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Hyderabad, Apr 5 (PTI) Mohammed Shami asked probing questions not only to Sunrisers Hyderabad batters but also to the national selection committee with an opening spell for ages while skipper Rishabh Pant upped his game when it mattered to headline Lucknow Super Giants' thrilling five-wicket victory in an IPL match on Sunday. In a spell that oozed skill and class in equal measure, Shami bowled an astounding 18 dot balls to finish with 2 for 9 in four overs which largely became responsible for S ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Vijaykumar Vyshak does not think about the batter at the other end when his time to bowl in the back end of an innings comes. He does not think about the scoreboard, crowd, or whether the last ball went for a boundary. Instead, the Punjab Kings fast bowler thinks only about execution and that is precisely what makes him a dangerous bowler in the death overs. Vyshak has taken five wickets in two matches this season for PBKS, surpassing the four scalps he manag ...Read More >
Hyderabad, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A superb counterattacking partnership between Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy rescued Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) from a disastrous start and propelled them to 156/9 in 20 overs against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in their Indian Premier League clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Sunday. Put in to bat after Lucknow opted to field, Hyderabad endured a nightmare start as the visitors' seamers tore through the top order. Mohammed Shami struck ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Apr 5 (PTI) Mohammed Shami's inspirational opening spell was pivotal in Lucknow Super Giants restricting Sunrisers Hyderabad to 156 for 9 despite a fantastic counter-attacking century stand by Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy in an IPL match here on Sunday. After having their backs to the wall with scorecard reading an abysmal 35 for 4 after the first 10, Klaasen (62 off 41 balls) and Reddy (56 off 33 balls) threw caution to the wind with 'offense is the best defense' policy a ...Read More >
Former India batter Sunil Gavaskar believes Chennai Super Kings (CSK) could struggle with their bowling throughout IPL 2026. On Friday, April 3, CSK suffered a five-wicket defeat to Shreyas Iyer's Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Batting first, the Super Kings posted 209 for five, riding on Ayush Mhatre's 73, along with useful cameos from Shivam Dube and Sarfaraz Khan. However, their bowlers failed to defend the total as PBKS chased it down with five wickets in hand ...Read More >
The spinner's four-wicket haul set up the win, although Titans pushed the battle to the last ball in Ahmedabad After a three-over spell from Ravi Bishnoi in which he scalped four wickets, Gujarat Titans seemed to have been pushed well behind in their pursuit of 211 to win. Between overs 11-15, GT had lost six wickets, having lost only one in the first 10. At the start of the last five overs, they were down at 161/7. But batting line-ups armed with the Impact Sub rule are never ending. And with ...Read More >
Iyer suffered a hand injury during PBKS' first match of IPL 2026, which was played against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on Tuesday. Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer suffered an injury during their first match of the IPL 2026 season, which was played against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on Tuesday (March 31). Iyer was at the non-striker's end when a powerful shot by Cooper Connolly hit him on the hand. Iyer was in a lot of pain after that brutal hit, but he didn't leave the field, and a ...Read More >
"He has foxed them into taking a review," Ravi Shastri praised Rohit's cunningness from the commentary box Rohit Sharma left the Delhi Capitals players baffled after he tricked the wicketkeeper KL Rahul and the skipper Axar Patel into wasting a review for a down-the-leg appeal, which he turned into a moment by walking a few steps towards the square leg. Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals clashed in their second match of the IPL season for the franchises. The Mumbai Indians were being led by the ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A dramatic final over from pacer Tushar Deshpande helped Rajasthan Royals clinch a thrilling six-run win over Gujarat Titans in a nail-biting encounter in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday. After opting to bat first, Rajasthan posted a competitive 210/6 in 20 overs, riding on fine half-centuries from Dhruv Jurel and Yashasvi Jaiswal. Gujarat's chase was spearheaded by a brilliant knock from Sai Sudharsa ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sameer Rizvi took ten deliveries to score his first boundary on Saturday, as Delhi Capitals made a pursuit of 163 against Mumbai Indians. By the time he was done, impact player Rizvi had made the result look inevitable in DC's favour for the second straight time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. In front of a near-packed house at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, Rizvi struck a swashbuckling 90 off 51 balls to power