Lucknow Super Giants’ Shardul Thakur delivers a ball during IPL 2025 Twenty20 Championship cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket stadium in Hyderabad on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: KVS Giri After setting the IPL ablaze with a four-wicket haul in Lucknow Super Giants’ … Read more
Theekshana went wicket-less and conceded 32 runs in fours overs, while Hasaranga (in frame) gave away 34 runs in three overs while taking the wicket of Rahane. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinners Maheesh Theekshana and Wanindu Hasaranga could not live up to the expectations on a track which helped the slow … Read more
Peter Lever played 17 tests and 10 one-day internationals, including the inaugural one-dayer in 1971. | Photo Credit: X/@lancscricket Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, a member of the triumphant 1970-71 Ashes side, has died at 84. His former Lancashire club made the announcement on Thursday (March 27, 2025). “We are deeply saddened by the news … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli at a training session ahead of the IPL match against Chennai Super Kings in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Dinesh Karthik is no stranger to the city of Chennai. The pre-match press conference ahead of the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma and Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant during a training session ahead of the match. | Photo Credit: KVS GIRI Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League match here on Thursday. LSG made one change, bringing in … Read more
Chennai Super Kings will try to keep its record against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai in tact. RCB has beaten CSK only once in Chepauk. | Photo Credit: Reuters Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s hopes of exorcising a 17-year jinx hinge on their experienced batting unit finding its range when they face familiar foes Chennai Super Kings … Read more
Rachakonda Police issued a list of 12 items prohibited at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal of Hyderabad, where Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 matches are being held. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Hours before the Sunrisers Hyderabad are scheduled to play Lucknow Super Giants on Thursday (March 27, 2025), police officials have once again … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan has taken an early lead in the orange cap standings. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 which runs from March 22 to May 25 is underway, with 6 games played till now. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad paved the way to top the points … Read more
Moeen Ali, left, with KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane against RR in Guwahati on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Moeen Ali knew that he would be making his debut for Kolkata Knight Riders only on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) morning. He replaced the injured Sunil Narine. The 37-year-old England all-rounder ensured the … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pace bowling coach James Franklin addresses a press conference ahead of an IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants, at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in Hyderabad, on March 26, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the IPL 2025 clash against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at home on Thursday (March 27, 2025), Sunrisers … Read more
Shreyas Iyer has rediscovered himself after being dropped from BCCI’s central contract list for 2023-24. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer is the most “improved” batter in the past year and appears to be “ready” for all formats. Shreyas has rediscovered himself after being dropped from … Read more
Marcus Stoinis returns to the franchise after almost a decade and is excited to work compatriot and head coach Ricky Ponting. | Photo Credit: Reuters Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has been left supremely impressed by the quality of youngsters in the Punjab Kings squad as well as the Indian T20 set up on the sidlelines … Read more
Tamim Iqbal has played 70 Tests and 243 ODIs, scoring 5,134 runs and 8,357 runs respectively for Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Former Bangladesh cricket captain Tamim Iqbal’s condition has improved, doctors said Tuesday (March 25, 2025), after he was hospitalized following cardiac arrest during a Twenty20 match. The 36-year-old Tamim was being … Read more
Then the tweakers turned things around. Rajasthan Royals was looking good with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and stand-in captain Riyan Parag involved in a promising partnership, after Sanju Samson came forward and made enough room to get himself yorked by Vaibhav Arora. RR raced to 54 for one by the end of the PowerPlay. KKR captain … Read more
Wink wink: DC skipper Axar was playfully nudged to bat first by LSG’s Pant, who had lost the toss. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL How will the pitch behave? Will there be dew? What’s the par-score? All pertinent questions fly around ahead of a game of cricket. The early trends in the 18th edition of the … Read more
Bold: Southpaws Abhishek and Pant are expected to bat in their usual free-spirited manner. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowling coach James Franklin said that the team will have to get ‘creative’ in dealing with the Lucknow Super Giants’ batting might. Against Delhi Capitals in its IPL season opener, LSG, riding on … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad players Pat Cummins and Ishan Kishan celebrate the wicket of Rajasthan Royals batter Riyan Parag during the IPL 2025. File | Photo Credit: – The Sunrisers Hyderabad viewing experience is a lot like watching one of the films from the Mad Max universe. There’s an almost dystopian feel to the brand of cricket … Read more
