opted himself out of the entire season prior to the tournament citing personal reasons.

Atal, yet to play a single IPL game in his career, has played 49 T20 matches, including nine internationals for Afghanistan. He holds an impressive batting strike rate of 131.27 in the format, and averages a healthy 34.25.

RCB Name Mayank Agarwal As Padikkal’s Replacement

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) franchise has roped in Mayank Agarwal as an injury replacement of Devdutt Padikkal for the IPL 2025 season. Agarwal, who represented the SRH franchise last year, went unsold at the IPL 2025 mega auction in November 2024. It is worth noting that the forgotten Indian star also commenced his IPL career with the RCB, doing so back in 2011. A veteran of 127 IPL matches, the Karnataka cricketer has tallied over 2,500 runs in the tournament at an astonishing strike rate of 133.05.