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Mitchell Santner, the left-arm spinning all-rounder, opted out of the Mumbai Indians' game against Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday (April 7) due to a niggle in his right shoulder that he suffered while fielding during the game against Delhi Capitals. In the 14th over of Capitals' innings at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, while attempting to save a boundary, the all-rounder put in a dive but hurt his right shoulder in the process. He didn't bowl thereafter in the game. Following Mumbai Indi ...Read More >
New Delhi: India will head into the Billie Jean King Cup (Asia/Oceania Group 1) women's team tennis competition starting at the DLTA courts here on Tuesday without Shrivalli Bhamidipati, who played a stellar role in taking the team to the playoffs last season. Shrivalli, who was training here with the India team, withdrew due to a back spasm. In Pune last year, Shrivalli came out with guns blazing, winning all her five singles matches and slaying higher-ranked opponents. It set the stage for In ...Read More >
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the Men's Player of the month nominees for March 2026. Two Indian heroes from the T20 World Cup triumph, Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah, along with Connor Esterhuizen, a rising Proteas star, are in the running for the monthly honour in March 2026, according to the ICC website. Sanju Samson (India)Samson may not have been a part of the playing XI for India in the initial stages of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, but once in ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals pacer Kyle Jamieson on Monday joined a growing chorus of players criticising the IPL's controversial Impact Player rule, saying it "takes a lot of the skill out of the game." Several current and former cricketers have voiced concerns over the rule, which allows teams to substitute a player from a list of five at any point during a match. While some argue it hampers the development of all-rounders, others feel it has tilted the balance in favour of batters as teams can ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced the Men's Player of the month nominees for March 2026. Two Indian heroes from the T20 World Cup triumph, Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah, along with Connor Esterhuizen, a rising Proteas star, are in the running for the monthly honour in March 2026, according to the ICC website. Sanju Samson (India) Samson may not have been a part of the playing XI for India in the initial stages of the ICC Men's T20 ...Read More >
Kolkata Knight Riders will face Punjab Kings in their third league match of IPL 2026 on Monday, April 6, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Three-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will face Punjab Kings in their third league match of IPL 2026 on Monday, April 6. The 12th league match of this year's IPL is scheduled to take place at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. KKR suffered a humiliating defeat by 65 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their second league match of IPL 2026, which was played at Eden Gard ...Read More >
Chennai Super Kinga (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming is hopeful that Dewald Brevis will be available for the franchise's next IPL 2026 match against Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 11. He asserted that they have a few days before the contest against DC, which will give them a fair chance to try and get the Proteas batter game-ready. CSK have lost all their three matches in IPL 2026 so far and Brevis has missed all of them due to a side strain. On Sunday, the Chennai franchise went down to RCB by 4 ...Read More >
Kolkata: A beleaguered and increasingly rudderless Kolkata Knight Riders will need a strong turnaround to halt their poor start when they face an in-form Punjab Kings in their IPL clash here on Monday.The three-time champions may point to the absence of frontline pacers Mustafizur Rahman, Harshit Rana, Akash Deep and Matheesha Pathirana for their early struggles, but the larger issue lies in a flawed team strategy that has left them staring at a third successive defeat.The decision not to retain ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The southern derby between RCB and CSK has long been one of the IPL's marquee contests. Of the 35 meetings between the two sides, CSK have won 21 but the narrative shifted last season when RCB, en route their maiden title, completed a double over the five-time champions, a commanding 50-run win in Chennai followed by a thrilling two-run victory at home.The shift in results has mirrored a change in fortunes. RCB, rebuilt around performance and analytics, finally broke their title droug ...Read More >
CHENNAI: When Glenn Phillips landed in India for the bilateral series in January, the Kiwi knew he could be spending almost five of the next six months in the country. It started with the three ODIs, five T20Is and the T20 World Cup followed by two months at Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League with a brief break in March. If things go as well as it did for him and New Zealand, Phillips could end up being in India till May 31, which is when the final is set to be played. Ask him how the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Who wants to sit on the bench and watch teammates take the field? Who doesn't want to see his name on the team sheet? It can be frustrating for any player. But Kuldeep Yadav handled it with remarkable calm.Whether it was carrying drinks, relaying the coach's messages, bringing out bats, or applauding teammates with a smile, Kuldeep stayed fully involved with the team despite not being in the playing XI.In the recently-concluded T20 World Cup, where India lifted the title after defeati ...Read More >
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner has joined the Mumbai Indians squad in Delhi and is expected to feature in their second match of the IPL 2026 season against the Delhi Capitals on April 4. Santner had missed the Mumbai Indians' opening game along with England all-rounder Will Jacks, with both players requesting extended time off for personal reasons. Santner's arrival provides a timely boost to the Mumbai Indians, who began their campaign with a six-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Ri ...Read More >