DC to a six-wicket victory over ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 4 (PTI) Dhruv Jurel beautifully merged aggression and discretion in his 42-ball 75 to guide Rajasthan Royals to a challenging 210 for 6 against Gujarat Titans after the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi set up the platform in an IPL match here on Saturday. In the RR innings, Jaiswal looked like getting back into the groove with a 55 off 36 balls after 'Boy Wonder' Sooryavanshi smashed 18-ball 31 in an opening stand of 70 in just 6.2 overs. Jurel seemed set ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals rode on an aggressive 90 by Sameer Rizvi to stun five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets in a league game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. Rizvi, a right-handed batter, was the cynosure of eyes at the 'Kotla' as he took the Mumbai Indians attack to a task. Courtesy of his knock, the hosts chased a tricky target of 163 with 11 balls to spare. Put into bat, the Mumbai Indians managed to score only 162 ...Read More >
New Delhi: his time by smashing a 90 off 51 balls to guide Delhi Capitals to a comfortable six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians and record their second straight win of IPL 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. In the chase of 163, DC were struggling at 73/3, before Rizvi turned the game in his team's favour by hitting seven fours and as many sixes at a strike-rate of 176.47. He stitched stands of 66 and 78 with Pathum Nissanka (44) and David Miller (21 not out) as DC completed the chase w ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) For the second game running, Sameer Rizvi walked in and changed the complexion of a chase - this time by smashing a 90 off 51 balls to guide Delhi Capitals to a comfortable six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians and record their second straight win of IPL 2026 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday. In the chase of 163, DC were struggling at 73/3, before Rizvi turned the game in his team's favour by hitting seven fours and as many sixes at a strike-rate of 176.47. He stit ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Impact substitute Sameer Rizvi continued his red-hot form with another fine half-century as an all-round Delhi Capitals outclassed Mumbai Indians by six wickets in their first home game of the 2026 IPL season here on Saturday. Chasing 163, the 22-year-old Rizvi (90 off 51 balls) took apart the MI attack with a fluent knock studded with seven fours and as many sixes. After suffering a top-order wobble for the second successive game, Delhi Capitals steadied through a 66-run stand for ...Read More >
New Delhi: Sameer Rizvi has brought the 'rizz' for Delhi Capitals for two matches in a row now. After his starring role in their six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians on Saturday, DC have climbed to the top of the IPL 2026 table, having beaten Lucknow Super Giants in their opening game. Chasing 163, Delhi Capitals weren't off to the best start. Much like the previous innings, the top-order crumbled early. KL Rahul departed for one run and Nitish Rana was dismissed for a duck but Pathum Nissanka -- ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Impact substitute Sameer Rizvi continued his red-hot form with another fine half-century as an all-round Delhi Capitals outclassed Mumbai Indians by six wickets in their first home game of the 2026 IPL season here on Saturday. Chasing 163, the 22-year-old Rizvi (90 off 51 balls) took apart the MI attack with a fluent knock studded with seven fours and as many sixes. After suffering a top-order wobble for the second successive game, Delhi Capitals steadied through a 66-run stand for ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Impact substitute Sameer Rizvi continued his red-hot form with another fine half-century as an all-round Delhi Capitals outclassed Mumbai Indians by six wickets in their first home game of the 2026 IPL season here on Saturday. Chasing 163, the 22-year-old Rizvi (90 off 51 balls) took apart the MI attack with a fluent knock studded with seven fours and as many sixes. After suffering a top-order wobble for the second successive game, Delhi Capitals steadied through a 66-ru ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Stand-in captain Suryakumar Yadav top-scored with 51 as the Mumbai Indians posted a competitive 162/6 in 20 overs on a slow black-soil pitch against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday. It was the kind of innings for MI that never quite found its stride - Suryakumar and Rohit Sharma steadied proceedings with a 53-run stand. But just as it threatened to build into something decisive, DC intervened to pick wickets at regular ...Read More >
