Cheers to chants: Although the disappointment of the suspension was evident, fans at the Ekana stadium raised patriotic slogans. | PHOTO: SANDEEP SAXENA After the BCCI suspended the Indian Premier League in view of the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, cricket fans who had assembled for Friday’s Royal Challengers Bengaluru – Lucknow Super Giants clash … Read more
(L to R) K.C. Vijaya Kumar, Sports Editor, The Hindu moderates the session with Shantha Rangaswamy, former and first captain of the Indian cricket team, Mithali Raj, India’s former cricket team captain and Shreyanka Patil, Indian cricketer. | Photo Credit: K. Bhagya Prakash Stars from three generations — Shantha Rangaswamy, Mithali Raj, and Shreyanka Patil … Read more
IPL Trophy. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday (May 9, 2025) was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating military confrontation between India and Pakistan. According to Chennai Super Kings MD, K.S. Viswanathan, the league has been suspended, and players are returning to their destinations. “It does not look … Read more
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. File | Photo Credit: AP The Pakistan Cricket Board has shifted the remaining eight matches of its Pakistan Super League Twenty20 competition to the United Arab Emirates following rising tensions between India and Pakistan. The PCB confirmed the relocation to Dubai in a statement released early Friday (May 9, 2025), citing growing … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Phil Salt during practice session on the eve of their IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants at Ekana stadium, in Lucknow on May 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena IPL chairman Arun Dhumal on Thursday (May 8, 2025) said government directives are being awaited before deciding on whether to continue with … Read more
Spectators leave after the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was abandoned due to a significant technical failure at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on May 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals here on Thursday (May … Read more
Were he that sort, Rohit Sharma would put his feet up on his first day as a former Test cricketer and reflect on a series of what ifs. What if he hadn’t rolled his ankle on the morning of his scheduled Test debut against South Africa in Nagpur in February 2010, a development that obliquely postponed his entry into … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ replacement signing Urvil Patel meant business from the moment he walked into bat against Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Days after being snubbed at the IPL auction last year, Urvil Patel slammed the second-fastest hundred in T20s, reaching the landmark in 28 balls for Gujarat … Read more
Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant has struggled big time. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA Royal Challengers Bengaluru will be keen to maintain its perfect away record in the Indian Premier League this season – six wins out of six so far – and seal playoffs qualification when it meets Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana … Read more
Brevis plundered 30 runs off a Vaibhav over. | Photo Credit: K R DEEPAK Chennai Super Kings batting coach Mike Hussey pointed out that Dewald Brevis’ onslaught against Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Vaibhav Arora swung Wednesday’s IPL match in favour of the visiting side. The Australian also praised home captain Ajinkya Rahane for using his … Read more
A general view of the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. File | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The IPL match between Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians, scheduled for May 11 in Dharamsala, has been shifted to Ahmedabad owing to the closure of the hill town’s airport in the wake of military action against terror infrastructure in Pakistan. … Read more
Rohit Sharma. File | Photo Credit: AP The Indian skipper and batter Rohit Sharma called time on his 11-year-long Test career after recent struggles in batting and leadership ahead of the England tour in June, which will kickstart India’s ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 campaign. The up-and-down nature of Rohit’s career, his evolution from … Read more
Rohit Sharma announces retirement from Tests. File | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma has quietly drawn the curtain on his Test career, but his story in Indian cricket is far from over. In what could be the final chapter of a glittering career, the batting stalwart is now fully focussed on the 50-over format and … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in action during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match agaist Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni says “there is no escaping the fact” that he is in the … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Nitish Rana. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Rajasthan Royals on Thursday (May 8, 2025) named young wicket-keeper Lhuan-dre Pretorius from South Africa as a replacement for injured Nitish Rana for the remainder of the Indian Premier League. The 19-year-old has played 33 T20s and scored 911 runs with a highest score of 97, … Read more
