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NEW DELHI: A fiery on-field moment on Wednesday grabbed attention during the IPL clash between Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals in Lucknow, as a heated exchange between Prince Yadav and Tristan Stubbs went viral.The incident took place in the fifth over when Prince Yadav bowled a fuller delivery outside off, which Stubbs defended solidly. What followed was an intense stare-down, with the young pacer walking down the pitch and locking eyes with the batter. Stubbs didn't back down either, r ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) head coach Abhishek Nayar has reaffirmed the franchise's strong belief in Cameron Green ahead of their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Thursday, underlining that the Australian all-rounder remains a key part of their long-term vision despite early challenges. KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane earlier addressed a question regarding Green after the all-rounder did not bowl in the team's first match of the IPL, against M ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Kolkata Knight Riders head coach Abhishek Nayar has thrown his weight firmly behind mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy, insisting it is "inevitable" that the out-of-form mystery spinner will rediscover his touch despite a string of underwhelming outings. Chakravarthy's recent struggles have become a talking point, but Nayar maintained that the wrist spinner remains mentally strong and capable of overcoming yet another challenging phase in his career. "Over the years, he's ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 1 (PTI) Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori has played down Kolkata Knight Riders' poor start with the ball, saying experienced spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy remain a major threat and the "battle" against them will be crucial in their IPL match here on Thursday. Chakravarthy has lost his rhythm since he was taken to cleaners by South Africa in the T20 World Cup in February as he looked ordinary in a wicketless spell against Mumbai Indians. Narine too has n ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Delhi Capitals (DC) won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season on Wednesday at Lucknow's Ekana Stadium. After winning the toss, DC captain Axar Patel said he chose to bowl first to test the fresh pitch for pace assistance. He noted that chasing teams usually win. He also listed the overseas players in the DC lineup for the match: batters David Mill ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals captain Axar Patel won the toss and chose to bowl first against Lucknow Super Giants in their IPL clash on Wednesday, banking on early assistance from a fresh pitch. With both teams fielding strong XIs, the contest promises a balanced battle between bat and ball. However, a notable omission was Arjun Tendulkar, who found no place in either the playing XI or the bench. The son of Sachin Tendulkar had been traded to LSG ahead of the mini auction but remains on the sidelin ...Read More >
Lucknow, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday. "We will bowl first. First game, red soil, so we want to see how the pitch plays," said DC captain Axar Patel after winning the toss. Obviously, the data is there that the second team wins more. The tournament is starting, we want ...Read More >
The TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 had a brilliant start to the campaign. The 19th edition have seen some amazing matches so far, with two high-scoring games, low-scoring thrillers as well. Already four games have been played in the tournament so far. As Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) meets Delhi Capitals (DC) for their season opener today. Match No.5 of LSG vs DC is set to be played at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow, between LSG and DC. The two sides had different 2025 campaigns, as both sides ...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 o ...Read More >
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DC vs LSG, IPL 2026: Ekana Stadium's pitch used to be a slow one before getting changed. X/LucknowIPL Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Delhi Capitals (DC) are set to become the last two teams to open their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign as they lock horns in the fifth game of the season. The other eight teams have already begun their campaign on the first four days of the tournament and now comes the turn of Rishabh Pant-led LSG and Axar Patel-led DC. LSG and DC both started the seaso ...Read More >
Gujarat Titans' assistant coach Parthiv Patel explains how challenging pitch conditions and strategic bowling from Punjab Kings led to their defeat in the IPL opener. IMAGE: Parthiv Patel highlighted the significant impact of pitch conditions on T20 match outcomes. Photograph: Gujarat Titans/X Key Points Gujarat Titans assistant coach Parthiv Patel cited the challenging pitch conditions as a major factor in their IPL loss to Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings' bowlers, particularly Yuzvendra Chahal and ...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 >
