Punjab Kings have lost their last five games at home. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Punjab Kings’ assistant bowling coach Trevor Gonsalves said the side’s struggles at home in the IPL were not something to fret over. “We had been to Ahmedabad and beat Gujarat Titans over there. That was their home. We went … Read more
CSK all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja trains ahead of the IPL match against Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Tuesday’s IPL fixture at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium will be between two wounded teams: Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings. The depth of their wounds, though, is as different as it comes. … Read more
Ravi Bishnoi will be a key bowler for Lucknow Super Giants when it takes on KKR in Kolkata on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed said the team’s injured bowlers were recovering and the bowling attack was getting better. “If four bowlers (Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav and … Read more
Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been in fine form for KKR. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Having experienced a similar journey so far, Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants will engage in a duel of mid-table one-upmanship in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday. On their home grounds, KKR outplayed Sunrisers … Read more
Gujarat Titans’ Ishant Sharma takes a catch to dismiss Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan during their Indian Premiere League (IPL) 2025 match, at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, in Hyderabad on April 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Gujarat Titans pacer Ishant Sharma has been fined 25% of his match fees besides accumulating a demerit point for … Read more
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockPhoto India’s campaign at the first World Boxing Cup was off to a disappointing start as Lakshya Chahar lost his opening 80kg bout to local boxer Wanderley Pereira in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil. The reigning national light heavyweight champion, Chahar, suffered a comprehensive 0-5 unanimous … Read more
It was a routine Wednesday night — inasmuch as a Wednesday night with India playing a Twenty20 International can be routine — until it wasn’t. The series had been won and lost. In Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s comeback to the 20-over scheme of things internationally in India’s final engagements before the T20 World Cup, the … Read more
Rohit Sharma | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene confirmed that Jasprit Bumrah is available while Rohit Sharma is likely to play in Monday’s Indian Premier League face-off against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. “He (Bumrah) is available. He trained, so he should be available tomorrow,” Jayawardene said at the Wankhede Stadium. “He … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah during a practice session. | Photo Credit: PTI Be it in the Men in Blue or those in golden blue, Jasprit Bumrah has been the saviour for most of the last decade. No wonder then that with him having been sidelined from the first fortnight of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Mumbai Indians … Read more
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins during the toss ahead of their match during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 Twenty20 cricket match at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri Gujarat Titans’ skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers … Read more
Rajasthan Royals bowler Jofra Archer in action during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Jofra Archer’s quiver must be full of self-conviction. After a terrible start to IPL 2025, the Rajasthan Royals speedster has bounced back with two clutch performances. The pacer’s spell … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah joined the squad ahead of the crucial clash against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Mumbai Indians got a major boost on Sunday (April 6, 2025) when their ace fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah joined the squad ahead of their Indian Premier League contest against Royal Challengers Bengaluru here. … Read more
Massimo Costantini, the head coach of the Indian National team, is a patient man, explaining the nuances of shots to the players during their matches at the WTT Star Contender Chennai recently. Never the one to raise his voice to the players, the Italian almost always makes his point clear in a soft manner. In … Read more
Struggling Mumbai Indians will hope the batters will get their act together to shoulder responsibility when they take on an inspired Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Monday (April 7, 2025). With three defeats in four games marking yet another poor start for the five-time winners, Mumbai Indians are … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with members of the 1996 Sri Lankan cricket team, in Colombo on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (April 5, 2025) interacted with members of the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan cricket team and said the triumph captured the imagination of countless sports lovers. PM … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Jofra Archer bowls during the Indian Premier League 2025 match against Punjab Kings, at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in Chandigarh. | Photo Credit: ANI The fate of the Punjab Kings-Rajasthan Royals IPL fixture on Saturday was pretty much sealed once pacer Jofra Archer hit the bull’s eye a couple of … Read more
Asian Games silver medallist Deepak Punia secured a silver in the Asian wrestling championships in Amman. Deepak, also a former World championships silver medallist in 86kg, lost 0-10 to Iranian defending champion Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei in the men’s 92kg freestyle final. Dinesh ensured another podium finish after pipping Turkmenistan’s Zyyamuhammet Saparov 14-12 in a 125kg bronze … Read more
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill and Mohammed Siraj during a training session ahead of the IPL 2025 match against Sunrisers, at Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Over the years, the sight of Mohammed Siraj in a Royal Challengers Bengaluru shirt had become an IPL staple. His release by … Read more
Harimoto rallied to beat Hashimoto in the summit clash. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN It was, perhaps, Miwa Harimoto’s longest final. The 16-year-old Japanese had to battle it out for nearly 74 minutes against a relentless Honoka Hashimoto to emerge a 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9, 10-12, 11-7 winner in the WTT Star Contender Chennai at … Read more
Travis Head needs to rediscover his top form as Sunrisers Hyderabad looks to return to winning ways. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s faltering attack-at-will approach will face another big test when it hosts the sprightly Gujarat Titans at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Sunday. Its ultra-aggressive entertaining style, at the … Read more
New Zealand’s players celebrate winning the series after the third one day international (ODI) cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Pakistan ended a disappointing tour of New Zealand on another somber note Saturday (April 5, 2025), losing the third one-day … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ K.L. Rahul celebrates his half century during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 T20 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Opening batter KL Rahul struck a fine half century to help Delhi Capitals post 183 … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants coach Justin Langer before the match. | Photo Credit: Reuters Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer created a hilarious moment when he picked up a reporter’s phone call during the post-match press conference following their 12-run win over Mumbai Indians in an IPL game in Lucknow. While answering a question about … Read more
File photo of New Zealand batsman Daryl Mitchell. | Photo Credit: Reuters Daryl Mitchell scripted his name into the record books on Saturday, becoming the quickest New Zealand batsman to achieve the milestone of 2000 One Day International (ODI) runs, as per a tweet posted by Blackcaps. He accomplished this feat during the third ODI … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant. File | Photo Credit: PTI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant copped a fine of ₹12 lakh for maintaining slow over-rate during their 12-run victory over Mumbai Indians in an IPL match in Lucknow on Saturday (April 4, 2025). The stipulated time for a bowling team to finish 20 … Read more
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene said it wasn’t nice to retire impact player Tilak Varma, but described the move as a “tactical” one due to southpaw’s inability to connect big hits during their chase against Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL game in Lucknow. “These things happen in cricket. And (it was) not nice … Read more
Everybody has a plan to make cricket more equitable, bring in more money, have more rational calendars, comprehensible points systems and so on. The International Cricket Council, sadly, isn’t one with such plans. Some years ago, the Woolf Report put forward ideas which were heartily ignored. Now the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA), a body with … Read more
Shreyas Iyer has been leading from the front for Punjab Kings. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Punjab Kings, after rollicking victories away in Ahmedabad and Lucknow, is set to play host for the first time in IPL 2025. Saturday’s fixture against Rajasthan Royals is also a good opportunity for the in-form PBKS to snap … Read more
‘Home advantage’ has been a hot topic of discussion in IPL 2025. Teams have expressed displeasure at pitch curators when they did not get their preferred kind of track while hosting games. Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson, however, said he was not one to dwell on this discourse. “To be very honest, I … Read more