Making a difference: Vyshak’s spell (3-0-28-0) tilted the game in Kings’ favour. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL Even as he warmed up with his teammates at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday, V. Vyshak had no idea that he would be brought in as an Impact Player for Punjab Kings. But once the first innings was … Read more
Gujarat Titans’ Rashid Khan celebrate the wicket of Punjab Kings batsman during the IPL 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Afghanistan’s premier spinner, Rashid Khan, broke India’s prime pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah’s record to become … Read more
M.S. Dhoni and R. Ashwin during the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, on March 23, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters The valiant never taste of death but once, Caesar said, but he was wrong. If you are a sportsman, you die twice — once … Read more
Punjab Kings’ batter Shreyas Iyer during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between the Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said scoring 97 not out in his debut match as captain of … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ player Riyan Parag during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders, at ACA Stadium, in Guwahati on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Riyan Parag may be a bit nervous on Wednesday (March 26, 2025), but he will be excited, … Read more
Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis play a shot during the match against Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2025 at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI South African veteran Faf du Plessis declared he has “lots of life left” as a franchise player but said … Read more
India’s women cricket player Smriti Mandhana. File | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma held on to their third positions respectively in the latest ICC Women’s T20I batter and bowlers’ rankings issued here on Tuesday (March 25, 2025). Besides Mandhana, no other Indian is in the top-10 with skipper … Read more
ICC chairman Jay Shah with FIFA president Gianni Infantino. | Photo Credit: Instagram/@gianni_infantino International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Jay Shah recently met FIFA president Gianni Infantino during the 144th IOC Session at Costa Navarino in Greece. Mr. Infantino, who heads football’s world global governing body, posted about the meeting on Instagram. “It was my pleasure … Read more
Purple patch: Karun was the fourth highest run-getter in the last Ranji Trophy season with 863 runs, including four hundreds and two fifties, in nine matches. | Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy Some of India’s frontline players are likely to be part of the ‘A’ squad which will face the Lions in two four-day matches … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Rishabh Pant after losing his wicket, caught by Delhi Capitals’ Faf du Plessis on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Former Indian batter Ambati Rayudu has criticized Rishabh Pant’s shot selection against spin, saying he needs to improve his batting quality, especially in the middle overs. Speaking to ESPNCricinfo, he also … Read more
“Rinku has bated beautifully in the games leading up to the tournament. We are not too worried about his form,” said the KKR bowling coach. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders are not too worried about their opening match defeat in the Indian Premier League and are hoping to bounce back … Read more
The valiant never taste of death but once, Caesar said, but he was wrong. If you are a sportsman, you die twice — once at retirement. The national mourning that followed the retirement of Sachin Tendulkar was different only in degree and volume from those that greeted similar goodbyes. There is a sadness about endings … Read more
Punjab Kings’ Shreyas Iyer plays a shot during IPL 2025 match against Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on March 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Shreyas Iyer couldn’t have wished for a better start to his tenure as Punjab Kings skipper as he smashed an unbeaten 42-ball-97 before a disciplined bowling show … Read more
Not many cricketers have managed to transition from a wicketkeeper-batter into a proper all-rounder, and one that excels as an off-spinner no less. Not many New Zealand spinners can boast of a Test five-wicket haul on home soil. And not many cricketers are predominantly remembered for their unbelievable catches. Welcome to the world of Glenn … Read more
Ashutosh Sharma celebrates after hitting the winning shot. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK Ashutosh Sharma (66 n.o., 31b, 5×4, 5×6), who helped Delhi Capitals pull off a one-wicket heist versus Lucknow Super Giants in the IPL here on Monday, said that his approach was to take the game deep and go for his shots in … Read more
Sanju Samson shone in the opener against SRH. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI There isn’t much time for licking your wounds at the IPL. Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders may not actually mind that, though: both will be keen to push behind them quickly their comprehensive loss in their respective openers. They face off … Read more
