Photo and map credits

Wankhede Stadium

Photograph by G patkar. Cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Photograph by Aniket Suryavanshi. Cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY 2.0.

Eden Gardens

Photograph by Nahid Sultan. Cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Narendra Modi Stadium

Photograph by Ishi6181. Cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC0 1.0.

About hero cricket-ground visual

The About-page hero poster and silent background video are original AI-generated editorial visuals commissioned for PitchVaani. They depict a fictional, non-identifiable cricket stadium and are not presented as footage of a named venue.

India and state map visuals

The About-page research-footprint map and homepage state silhouettes are simplified derivatives of geoBoundaries administrative data. Source: geoBoundaries, with dataset-specific attribution and licence details available from its India downloads. These visuals support directory navigation and research-status context; they are not intended for legal or survey use.

Maharashtra venue visuals

The stadium photography featured on the Maharashtra category page, including the MIG Cricket Club visual, consists of original AI-generated editorial visuals commissioned for PitchVaani. They are designed to capture the unique architectural atmosphere and pitch conditions of each venue in a cinematic, text-free style, and are not presented as literal documentary footage.

Players directory portraits

The compact player cards use cropped and WebP-converted Wikimedia Commons photographs: Virat Kohli by Anand Anil, source, CC BY-SA 4.0; Rohit Sharma by the Prime Minister's Office, source, GODL-India; Mohammed Shami by the President's Secretariat, source, GODL-India; Rishabh Pant by the Prime Minister's Office, source, GODL-India; Shubman Gill by CRICKETNEXT, source, CC BY 3.0; KL Rahul by Storm machine, source, CC BY-SA 4.0; Mohammed Siraj by Anand Anil, source, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ravindra Jadeja by the Prime Minister's Office, cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani, source, GODL-India; Nitish Kumar Reddy by WikiWanderer261, cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani, source, CC0 1.0; and Kuldeep Yadav from a Kolkata Knight Riders – Official video still, cropped and converted to WebP by PitchVaani, source, CC BY 3.0.

New Chandigarh T20 player images

Ruturaj Gaikwad: photograph by the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, Wikimedia Commons source; Yashasvi Jaiswal: photograph by the Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, Wikimedia Commons source. Both are credited under the Government Open Data License – India and were cropped and converted to WebP for PitchVaani’s circular player cards. The images representing Dhruv Jurel, Prasidh Krishna and Naman Dhir are original AI-generated editorial illustrations, not documentary photographs or officially endorsed portraits.

India–West Indies 2026 Series squad portraits

Three small, cropped and WebP-converted player photographs on the Series squad cards are credited as follows. Sanju Samson: photograph by Anand Anil, Wikimedia Commons source, CC BY-SA 4.0. Ishan Kishan: photograph by Tata Ipl 2022, Wikimedia Commons source, CC BY 3.0 (license review confirmed on Commons). Shivam Dube: photograph by Dee03, Wikimedia Commons source, CC BY-SA 4.0. PitchVaani cropped and resized these photographs and converted them to WebP for the roster; the Sanju Samson and Shivam Dube cropped adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 4.0. Neither creator endorses PitchVaani.

Vinoo Mankad Trophy related-blog photos

Daly College campus photograph by Anurag Yagnik, 4 February 2005. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Proportionally resized and converted to WebP; no crop. The derived thumbnail remains under CC BY-SA 2.0. It shows the school building, not the match strip.

Indore Junction photograph by Sayan Sen77, 2019. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Existing cropped, WebP-converted thumbnail; archive rail-travel context, not a current route photograph.

Jintimani Kalita profile photographs

Jintimani Kalita: portrait supplied by the user for PitchVaani. The existing published image is retained unchanged in this revision; no photographer name or public licence is asserted.

Smriti Mandhana: archival portrait from the 16 July 2019 Arjun Award event, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India / Press Information Bureau, photo ID 143053 and CNR 129475; Wikimedia Commons source. Deepti Sharma: archival portrait from 5 November 2025, Prime Minister's Office, Government of India / Press Information Bureau, photo ID 195206; Wikimedia Commons source. Both photographs are licensed under the Government Open Data License–India. Existing published WebP derivatives are reused without further cropping, retouching or enlargement. No Government endorsement is implied.