GUWAHATI: When you turned 15, how did you celebrate your birthday?When Vaibhav Sooryavanshi turned a year older on Mar 27, he didn't follow the midnight cake ritual. Slightly unusual for adolescents of his age. Instead, the hard-hitting teenage prodigy helped himself to a 15-ball half century in Rajasthan Royals' season opener against Chennai Super Kings five days later.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!"I didn't really do anything," Sooryavanshi revealed to the broa ...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 >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], April 1 (ANI): Gujarat Titans (GT) assistant coach Parthiv Patel attributed the team's narrow defeat against Punjab Kings (PBKS) to a combination of changing pitch conditions and clever bowling from the hosts in the final overs. A composed 72* from Cooper Connolly helped Punjab Kings survive a scary spell from pacer Prasidh Krishna, who secured a three-wicket haul in his side's Gujarat Titans loss in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener at Mullanpur on Tuesd ...Read More >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], April 1 (ANI): Gujarat Titans (GT) assistant coach Parthiv Patel attributed the team's narrow defeat against Punjab Kings (PBKS) to a combination of changing pitch conditions and clever bowling from the hosts in the final overs. A composed 72* from Cooper Connolly helped Punjab Kings survive a scary spell from pacer Prasidh Krishna, who secured a three-wicket haul in his side's Gujarat Titans loss in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener at Mullanpur on Tuesd ...Read More >
New Chandigarh, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Skipper Shubman Gill admitted that Gujarat Titans (GT) fell short with the bat and in the final overs despite a strong start, after they went down to the Punjab Kings (PBKS) by three wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener at the PCA New International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Gill felt the pitch had enough in it for a bigger total, but his side could not capitalise. "I think we bowled overs. Batting, it looked like a 210-220 wicket. W ...Read More >
Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants head coach Justin Langer looked relaxed on Tuesday. All his pacers, including tearaway Mayank Yadav, are fit and raring to go and the batters too are in good touch for their IPL 2026 opener against Delhi Capitals here on Wednesday. "This season, we have a problem of plenty as well as tricky (selection calls) as all the bowlers are fit whereas every batter is doing his best in the camp," the former Australia batting great said. "We have Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markr ...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 >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 31 (ANI): Rajasthan Royals' (RR) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja praised young batting sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi for his fearless and aggressive approach, saying he bats the same way in the nets as he does in matches. Jadeja highlighted the difficult pitch conditions in RR's Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener against Chennai Super Kings, were their was help for the seamers with the new ball, yet Suryavanshi still played attacking shots and raced to a quickfi ...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 >
Assam (Guwahati) [India], March 31 (ANI): Former India captain Anil Kumble dissected Rajasthan Royals' (RR) clinical new-ball bowling display against Sanju Samson, highlighting how the opening spells set the tone in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The Super Kings opener Samson, who was dismissed early in the innings by left-arm seamer Nandre Burger, proved to be a key turning point, with CSK struggling to recover from the early blows after the Roy ...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: Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, often overlooked in India's T20I plans, will lead Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings respectively in a high-stakes IPL clash, both eager to prove a point.Gill enters a crucial phase in his T20 career despite his consistency -- second only to Virat Kohli in IPL runs since 2023. His improved strike rate last season and the presence of batting coach Matthew Hayden will be key as he leads a settled Gujarat side built around him and Sai Sudharsan.ALSO READ: PBKS ...Read More >
NEW CHANDIGARH: The nets at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium here on Monday told you everything you needed to know, if you were paying attention.Shubman Gill was at it for over an hour. Unhurried, precise, that characteristic backfoot game of his flowing like something rehearsed in dreams. Kagiso Rabada came at him, then Mohammed Siraj, then Prasidh Krishna, and yes, there were the occasional plays-and-misses that reminded you he is human after all. But mostly it was Gill doin ...Read More >
NEW CHANDIGARH: There is a particular sound that has come to define the IPL evening these days -- not the applause of a boundary, but the thud of a ball disappearing several rows back, followed by a collective murmur that asks: How far did that go?In this version of T20 cricket, now 200 is not even a par total. For the bowlers, increasingly in the IPL, it feels like survival rather than contest.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Ricky Ponting and Matthew Hayden, two m ...Read More >
New Delhi: The fourth match of the 2026 Indian Premier League season will be played today. In this contest, the Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans will face off, a matchup that has generated significant excitement among both players and fans. The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 PM at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. This marks the first match of the season for both teams, and every player is expected to give their absolute all to ensure a strong start t ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 31 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Michael Hussey admitted his side was outplayed by Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener on Monday in Guwahati. He noted that the pitch, which had been under covers, offered early movement that CSK's batters struggled to adapt to. Hussey, however, remains optimistic, expecting significantly improved batting performances going forward in the tournament. Fiery bowling spells from Jof ...Read More >
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