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Kolkata, Apr 2 (PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match here on Thursday. While left-arm wrist spinner Shivang Kumar came in for SRH, KKR decided to go with the same XI that played in their previous match. Both the teams lost their opening game. Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Ar ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 2 (ANI): Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have won the toss, and they have decided to field against one-time winners Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 match on Thursday. The match number six between Kolkata and Hyderabad is being held at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. According to CricViz, KKR's Vaibhav Arora has shown strong control against SRH batters, dismissing Ishan Kishan three times for just 20 run ...Read More >
The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, first round fixture have been completed, as all the teams have played their first matches of the 19th edition of the competition. Now, the second round of the fixture is set to start from today, as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be taking on the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The Knights have lost their first match against the Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium. On the other hand, the road matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad continue after l ...Read More >
A star player opens up on his IPL journey. Take a look and read the full story. The fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, will be played between Axar Patel's Delhi Capitals (DC) and Rishabh Pant's Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). Ahead of the tournament, star Lucknow Super Giants and one of the finest players who were more in controversy in IPL 2025, Digvesh Rathi, who made his debut in IPL 2025 season at a base price of Rs 30 lakh. Digvesh Rathi's performance for LSG in IPL 2025 I ...Read More >
Coaches told youngster 'to read the situation well and back my game' Days after turning 15, Rajasthan Royals opener Vaibhav Sooryavanshi found a perfect way to celebrate, tearing to a 15-ball half-century in a commanding eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. Sooryavanshi, who lit up his debut season with a 35-ball hundred against Gujarat Titans last year, took only 15 balls to smash his first fifty of the season - the third fifty-plus score of his eight-ma ...Read More >
New Delhi: Left-arm spinner Harpreet Brar can't help feeling sad when he thinks about his non-selection for India A after being a consistent performer on the high-pressure stage of IPL over the past five years.The 30-year-old has delivered for his IPL franchise Punjab Kings since joining them back in 2019. He did not get a lot of opportunities in his first two seasons but he finally earned the dressing room respect in 2021 when he dismissed the high-profile trio of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and ...Read More >
Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 13 (ANI): Cricketer Abhishek Sharma recently visited the famous Katra Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu, a few days after Team India clinched the ICC's Men's T20 World Cup 2026. On Friday, Abhishek took to Instagram and shared pictures from the shrine. "Jai Mata di," he simply captioned the post. He could be seen standing on the pilgrimage route with his hands folded, a tilak on his forehead, dressed in a white kurta-pyjama. Abhishek Sharma played a crucia ...Read More >
Sanju Samson scripted the most important chapter of his scarcely believable career when India took on New Zealand in the T20 World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday. In a World Cup where he was not expected to get many chances, Samson finished as the most valuable player of the tournament after India emphatically beat New Zealand by 96 runs to defend their title. But Samson was not Player of the Match despite scoring 89. That award was given to fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Only days ago, during ...Read More >
These are tenets on which Gautam Gambhir built India's class of 2026 that crushed New Zealand in the final at Ahmedabad. To guide a squad towards defending a world title can sometimes be trickier than channelising them towards a cause. When Rahul Dravid stayed on for the 2024 T20 World Cup, he and the team had an obvious goal - to overcome the heartbreak of 2023 ODI World Cup final. That Gambhir was able to shift the goalpost towards playing a more modern brand of cricket from the previous titl ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav opened up about some of the personal conversations he had that shaped the team's triumphant campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, revealing how belief, trust and team spirit played a crucial role behind the scenes. Surya reflected on emotional exchanges with several squad members, including Ishan and Sanju. The skipper said the willingness of players to put the team first, regardless of their role, was one of the ...Read More >
