Priyansh Arya’s attack approach brought him rich rewards in the match against Chennai Super Kings. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Priyansh Arya waltzed from 80 to 102 in the space of four deliveries against Chennai Super Kings in Mullanpur on Tuesday. He did so by taming CSK’s fastest bowler Matheesha Pathirana, walloping the Sri … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin with teammates during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings, in New Chandigarh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Chennai Super Kings (CSK) veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) right-arm swinging seamer Bhuvnesh Kumar to become the … Read more
Chennai Super Kings’ Mukesh Choudhary attempts to take the catch of Punjab Kings’ Priyansh Arya during an IPL 2025 match in New Chandigarh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. However, Mukesh Choudhary touched the boundary cushion after taking the catch off R. Ashwin. | Photo Credit: PTI Luck is only as good as the opportunities you seize. While … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane plays a shot during the match against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League 2025, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: ANI Following the loss against Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Ajinkya Rahane shared his thoughts … Read more
In the middle of the IPL, the retirement of a one-Test player from distant shores might not have the impact it ought to. Will Pucovski was 26 last year when he suffered his 13th concussion. A medical panel advised retirement. He hasn’t played since, and now has formally retired. There is sadness in a talent … Read more
Mitchell Marsh and Aiden Markram in action against KKR. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Lucknow Super Giants opener Aiden Markram is pleased with his association with Australian Mitchell Marsh, which has produced two successful partnerships in the team’s successive wins over Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders. After a four-run win over KKR at the … Read more
Washington Sundar has this ability to produce something special when he is given an opportunity. Remember his innings on Test debut, four years ago, that turned India’s most famous chase around? After playing just nine games in the last couple of IPL seasons, for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he made his debut for Gujarat Titans against his … Read more
Looking good: Buttler will look to make things difficult for the RR bowlers. | File Photo: K. Bhagya Prakash Jos Buttler will see a very familiar colour on the opposite side on Wednesday night: pink. Rajasthan Royals must be hoping he doesn’t see red. The Royals letting go of Buttler, who struck seven hundreds in … Read more
Punjab Kings’ skipper Shreyas Iyer and Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad during the toss of the match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur in New Chandigarh on Tuesday. April 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer won the … Read more
Yuvraj Sandhu shot into the lead with a second round score of five-under 67 in the Rs. 1.5 crore Adani invitational golf championship at the Jaypee Greens Golf and Spa Resort on Wednesday. Two-time champion this season, 28-year-old Yuvraj was joined in the lead at seven-under 137 by Arjun Prasad who had a three-under 69 … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah in action during the match between Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Irrespective of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise you support and the outcome of the Monday (April 8, 2025) night mania at the Wankhede Stadium, every … Read more
Knight Riders’ captain Ajinkya Rahane and Lucknow Super Giants’ captain Rishabh Pant during the toss ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on April 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) captain Ajinkya Rahane won … Read more
As Rishabh Pant began his disconsolate walk back to the dressing room after being dismissed against Mumbai Indians in Lucknow Super Giants’ Indian Premier League (IPL) match, the television cameras panned to Sanjiv Goenka offering a wry smile in the VIP enclosure. The reaction of the LSG honcho whenever Pant loses his wicket has been … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s captain Rajat Patidar during the IPL Match between Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar was fined ₹12 lakh after his team maintained a slow over-rate during their IPL match against Mumbai … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ captain Hardik Pandya gestures during an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper Hardik Pandya completed 200 wickets in T20 cricket on Monday (April 7, 2025). Pandya accomplished this milestone during his … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Krunal Pandya celebrates the dismissal of Mumbai Indians’ Will Jacks during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: AP Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Krunal Pandya acknowledged that he had to dig deep into his decade-long experience of playing … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Mumbai Indians by 12 runs
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
