Dhoni in action at the nets as Jadeja looks on in Chennai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Since the start of the IPL, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has been the epitome of consistency, reaching the Playoffs on every occasion it played from 2008 to 2019. However, since 2020, the team has blown hot and … Read more
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: PTI Almost halfway into the new annual retainership cycle, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to even begin discussions about the men’s central contracts for 2024-25. “We have had some deliberation on the women’s central contracts, but the men’s contracts is … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders’ player Varun Chakravarthy bowls during a training session ahead of the IPL 2025 cricket tournament, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, West Bengal on March 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) home game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on April 6 is set to be shifted to Guwahati as … Read more
IPL team captains pose for a photo in Mumbai on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Sportzpics/IPL The Indian Premier League (IPL) will witness a ball change early on in the second half of a 7.30 pm start game in the upcoming edition. The amendment has been introduced in a bid to reduce the impact of dew … Read more
Representational image of an IPL player tossing the ball during net practice | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The BCCI on Thursday (March 20, 2025) lifted the ban on use of saliva on the ball in the upcoming Indian Premier League after majority of captains agreed to its proposal. The decision was taken at the captains’ … Read more
Date and Day Time Venue Match March 22, 2025 (Saturday) 7:30 PM Kolkata Kolkata Knight Riders vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru March 23, 2025 (Sunday) 3:30 PM Hyderbad Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals March 23, 2025 (Sunday) 7:30 PM Chennai Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians March 24, 2025 (Monday) 7:30 PM Visakhapatnam Delhi Capitals vs … Read more
Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag in action during an IPL match in 2024. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Rising star Riyan Parag will lead Rajasthan Royals in the first three Indian Premer League (IPL) games, as regular captain Sanju Samson will be playing as a specialist batter cum Impact Substitute as he is yet … Read more
India’s captain Rohit Sharma poses for a picture with the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and T20 World Cup 2024 trophy, in Dubai. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday (March 20, 2025) announced a cash reward of ₹58 crore for the Indian cricket team that won … Read more
Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan has been cleared of a suspect bowling action, and now he will be able to resume his left-arm spin. Shakib will now be able to bowl in ODIs and leagues around the world, where he plies his trade after retiring … Read more
The core remains unchanged from the previous cycle. The captain remains the same as last season. Still, the anticipation from Mumbai Indians is to get ahead of Chennai Super Kings in the race for the most IPL trophies. The 2024 edition saw MI suffer from lack of unity, primarily due to the captaincy change. The … Read more
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas lyer and head coach Ricky Ponting during a practice session ahead of IPL 2025 at PCA Cricket Stadium, Mohali, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Punjab Kings broke the bank at the Indian Premier League 2025 auctions, roping in star players, seasoned campaigners and all-rounders who can make an … Read more
L. Balaji sees a role as a batter for R. Ashwin in the forthcoming edition of IPL. | Photo Credit: File photo Just about seven months ago, in the first week of August, R. Ashwin walked out to bat at the top of the order for his side, the Dindigul Dragons, in Tamil Nadu Premier League final. … Read more
Mojo: Bravo said he will “add the champions’ mentality” to the KKR dugout. | Photo Credit: PTI Kolkata Knight Riders coach Chandrakant Pandit feels new mentor Dwayne Bravo “adds value to the team”, which is hoping to defend its title in the upcoming Indian Premier League season. Pandit, who worked with Gautam Gambhir in 2024 … Read more
The Bombay High Court waived the mandatory six-month cooling off period post-filing of divorce plea by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma | Photo Credit: PTI The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) waived the mandatory six-month cooling off period post-filing of divorce plea by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ Suryakumar Yadav. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai Indians in their opening IPL match against Chennai Super Kings on Sunday (March 23, 2025) as regular skipper Hardik Pandya will be forced to sit out due to a one-match suspension for over-rate offences committed by the team last season. Suryakumar … Read more
Jasprit Bumrah will miss a few initial games of the tournament as he is currently recuperating from a back injury at the BCCI Centre of Excellence at Bengaluru. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene did not give a time frame for Jasprit Bumrah’s return to competitive cricket, and said … Read more
Representational view of a match under way at a cricket stadium | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan It has been in the air for a while. Now details are emerging about Saudi Arabia’s investment in cricket. At first, it was India and the IPL which that country saw as possible partners, now it seems to be … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders players Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Manish Pandey during a training session ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, at Eden Gardens, in Kolkata | Photo Credit: PTI Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL home match against Lucknow Super Giants on April 6 at Eden Gardens is likely to be rescheduled, … Read more