Sanju Samson flays a boundary over point en route to securing India's place in the semi-finals Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via Getty Images India are through to a mouth-watering semi-final against England after compiling their highest run chase at a T20 World Cup to see off West Indies in Kolkata. The holders owed much to a magnificent unbeaten 97 off only 50 deliveries from Sanju Samson as they chased down their opponents' 195-4 to win with four deliveries remaining. With South Africa having alread ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: For months leading up to the home World Cup, India committed to doubling down on the intent from their last T20 title. They played a brand of cricket that would bulldoze opponents with belligerence, whoever did not meet the high-tempo template was discarded from the squad. A thumping defeat against South Africa in the Super 8s revealed the flip side of this strategy. From questioning if they are even beatable to wondering if the defending champions will survive, their aura has taken ...Read More >
India have been handed a major selection headache ahead of their must-win T20 World Cup Super 8 clash against Zimbabwe at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Thursday, with batter Rinku Singh returning home due to a family emergency. The development, according to news agency PTI, came two days before the fixture. Rinku was reportedly absent from India's first training session at Chepauk on Tuesday, while rest of the teammates were present at the nets. "Rinku Singh has flown back home from ...Read More >
Chennai: So attuned is the mind to watching Abhishek Sharma opening the batting that it was taken for granted that India's practice session too would be no different. It was though. In the backdrop of Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan starting in adjacent nets, Abhishek cut a stark picture wheeling left-arm dollies that were promptly dispatched to the yellow grand stands of the Chepauk stadium. Outside, Sanju Samson started taking throwdowns before he was joined by Suryakumar Yadav. Is that India's ...Read More >
Morne Morkel backs Sanju Samson to regain form ahead of World Cup, praising his training as India leads New Zealand 3-0. Struggling Sanju Samson received a significant boost on Tuesday as the Indian men's cricket team bowling coach Morne Morkel expressed confidence that the opener was just one good knock away from breaking out of his lean phase. Samson has managed only 16 runs in the first three T20Is, with a highest score of 10, while other top-order batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan ...Read More >
"If he does not perform in the 5 games (against SA), then a decision will have to be made," he added Shubman Gill's recent form has emerged as a big area of concern for Team India's management in the lead up to the T20 World Cup 2026. With not even two months to go till the major tournament on home soil, Gill has failed to notch up even a single half-century in his last 21 white-ball international matches. Legendary India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin expressed worry regarding Gill's place in Ind ...Read More >
India vs South Africa 4th T20I: India, who are presently leading South Africa 2-1 in their five-match T20I series, will try to take the unassailable 3-1 advantage when the two teams meet at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday. India are expected to use the same XI which played at Dharamsala on Sunday. Axar Patel has been ruled out for the rest of the series due to illness, while there is no official update on Jasprit Bumrah's status, who Suryakumar Yadav informed had returned home due to ...Read More >
Axar Patel has been ruled out of the remaining T20Is against South Africa due to illness, with Shahbaz Ahmed named as his replacement. Patel is still with the team for further medical assessment. India currently leads the five-match series 2-1. New Delhi, India all-rounder Axar Patel was on Monday ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against South Africa due to illness with the BCCI's selection committee naming Shahbaz Ahmed as his replacement. Axar had also missed the third T20I ...Read More >
World's Top 'Visa-Free' Islands For Indians To Visit In 2026 - Check Full List India's T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is facing one of the toughest phases of his international career, with his prolonged dip in form now threatening his place in the ICC T20I batting top 10 for the first time in nearly four years. Once regarded as the most destructive batter in the shortest format, Suryakumar's recent struggles have significantly impacted his rankings. The latest ICC update shows him hovering dange ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill's struggle against straight deliveries is an area of concern, former national batting coach Sanjay Bangar said on Wednesday. The opener has scored just 32 runs in three games in the ongoing T20I series against South Africa. However, what worries Bangar more than the total runs is Gill's strike rate, which dips noticeably against deliveries pitched on a straight line.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Speaking on Game Plan on JioStar, Bangar exp ...Read More >