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) included Allahudien Paleker of South Africa and England’s Alex Wharf in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires which features Nitin Menon as the only Indian, while Jayaraman Madangopal has been promoted to the Emerging Panel. Michael Gough and Joel Wilson will make way for the … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ players during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match against Rajasthan Royals, at ACA Stadium, in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: PTI Outmuscled in their previous matches, title-holders Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will eye a quick course correction in ever aspect when they face each other … Read more
When he is done taking superhuman catches on a cricket field, Glenn Phillips, a man of multiple interests, would love to fly planes for a living. After all, flying has always been his passion and if he had all the money in the world, the New Zealand and Gujarat Titans all-rounder would rather be a … Read more
Chennai Super Kings M.S. Dhoni speaks to R. Ashwin during the Tata IPL match against Mumbai Indians at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium on March 22, 2025 | Photo Credit: R. Ragu M.S. Dhoni expressed his take on the Impact Player rule, which allows teams to utilise one extra player during the game, and said that the … Read more
File picture of Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA and Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council Ambadas Danve | Photo Credit: ANI Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative council, Ambadas Danve, on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) alleged that certain individuals are involved in betting on IPL cricket matches and Mumbai police were shielding them. … Read more
Lucknow Super Giants’ Digvesh Rathi bowls during the match against Delhi Capitals’ in the Indian Premier League 2025, at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: ANI Digvesh Rathi was included in the starting lineup for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their Indian Premier League 2025 match against the … Read more
KL Rahul with Athiya Shetty; post announcing the birth of their baby girl | Photo Credit: @athiyashetty/Instagram Team India cricketer KL Rahul and his wife, Bollywood actor Athiya Shetty, on Monday (March 24) welcomed a baby girl. The couple announced the news on their official Instagram handles. The couple got married in January 2023 after … Read more
Sunil Kumar and his wife Bindu did not expect to see their son, Vignesh Puthur, make his debut for the Mumbai Indians in the side’s very first match of the season in Chennai. With an intimidating Chennai Super Kings batting line-up to deal with, MI brought in the 24-year-old left-arm spinner, who took to the big stage like a duck takes … Read more
IPL fever grips city as Delhi Capitals has the last laugh
Punjab Kings’ assistant coach Brad Haddin addresses a press conference ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, at Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings (PBKS) assistant coach Brad Haddin revealed that the franchise is still evaluating its … Read more
Gujarat Titans Captain Shubman Gill during the press conference at Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of its IPL 2025 match against Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad, Gujarat on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings will be hoping for a fresh beginning when they take on each other in an Indian … Read more
For bowlers going up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2024, blunting two belligerent left-hand batters in Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma at the top of the order was hard enough. By the looks of the boundary-hitting mayhem that transpired at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday in SRH’s opening match of IPL 2025, … Read more
Suryakumar Yadav is stumped by M.S. Dhoni off Noor Ahmad’s bowling. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU In Chennai Super Kings’ season-opener win against Mumbai Indians, M.S. Dhoni did not have to do much with the bat walking out to the middle when his team needed just four to win. However, the 43-year-old made his … Read more
Shafali Verma’s annual contract has been retained despite the promising youngster having lost her place in the team while youngsters Shreyanka Patil and Amanjot Kaur have been handed their first central contract as the BCCI announced the women’s central retainer list for 2024-25 on Monday. While the 16-player list announced by BCCI secretary Devajit … Read more
Singer Neeti Mohan performs before the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants, at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam, on March 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and opted to field against Lucknow Super Giants in their … Read more
Glenn Phillips has proved to be a handy off-spinner. | Photo Credit: AP He may be renowned for his stunning catches in the outfield, but Glenn Phillips has transitioned into a proper all-rounder after rising through the ranks as a wicketkeeper-batter. The uncanny Kiwi has no qualms in admitting his transition being a mission … Read more
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana along with Deepti Sharma has been retained in Grade ‘A’ of the BCCI central contracts for the Indian women’s cricket team. | Photo Credit: The Hindu India women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, her deputy Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma were on Monday (March 24, 2025) retained in Grade … Read more