Having performed the role of a “silent hero” at number four in the title-winning Champions Trophy campaign, Shreyas Iyer wants to make a big impact at number three position in this Indian Premier League season. Iyer is not part of India’s T20 set up but a productive debut season for Punjab Kings could revive his … Read more
It has been in the air for a while. Now details are emerging about Saudi Arabia’s investment in cricket. At first, it was India and the IPL which that country saw as possible partners, now it seems to be Australia. The global T20 league, according to reports, will have eight teams playing in four separate … Read more
KKR mentor Dwayne Bravo, centre, interacts with the players during a training session. | Photo Credit: PTI Even after the exit of its title-winning captain Sheyas Iyer and mentor Gautam Gambhir, defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders has stuck to its winning formula, relying on its core group of players while embarking on the challenging quest … Read more
Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Junaid Zafar Khan, a club-level Pakistan-origin cricketer, has died after collapsing on the ground during a local match played in extreme heat at the Concordia College in Adelaide. In his 40s, Khan was representing Old Concordians Cricket Club in a match against Prince Alfred Old Collegians last … Read more
Pakistan’s Salman Agha plays a shot during the second Twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan at University of Otago Oval in Dunedin on March 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP New Zealand won a delayed toss and chose to bowl Tuesday (March 18, 2025) in the second Twenty20 cricket international against Pakistan. … Read more
South Africa’s Faf du Plessis. File | Photo Credit: AP South African batting stalwart Faf du Plessis was appointed vice-captain of the Delhi Capitals team for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season beginning on March 22. The former South Africa captain will be Axar Patel’s deputy in the Delhi-based franchise. Axar was named DC … Read more
England’s Harry Brook. File | Photo Credit: AP Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali believes the BCCI banning Harry Brook for two years for his last-minute withdrawal from the IPL was “not harsh”. It is the second straight time Brook has pulled out of the top franchise-based league after being bought at the auction. “It’s not … Read more
Actions have – must have – consequences. Unpleasant actions must therefore have unpleasant – for the actor concerned, that is – consequences. Hence the two-year ban slapped on Harry Brook, the England batter who pulled out of Season 18 of the Indian Premier League a little over a week back, citing the need to ‘recharge … Read more
Skipper Pat Cummins will hope to lead from the front for SRH in IPL 2025. | Photo Credit: File photo: EMMANUAL YOGINI Sunrisers Hyderabad surprised everyone last season by notching up gargantuan totals with ease. It registered the highest score in IPL history (287 for three vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru) and crossed the 250-run mark two more … Read more
File picture of Saurashtra bowler Chetan Sakariya, who has joined Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL 2025 | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Kolkata Knight Riders has picked Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for medium pacer Umran Malik for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Malik has been ruled out of the season … Read more
File photo of Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak From incessant boos to frenzied adulation — star India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has seen it all in the last few months, during which his life underwent a “360 degree turnaround” and keeping him afloat in the turmoil was his determination to “never … Read more
Representational image of the IPL trophy Reliance Jio said on Monday (March 17, 2025) it will start charging users to stream Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, ending two years of free streaming of India’s most-watched sporting event. The new recharge plan, which starts at ₹299 rupees for Jio’s mobile users, will enable them to watch … Read more
South Africa’s Corbin Bosch | Photo Credit: AP The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has issued a legal notice to South Africa’s Corbin Bosch for breaching his contractual obligations with the board. Bosch, who incidentally made his debut for South Africa against Pakistan in the series earlier this year, was picked by Peshawar Zalmi in the … Read more
Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: VIJAY SONEJI Gujarat Titans has the best win-loss ratio (1.647) of all the Indian Premier League teams, courtesy of its splendid two-year run since its inception. After a title win and a runner-up finish, it failed to match its standards last season. This year, it … Read more
Dream-Catcher: Sarah took some important catches and effected a few spectacular stumpings. | Photo: Sportzpics/WPL The WPL allows a team to field a fifth foreigner as long as she comes from an associate nation. Delhi Capitals made use of that provision in the just-concluded third edition, handing the keeping gloves to Sarah Bryce of Scotland. … Read more
Author P.S. Raman (third from left), with C.D. Gopinath (third from right), K. Srikkanth (right), R. Ashwin, M.S. Dhoni and Anirudh Ravichander at the book release. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM A new book on Chennai Super Kings, Leo — The Untold Story, authored by senior advocate and former TNCA vice-president P.S. Raman, was … Read more