New Delhi: After 200 and above becoming a norm, Delhi Capitals' first home game brought a semblance of normalcy back into run-scoring in IPL 2026. Not only did the home team correctly called at the toss and chose to field, they ensured that Mumbai Indians could never break free in their innings of 162 for six. On a Feroz Shah Kotla track that had cracks where the ball gripped on landing, Delhi bowlers, particularly pacers Lungi Ngidi and Mukesh Kumar, varied their pace cleverly. They also nev ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav struck a patient half-century but Delhi Capitals bowlers dominated to restrict Mumbai Indians to a modest 162 for 6 in their Indian Premier League match here on Saturday. Suryakumar anchored the innings with a 36-ball 51, hitting three fours and two sixes, while Rohit Sharma hit 35 even as other MI batters found it difficult in the middle. Delhi's bowlers, however, kept things tight. Skipper Axar Patel was exceptional, conceding just 22 ...Read More >
Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 4 (ANI): The saying 'talent needs no introduction' found a fitting example at the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026, where wrestlers from Karnataka's Siddi community have made a powerful statement on the mat. Their success is no longer just about medals--it reflects the emergence of an entire community as a force in wrestling. Of African descent, there are about 50,000 Siddis in India, of which one-third live in Karnataka. Out of the nine wrestlers represent ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 4 (ANI): Former Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara highlighted Punjab Kings (PBKS) batter Priyansh Arya's exceptional shot-making and awareness, noting that he reads length early and capitalises on both short and full deliveries with equal ease. Pujara feels Arya's ability to score all around the ground, strong on the leg side and equally effective on the off, leaves bowlers with very little margin for error, making him a highly challenging batter to contain. ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 4 (PTI) Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes five-time champions Chennai Super Kings' primary concern is their bowling, urging the side to address it to revive their campaign. CSK have lost their first two matches of the season, including a five-wicket defeat to Punjab Kings on Friday. "From what we've seen so far, CSK's biggest concern for the rest of the tournament will be their bowling. It means they may have to consistently score around 225-230 to give their bowlers a ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and Cheteshwar Pujara heaped praise on young batters Ayush Mhatre and Priyansh Arya for fearless batting approach and not dwelling on the past. Priyansh Arya ignited the chase with an impressive start, setting the tone for Punjab Kings' pursuit of 210 against Chennai Super Kings. Brought in as a substitute, Arya made his intentions clear. He attacked Khaleel Ahmed right from the beginning. A sharp, straight drive for four ...Read More >
CHENNAI, India(AP) -- Opening batters Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh gave Punjab Kings a flying start to a target of 210 as they overhauled Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League on Friday. Impact substitute Arya set the tone with 39 runs off 11 balls as he and Singh rumbled to 68-1 in the powerplay. Captain Shreyas Iyer's 26-ball half-century and Cooper Connolly's 36 ensured Punjab reached 210-5 with eight balls to spare and won by five wickets. Chennai thought it put up a defe ...Read More >
Mumbai: When playing evening T20 games in the subcontinent, the team bowling second mostly finds itself under pressure because dew makes the ball difficult to grip. In their first home game of the season, at the M A Chidambaram Stadium, on Friday, Chennai Super Kings had reasons to worry after losing the toss against Punjab Kings and being put into bat. At the break, though the dew had yet to set in, which was good news for the home side bowlers. Having posted a total of 209/5 they would have ...Read More >
Chennai, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Priyansh Arya's opening blitz of 39 off 11 balls and skipper Shreyas Iyer's fifty propelled Punjab Kings to their second victory in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, beating Chennai Super Kings by five wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Priyansh Arya ignited the chase with an impressive start, setting the tone for Punjab Kings' pursuit of 210 against Chennai Super Kings. Brought in as a substitute, Arya made his intentions c ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): A fine half-century from skipper Shreyas Iyer and quickfire knocks from Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya helped Punjab Kings (PBKS) chase down 210 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), winning by five wickets at the Chepauk on Friday. CSK have slipped to their second loss in the tournament, while PBKS have gained their second successive win. CSK was put to bat first, scoring 209/5, with knocks from Ayush Mhatre (73 in 43 balls, with six fours and ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 3 (ANI): A fine half-century from skipper Shreyas Iyer and quickfire knocks from Cooper Connolly and Priyansh Arya helped Punjab Kings (PBKS) chase down 210 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), winning by five wickets at the Chepauk on Friday. CSK have slipped to their second loss in the tournament, while PBKS have gained their second successive win. CSK was put to bat first, scoring 209/5, with knocks from Ayush Mhatre (73 in 43 balls, with six fours and ...Read More >
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