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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) was bowled out for 141 runs in their opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Delhi Capitals (DC) here on Wednesday. Asked to bat first, LSG captain Rishabh Pant came to open the batting alongside Mitch Marsh at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Also Read | IPL 2026 Opening Weekend Drives Record Engagement Across Linear TV and Digital. The duo started well ...Read More >
Lucknow, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Capitals (DC) produced a brilliant bowling effort as Lungi Ngidi and T. Natarajan picked three wickets each to haunt Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to 141 in 18.4 overs at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday. Asked to bat first, LSG came up with a new opening batting pair as skipper Rishabh Pant promoted himself to the top order but was removed early in the innings of an unfortunate run out. A strange moment in what might ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) was bowled out for 141 runs in their opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Delhi Capitals (DC) here on Wednesday. Asked to bat first, LSG captain Rishabh Pant came to open the batting alongside Mitch Marsh at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The duo started well and was looking good, but an unlucky dismissal of Pant started the flurry of wickets for the ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 1 (PTI) Lucknow Super Giants put up an embarrassing batting display with some questionable tactical calls to be shot out for 141 in 18.4 overs in their IPL match against Delhi Capitals here on Wednesday. Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel opted to bowl first and even though the Ekana Stadium wicket wasn't a belter, there couldn't be any tangible excuse for LSG unit for its pathetic batting display. A fit-again T Natarajan (3/29 in 4 overs), Kuldeep Yadav (2/31 in 4 overs) and the b ...Read More >
KKR await Matheesha Pathirana for IPL 2026 as Shane Watson and Abhishek Nayar coordinate with Sri Lanka Cricket to ensure his full fitness after a calf strain. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) assistant coach Shane Watson accepted that it is 'a waiting game' for the franchise when asked about Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana's availability for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season. KKR head coach Abhishek Nayar had earlier confirmed that Pathirana will miss the early stages of the IPL and ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders will be desperate for their spinners to rediscover the bite against Sunrisers Hyderabad in an IPL match involving two batting-heavy sides here on Thursday.This fixture also marks the start of a crucial home stretch for the three-time champions, who will play three matches in seven days and another on April 19 before the Kolkata leg pauses for nearly a month due to the upcoming assembly polls.With four away games to follow and their next home fixture scheduled only ...Read More >
Punjab Kings began their IPL 2026 campaign with a win against Gujarat Titans. Cooper Connolly guided Punjab to victory. This marks Punjab's sixth consecutive opening-game win. Gujarat Titans face questions about their top order and batting structure. Shubman Gill's captaincy also drew attention. Connolly's mature innings was a highlight for Punjab. Gujarat needs to reassess their strategy. Punjab Kings began their IPL 2026 campaign with a nervy three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans, but the narr ...Read More >
New Delhi: The fifth match of the 2026 Indian Premier League is set to be played today,sparking visible excitement among both players and fans. In this contest,the Delhi Capitals and the Lucknow Super Giants will face off against one another. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Rishabh Pant will captain Lucknow,while the command of the Delhi Capitals will rest in the hands of Axar Patel. This marks the first time this season t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Former India batter Aakash Chopra feels Gujarat Titans' fortunes hinge heavily on their top-three including Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler and Sai Sudharsan and they are not giving themselves "the opportunity" to move beyond their over-reliance on the trio. Titans' success in recent seasons has largely depended on their top-order firing, a pattern that continued in their campaign opener against Punjab Kings on Tuesday, when their middle order fragility was exposed once again. ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Chennai Super Kings have before been in the kind of situations they found themselves in against Rajasthan Royals on Monday. But usually, on those occasions they had experience in the batting order to bail them out -- be it a MS Dhoni, a Suresh Raina or a Faf du Plessis in their element.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!However, trading experience for fresh faces in a new-look batting order while in a rebuilding phase, meant that the five-time champions coul ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after his team fell behind the required over-rate during the fourth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Gujarat Titans (GT) at the New International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh. PBKS defeated the 2022 champions by three wickets after chasing down a 163-run target in 19.1 overs. While the Shubman Gill-led side posed as a threat and kept adding pressure, Cooper Connolly's unbeaten 44-b ...Read More >
LUCKNOW: As Lucknow Super Giants gear up to face Delhi Capitals here Wednesday, the narrative writes itself. The stage is set, the lights are brighter than ever, and all eyes will turn to one man -- Rishabh Pant. Leader, matchwinner and a player who thrives under pressure, Pant stands at the heart of this high-voltage clash.The LSG skipper will face his previous team, while eyeing a victory in the opener on their home turf. In the head-to-heads, DC leads 4-3 since their first clash in 2022.Under ...Read More >
NEW CHANDIGARH: There are chases that surge, and then there are those that stutter, pause and somehow still find a way. Punjab Kings' three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium here, belonged firmly to the latter.At the centre of it all stood Cooper Connolly, unbeaten on 72 off 44 balls (5x4, 5x6), an innings that didn't so much dominate the night as quietly take control of it.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Connolly ...Read More >
Shreyas Iyer suffered a painful blow to his right hand while fielding, briefly needing treatment, but later played down the injury, saying he didn't want to "jinx" it. Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer was quite coy in revealing details about what looked like a serious injury to his right hand during his team's impressive win over the Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on Tuesday (March 31). He said his hand, which was hit by match-winner Copper Connolly's shot in the second innings, was ' ...Read More >