Virat Kohli. FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Star batter Virat Kohli supported the presence of players’ families on tours, saying he would always prefer having personal support around him to deal with tough and intense days on the field, instead of sulking alone in his hotel room. A BCCI directive which was issued after India’s … Read more
Delhi Capitals batswomen in action during the Women Premier League 2025 final. File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini In 2023 and 2024, Delhi Capitals seemed to be heading towards defeat at the halfway stage of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) final. Against Mumbai Indians in the inaugural season, a total of 131 for nine was … Read more
Mumbai Indians’ owner Nita Ambani and players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 final cricket match against Delhi Capitals, in Mumbai, Sunday, March 16, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI In the end, three of the top-five run-getters in the third season of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) belonged to … Read more
Pakistan’s players leave the ground after defeat during the first Twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and Pakistan at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on March 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP A new era for Pakistan white ball cricket got off to a rough start Sunday with a nine wicket loss to New Zealand … Read more
Mumbai Indians team pose with the trophy after the winning WPL Final Match between Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals held at CCI Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Two years after winning the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, Mumbai Indians added another title to its cabinet on Saturday (March … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s K Nitish Kumar Reddy | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Nitish Kumar Reddy is set to join the Sunrisers Hyderabad camp ahead of IPL 2025. He has been cleared by a medical team at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru after completing all the fitness tests, including the yo-yo test. The all-rounder had … Read more
Axar Patel will be keen to lead from the front. | Photo Credit: File photo: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Inevitably at the dawn of every Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Delhi Capitals is faced with a familiar, vexing question. Can this be the year when the franchise finally breaks the hoodoo and goes for glory in … Read more
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat as Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by eight runs to regain the WPL title. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI Two years after winning the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League, Mumbai Indians added another title to its cabinet on Saturday with a heart-stopping eight-run win at a heaving Brabourne Stadium. For Delhi Capitals, … Read more
Virat Kohli with the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 after the team’s win against New Zealand, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. | Photo Credit: ANI Sports fandom is fickle. After India lost back-to-back Test series to New Zealand and Australia, its cricketers came under trenchant criticism. But after the Champions Trophy triumph, they are back … Read more
File picture of Pakistan’s Shadab Khan | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Top Pakistan cricketers such as Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub and Shadab Khan found no bidders in the Hundred Draft where 50 players from the country had signed up. Pakistan were represented by 45 male cricketers and five female players in the draft. Naseem … Read more
Childhood dreams see the light of day only for a handful. For Amelia Kerr, they did in October 2024 as part of a New Zealand team that won the Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time. Moreover, the 24-year-old played chief protagonist, winning the Player of the Final and the Player of the Tournament … Read more
Rajasthan Royals coach Rahul Dravid interacts with Nitish Rana during a practice session in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR Imagine Jaipur without the Amber Fort. Imagining Rajasthan Royals without Jos Buttler is just about as difficult. The white-ball master from England has been like a resolute, intimidating fort at the top … Read more
Karthik, right, with RCB’s director of cricket Mo Bobat and Isa Guha. Former India wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Karthik said that the present Indian white-ball side can dominate world cricket for the next decade and more. Speaking during a session moderated by former English cricketer Isa Guha at the RCB Innovation Lab Indian Sports Summit here on … Read more
Show-stealer: Harmanpreet’s 12-ball 36 was instrumental in MI taking the game away from GG in the Eliminator. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI In all the gushing praise that Nat Sciver-Brunt and Hayley Matthews justifiably received for their half-centuries against Gujarat Giants on Thursday, what perhaps took a backseat was Harmanpreet Kaur’s 12-ball 36. She was … Read more
Star-studded: Former India players Raman, Aravind, Ganesh and Sudhakar were some of the popular names who graced the occasion. | Photo Credit: Ashwin Achal The launch event of the book, Handbook Of Cricket Psychology, co-authored by K. Srinath and M.N. Viswanath, brought together cricket stars from Karnataka and beyond. Former India players W.V. Raman, S. … Read more
Nat Sciver-Brunt will one of the key players for Mumbai Indians when it takes on Delhi Capitals in the WPL final in Mumbai on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AFP Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians have been here before. In 2023, it was these two heavyweights that squared off in the grand finale of the inaugural … Read more