साल 2027... England की गर्मियों में Ashes rivalry का आसमान फिर गरजेगा। लेकिन इस बार कहानी सिर्फ Men's Ashes या Women's Ashes तक सीमित नहीं रहेगी। इतिहास एक नया दरवाजा खोलने जा रहा है... पहला Mixed Disability Ashes। Australia Men's Mixed Disability team, England का दौरा करेगी... और एक International Twenty Twenty series में उस rivalry को नया अर्थ देगी, जिसे cricket की दुनिया सदियों से प्रतिष्ठा, दबाव और सम्मान के सबसे बड़े मंचों में गिनती आई है। अभी dates तय नहीं हैं। venues भी तय नहीं हैं। फिर भी announcement का वजन किसी scoreboard से कम नहीं। क्योंकि यह सिर्फ एक नई series नहीं... representation, opportunity और elite competition की दिशा में बड़ा कदम है। England और Australia पहली बार Mixed Disability format में Ashes के लिए आमने-सामने होंगे। एक तरफ पुरानी rivalry की विरासत होगी... दूसरी तरफ उन cricketers का सपना, जिन्हें अब उसी iconic stage पर अपनी कहानी लिखने का अवसर मिलेगा। England के disability cricket programme ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों में steadily आगे बढ़ते हुए India के खिलाफ series खेली है... और एक और series भी schedule में है। अब Mixed Disability Ashes उस journey का अगला अध्याय बन रहा है। ECB के Head of Disability Cricket, Ian Martin ने इसे game के लिए hugely meaningful progression बताया। उनके शब्दों का सार साफ है... Ashes का नाम अपने साथ एक अलग जिम्मेदारी लाता है। England versus Australia, cricket fans के लिए सिर्फ मुकाबला नहीं... identity, history और pride का सबसे गहरा प्रतीक है। अब England Men's Mixed Disability squad भी उसी मंच पर कदम रखेगी। दूसरी ओर Cricket Australia के Chief of Cricket, James Allsopp ने इस series को Australian cricketers with a disability के लिए one of sport's greatest rivalries में नया chapter जोड़ने का अवसर बताया। Australia, England और India के Mixed Disability programmes को ध्यान से देखता रहा है... और अब उसका अपना squad इस format में elite international challenge के लिए तैयार होगा। Selection की कहानी भी अपने आप में महत्वपूर्ण होगी। Ballarat में next January होने वाले National Cricket Inclusion Championships, Australia की Mixed Disability Ashes team के selection process का बड़ा हिस्सा बनेंगे। वहीं format का पहला feature match भी plan किया गया है। यानी 2027 की England tour तक पहुंचने से पहले... हर performance, हर spell, हर partnership और हर pressure moment खिलाड़ियों के सपने को आकार देगा। इस announcement का सबसे cinematic पहलू यही है... Ashes की पुरानी आग अब एक नए मैदान को रोशन करेगी। यहां मुकाबला केवल runs और wickets का नहीं होगा। यहां visibility दांव पर होगी। recognition दांव पर होगी। और सबसे बढ़कर... यह साबित करने का अवसर होगा कि elite cricket की कहानी तभी पूरी होती है, जब talent के लिए मंच सच में सबके लिए खुला हो। Dates बाद में आएंगी। venues बाद में घोषित होंगे। squads भी selection के बाद सामने आएंगे। लेकिन इतिहास ने अपनी पहली line अभी लिख दी है... England और Australia, 2027 में first-ever Mixed Disability Ashes खेलेंगे। एक rivalry पुरानी होगी... मगर उसकी आवाज बिल्कुल नई। आप सुन रहे थे Guru News Network, powered by द गुरु ज्ञान। यहां cricket news केवल headline बनकर नहीं गुजरती... उसे context, emotion और भरोसे के साथ आपके सामने जीवंत किया जाता है। Latest cricket updates, thoughtful analysis और fastest free live line experience के लिए द गुरु ज्ञान और द गुरु ज्ञान Live Line के official platforms से जुड़े रहें... क्योंकि जब cricket बदलता है, उसकी असली कहानी सबसे पहले समझना भी जरूरी होता है।

In the summer of 2027, the Ashes will return to England with all the familiar weight of history. The rivalry will carry its traditional men's and women's contests... but this time, another story will step into the light. For the first time, England and Australia will contest a Mixed Disability Ashes, with Australia's Men's Mixed Disability team touring England for an International Twenty Twenty series. The dates are still to be confirmed. The venues remain unknown. Yet the significance of the announcement is already unmistakable. This is not merely another fixture added to a crowded cricket calendar. It is a declaration that one of the game's most iconic rivalries is expanding its stage... and that elite cricketers with a disability will now have the opportunity to write their own chapter beneath the Ashes name. England's Mixed Disability programme has grown steadily in recent years. The team has already faced India, with another series scheduled as the format continues to build momentum. The first Mixed Disability Ashes now becomes the next great landmark in that journey. Ian Martin, the ECB's Head of Disability Cricket, described the development as a hugely meaningful progression for the game. His message carries the quiet force of a turning point: every cricket supporter understands what the Ashes represents, and England versus Australia remains, for many, the summit of the sport. For England's Men's Mixed Disability squad, this series will offer more than international competition. It will offer the pressure, symbolism, and emotional intensity that only an Ashes contest can create. Every run will belong to a larger history. Every wicket will echo through a rivalry that has shaped generations. And every player selected will walk onto the field knowing that the occasion reaches far beyond a single scorecard. Cricket Australia sees the same possibility. James Allsopp, its Chief of Cricket, said the series would allow Australian cricketers with a disability to add a new chapter to one of sport's greatest rivalries, alongside the Men's, Women's, and Blind Ashes. Australia has followed the growth of Mixed Disability cricket in England and India with interest, and the 2027 tour will now place its own elite players inside that evolving international landscape. The road to selection will be a story in itself. The National Cricket Inclusion Championships in Ballarat, scheduled for next January, will form an important part of Australia's selection process. The event is also expected to include the country's first feature match in the Mixed Disability format. Before the tour reaches England, careers may turn on a spell of bowling, a composed innings, a sharp piece of fielding, or one brave moment under pressure. That is what makes this announcement feel larger than a calendar update. The Ashes has always been about identity, rivalry, and legacy. The Mixed Disability Ashes will carry those same elements, but it will also carry something new: visibility. It will show young cricketers with a disability that the highest traditions of the game are not distant monuments. They are stages that can be entered, challenged, and reshaped. There are still details to come. Dates will be announced. Venues will be chosen. Squads will be selected. But the opening sentence of history has already been written: in 2027, England and Australia will meet in the first-ever Mixed Disability Ashes. Thank you for listening to Guru News Network, powered by The Guru Gyan. Here, cricket news is not reduced to a passing announcement. It is shaped into context, meaning, and a story worth remembering. For trusted cricket updates, intelligent analysis, and the fastest free live line experience, stay connected with The Guru Gyan and The Guru Gyan Live Line... where every important movement in cricket is followed with clarity, respect, and genuine passion.