India spinner Varun Chakravarthy has etched his name in the history books, becoming the highest-rated bowler from his country in the ICC T20I rankings. Chakravarthy surpassed pacer Jasprit Bumrah in the latest rankings update on Wednesday, 17 December, achieving his career-best rating. Bumrah had previously held the record as the highest-rated Indian bowler in T20Is, reaching a career-best 783 rating points on 1 February 2017, following his brilliant spell of 3/14 against England. However, Chak ...Read More >
Shubman Gill's lean patch has been the talking point but an equally "out of runs" skipper Suryakumar Yadav is also under intense scrutiny as India look to find the right balance and seal the five-match series against South Africa in the fourth T20I in Lucknow on Wednesday. The third game was an ideal opportunity for Suryakumar to rediscover his touch while India chased a modest 118-run target, but the ease that once made him the top ranked batter in the world was noticeably missing. Shots that ...Read More >
On paper, the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) had one of the most formidable looking teams going into the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL). Sadly, that did not result in on-field triumph. SRH was unable to improve upon their 2024 runners-up result and they finished considerably outside of the top four. However, a fresh year offers fresh optimism. And given their caliber, SRH appears to be well-positioned to demonstrate that 2025 was really an anomaly. However, a mini-auction in Abu Dhabi on December ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 16: Shubman Gill's lean patch has been the talking point but an equally "out of runs" skipper Suryakumar Yadav is also under intense scrutiny as India look to find the right balance and seal the five-match series against South Africa in the fourth T20I here on Wednesday. The third game was an ideal opportunity for Suryakumar to rediscover his touch while India chased a modest 118-run target, but the ease that once made him the top ranked batter in the world was noticeably missing. ...Read More >
Jasprit Bumrah did not play any part in the third T20I between India and South Africa at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium inb Dharamsala on Sunday. The Indian fast bowler had to return home for personal reasons before the third T20I in Dharamsala. According to reliable sources, a very close family member of the bowler is currently hospitalised, necessitating his return. "If all goes well, then he might return for the fourth or even fifth game (in Ahmedabad). But first priority ...Read More >
Lucknow, Dec 16 (PTI) Shubman Gill's lean patch has been the talking point but an equally "out of runs" skipper Suryakumar Yadav is also under intense scrutiny as India look to find the right balance and seal the five-match series against South Africa in the fourth T20I here on Wednesday. The third game was an ideal opportunity for Suryakumar to rediscover his touch while India chased a modest 118-run target, but the ease that once made him the top ranked batter in the world was noticeably miss ...Read More >
Star Indian batter Abhishek Sharma is 87 runs away from breaking Virat Kohli's nine-year-old record of scoring the most T20 runs in a calendar year. The latter set the T20 benchmark in 2016 with 1,614 runs from 31 games at a stunning average of 89.66, featuring four hundreds and 14 half-centuries. Abhishek now sits just 87 runs shy of eclipsing that record. This year, he has scored 1,533 runs in 39 T20s at an average of 41.43, including three hundreds and nine fifties. Abhishek is all set to p ...Read More >
New Delhi: Star India batter Mohammad Kaif did not hold back while criticising Shubman Gill, stating that the opener should be rested from T20Is. The 26-year-old, who recently made a comeback after recovering from a neck injury during the South Africa series, has struggled to make an impact in the first three matches, as he scored just 4, 0 and 28. In the third T20I at Dharamsala, Gill found it hard to accelerate after the powerplay and eventually ended with a run-a-ball 28. Gill was appointed ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15: India suffered a setback ahead of the concluding phase of the T20 International series against South Africa as all-rounder Axar Patel was ruled out of the remaining two matches due to illness, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed on Monday. Axar, who has been an integral part of India's white-ball setup with his all-round abilities, was unavailable for the third T20I in Dharamsala on Sunday, where wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav was drafted into the playing ...Read More >
The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) are on the back of a poor Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign where they were nowhere in the playoff reckoning. The Orange Army will thus have some work to do at the 2026 auction on Tuesday, December 16. SRH have a decent purse, having traded away Mohammed Shami and released a host of underperforming players. While their core remains intact, there are a few key slots in the playing XII that need to be filled. Players released: Mohammed Shami (traded to LSG), Atha ...Read More >
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