New Chandigarh: In a tournament where every team had built up anticipation of going past the 200-run mark, Punjab Kings restricted Gujarat Titans to a surprisingly modest total. However, chasing with a mild drizzle, the home team wobbled and raised the prospect of squandering the chance to win their opening game in IPL 2026. Their skipper Shreyas Iyer took a blow to his right hand unable to move out of the way after his batting partner struck with power, but Cooper Connolly, the young Aussie, p ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH, India (AP) -- Cooper Connolly marked his Indian Premier League debut with an unbeaten half-century in Punjab Kings' three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. Batting at No. 3, the 22-year-old Australian smashed 72 not out off 44 balls with five sixes and five fours as last year's finalist survived a middle-order collapse to reach 165-7 with five balls to spare. ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH, India(AP) -- Cooper Connolly marked his Indian Premier League debut with an unbeaten half-century in Punjab Kings' three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. Batting at No. 3, the 22-year-old Australian smashed 72 not out off 44 balls with five sixes and five fours as last year's finalist survived a middle-order collapse to reach 165-7 with five balls to spare. Fast bowler Vijayakumar Vyshak (3-34) and experienced spinner Yuzvendra Chahal (2-28) had earlier bowled well in the ...Read More >
New Chandigarh (IANS): Debutant Cooper Connolly smashed an unbeaten maiden half-century to guide Punjab Kings to a thrilling three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. Punjab chased down 163 in 19.1 overs at the PCA's New International Cricket Stadium, overcoming a late-inning surge from the Titans' bowlers. Punjab faced an early hitch when Kagiso Rabada dismissed impact player Priyansh Arya (7) in the second over. However, opener Prabhsimran Singh ignited the chase by hitting Rabada for ...Read More >
The 26-year-old right-handed batter scored 650 runs for Gujarat Titans in 15 matches of IPL 2025 but didn't feature for his national team in the T20 World Cup 2026. Gujarat Titans are playing their first match of IPL 2026 on Tuesday (March 31) against Punjab Kings, and ahead of the start of that fixture in New Chandigarh, former Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a bold prediction about one of their star batters. In a video posted by Ashwin on X ahead of the start of the GT-PBKS match, ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: Teenage sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi lived up to the hype with a 17-ball 52 as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in their opening IPL match on Monday. Fifteen-year-old Suryavanshi smacked four fours and five sixes in his batting blitz as Rajasthan chased down a victory target of 128 with 7.5 overs to spare in Guwahati. Suryavanshi was the talk of world cricket after making history in last year's Indian Premier League aged just 14 in a dazzling debut seaso ...Read More >
New Delhi: The fourth match of the 2026 Indian Premier League is currently being played between the Punjab Kings and the Gujarat Titans. However,we are here to tell you about an incident related to the third match of the tournament. On March 30,the third match of the IPL season was played between the Rajasthan Royals and the Chennai Super Kings. In this match,15-year-old opening batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi once again displayed magnificent batting prowess,smashing a half-century off just 15 ball ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: unjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener at New Chandigarh in Punjab on Tuesday.For the Punjab Kings, Priyansh Arya did not make it to the starting XI. However, the star batted was named in the impact subs list and is expected to come to bat in the second innings.Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, and Suryansh Shedge were also named in the impact substitutes ...Read More >
Kolkata: Beyond the win and the two points, this match provided evidence that how big scoring patterns can still be disrupted by getting a few basics right. A surface that doesn't facilitate swinging through the arc. But more importantly pin-point, run-stifling bowling corridors that force batters to resort to backup plans. Chennai Super Kings didn't seem to have any though, as Rajasthan Royals bowled them out for 127 before chasing it in 12.1 overs with eight wickets to spare at Guwahati on Mo ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's sensational start to Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 has already turned heads, with former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar predicting a blockbuster season for the teenage sensation after Rajasthan Royals' dominant eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings on Monday. Dropped for nought, Sooryavanshi raced to a 15-ball fifty - the third fastest in IPL history - with four fours and five sixes, powering RR to 74 without loss in the Powerpla ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) delivered another entertaining match on Monday, March 30, with Rajasthan Royals registering a convincing eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings in a one-sided encounter. After being put under pressure early, Chennai Super Kings struggled to post a competitive total, with their batting lineup failing to build meaningful partnerships. Regular wickets and tight bowling from Rajasthan Royals kept the scoring rate in check, leaving Chennai with a below-par target t ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has always been a tournament where professional loyalties clash with deep-seated personal bonds, but few moments have captured this tension quite like the showdown between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK). On Monday, at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati, the narrative shifted from a dominant cricketing display to a poignant human moment involving one of India's greatest all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja. As the third match of the IPL 2026 season un ...Read More >
Punjab Kings face Gujarat Titans in IPL 2025 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium Mullanpur as Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer look to prove a point in T20. Last year's runners-up Punjab Kings are all set to take on the Gujarat Titans in the fourth match of the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League on Tuesday at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, two T20I batters often overlooked, will lead Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings, ...Read More >
Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant will have little room for error in a critical year as his side begins its IPL 2026 campaign against a well-rounded Delhi Capitals here on Wednesday. Pant could not deliver as a leader and frontline batter in his first year at LSG. Injuries to key players, especially fast bowlers, made his job a lot tougher. This season, he has a fully fit squad at his disposal that has been bolstered by the addition of old warhorse Mohammed Shami and Anrich No ...Read More >
Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag brushed aside criticism over his leadership after guiding his side to a dominant win over Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2026. Parag said outside opinions and unnecessary noise do not affect him as he looks to lead RR with clarity and confidence. Parag began his first full season as RR captain on a strong note, leading from the front as the Royals secured an emphatic eight-wicket win in Guwahati on March 30. The victory not only marked a perfect start to their c ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia's team management has thrown its full support behind Cameron Green despite a disappointing Ashes campaign at home, with head coach Andrew McDonald emphasising that the allrounder remains central to the nation's long-term Test plans. Green struggled to make an impact during the series against England, managing modest returns of 24.42 with the bat and 70.75 with the ball. His underwhelming performances were further highlighted by the emergence of Bea ...Read More >
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