Dewald Brevis’ half-century was the highlight of CSK’s win over KKR in an IPL match in Kolkata on May 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak Chennai Super Kings rode on Dewald Brevis’ magnificent half-century and Noor Ahamad’s brilliant four-wicket haul to record a come-from-behind two-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier … Read more
Suryakumar with MCA president Ajinkya Naik. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Youngsters Atharva Ankolekar and Musheer Khan were the highlights of the T20 Mumbai League auction as eight teams were involved in an intense bidding on Wednesday. While Eagle Thane Strikers roped in left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Ankolekar for a whopping ₹16.25 lakh, Musheer and Sairaj … Read more
Security personnel at the HPCA Stadium on the eve of the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals at Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday, May 07, 2025. | Photo Credit: R.V. MOORTHY With the Indian Armed Forces striking terror targets across the border, and airlines halting operations in some parts of northern India … Read more
Indian captain Rohit Sharma announced his retirement from Tests also on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). Earlier this year, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli announced their retirement from Twenty20 international immediately after India lifted their second T20 World Cup. Rohit Sharma made a smashing Test debut against the West Indies at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in 2013 … Read more
File photo of Rohit Sharma. | Photo Credit: PTI Rohit Sharma on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect ending all speculations about his future in the longest format. The 38-year-old was India’s most prolific Test batter in the second half of his career, scoring 4301 runs in 67 … Read more
The online ticket sale for the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, to be played at MAC Stadium on May 12 (7.30 p.m.), will begin at 10.15 a.m. on Thursday (May 8) on www.chennaisuperkings.com. Only two tickets will be issued per person. Entry gates will open at 5.30 p.m. on match day. … Read more
Champion shooter Sift Kaur Samra. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement World record holder Sift Kaur Samra is thrilled with her strong start to the season after winning the World Cup gold in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The 23-year-old 50m rifle three positions shooter, who won the Asian Games gold in Hangzhou, is also happy that Indian shooting … Read more
Clear vision: Cummins said the team was really happy with its composition. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement From the highs of a runner-up finish last season to getting eliminated from the playoffs race with three games left, Sunrisers Hyderabad has huffed and puffed its way through the 2025 IPL campaign. The attention now turns to … Read more
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji South Africa won the toss and opted to bowl against India in a Women’s ODI Tri-Series match in Colombo on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). India has won two games and lost one, while South Africa has lost both their matches so far. Squads Indian … Read more
There were some spells of rain and lots of drama at the Wankhede Stadium. In the early hours of Wednesday (May 6, 2025), Gujarat Titans held its nerve and pulled off a three-wicket win against Mumbai Indians. Pursuing a target of 156, GT’s innings was interrupted by two rain breaks, and it required 15 runs … Read more
As the IPL turns 18 and grows into adulthood, it seems to have put away childish things. We are seeing the fourth generation in this rapidly-evolving format. Gone are the days of manic batting, artificially promoted excitement, silly team selection and Bollywood imperatives. Teams are more professional, better coached, and accept failure as an important … Read more
Behind the trio of Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram in the list of Lucknow Super Giants’ highest run-getters in this year’s IPL is a diminutive Indian batter who belongs to Delhi. Someone who honed his skills at the prestigious Sonnet Club in the national capital, and has his family’s roots in Uttarakhand. Rishabh … Read more
Senthilnathan. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN Former Tamil Nadu player and India under-19 captain M. Senthilnathan has been appointed head coach of the Tamil Nadu senior men’s team for the upcoming domestic season. Senthilnathan will be TN’s third head coach in as many years. He replaces former India pacer L. Balaji, who was at the … Read more
Vettori. | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Now eliminated from the race to the playoffs in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori cited tough conditions as one of the team’s biggest challenges thus far. “I definitely didn’t say after every match I was backing an aggressive approach. I … Read more
Dangerman: KKR’s Pandit and Rahane will hope that Mhatre has a quiet outing on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK A resurgent Kolkata Knight Riders will look to continue its winning momentum and close its home run with another victory as it faces bottom-placed Chennai Super Kings in an IPL fixture at the Eden Gardens … Read more