KOLKATA, India (AP) - Sunrisers Hyderabad notched a commanding 65-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday to become the first team this Indian Premier League season to successfully defend a total. Abhishek Sharma (48) and Travis Head´s (46) power-hitting in the first six overs propelled Hyderabad and Heinrich Klaasen added 52 off 35 balls as the Sunrisers reached 226-8. Finn Allen (28) provided an early threat to chase down a big total when the New Zealand opener smashed boundaries off ...Read More >
KOLKATA, India(AP) -- Sunrisers Hyderabad notched a commanding 65-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday to become the first team this Indian Premier League season to successfully defend a total. Abhishek Sharma (48) and Travis Head's (46) power-hitting in the first six overs propelled Hyderabad and Heinrich Klaasen added 52 off 35 balls as the Sunrisers reached 226-8. Finn Allen (28) provided an early threat to chase down a big total when the New Zealand opener smashed boundaries off ...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 >
Mohammed Shami breaks silence on his exclusion from Team India. 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 and Rishabh Pant's Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday, April 1 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground, Andonamau. Last time Mohammed Shami played for India came in Champions Trophy final vs New Zealand Ahead of the match, let's speak about star Indian player and one of the finest pacers of ...Read More >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Punjab 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. PBKS, the last year's runners-up, will be aiming to go one step further and seal a historic maiden IPL title this season under the leadership of skipper Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, and the road towards the gold starts from here. Also Read | I ...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 >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Punjab 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. PBKS, the last year's runners-up, will be aiming to go one step further and seal a historic maiden IPL title this season under the leadership of skipper Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, and the road towards the gold starts from here. For GT and sk ...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 >
All-rounder Shivam Dube was one of the top performers for India in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. He played all nine matches for the world No. 1 T20I team and scored 235 runs in addition to taking five wickets. In the final of the shortest format mega-event, which was played between India and New Zealand in Ahmedabad on Sunday, March 8, he scored 26 runs from just 8 balls. Of those 26 runs, he added 24 runs to India's total in the 20th over itself by hitting three fours and a couple of sixes. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will enter the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season as defending champions, aiming to win back-to-back titles, and the former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan believes that Virat Kohli will play a big role in that. Speaking on JioHotstar, Irfan Pathan shared his thoughts on Virat Kohli's hunger to win. The 37-year-old Kohli played a vital role in RCB's title win last season, scoring 657 runs in 15 innings at an average of 54. ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former India left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan said the talismanic Virat Kohli will be 'hungrier than ever' to win back-to-back Indian Premier League (IPL) titles after Royal Challengers Bangalore won their first-ever trophy in 2025. Kohli played a pivotal role in RCB's IPL 2025 victory by hitting 43 in the final against Punjab Kings and ended the season as the side's leading run-getter with 657 runs in 15 matches. "The hunger in Virat Kohli will be there. In fac ...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 >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 11 (ANI): India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson expressed heartfelt gratitude after playing a key role in India's successful campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, saying the moment felt like the realisation of a long-cherished dream that he once believed had slipped away. Samson scripted a comeback for ages during the recently-concluded T20 World Cup as he battled inconsistency and benching to emerge as India's leading run-getter in the tournament, deliver ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson expressed heartfelt gratitude after playing a key role in India's successful campaign at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, saying the moment felt like the realisation of a long-cherished dream that he once believed had slipped away.Samson scripted a remarkable comeback during the recently concluded tournament, battling inconsistency and spells on the bench to emerge as India's leading run-scorer. He delivered crucial performances when it mattered most ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Sri Lanka cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who was the team's head coach during their recently concluded ICC Men's T20 World Cup campaign, said members and officials of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will hold a meeting on Tuesday to discuss the future plans after the co-hosts failed to make it to the semifinals of the marquee event. "There's a meeting with Sri Lanka Cricket tomorrow. We'll discuss the future plans there. Sri Lanka played some of their games real ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) After Afghanistan endured an early exit from the T20 world Cup 2026, skipper Rashid Khan extended his gratitude for all the support he and his team received, saying "he is still hungry to give his best whenever he steps onto the field." After their 5-wicket loss to New Zealand in their campaign opener in Group D, followed by an agonising super over loss to South Africa, the 2024 semifinalists stayed in contention for the Super Eight stage with a five-wicket wi ...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 >
The BCCI has made it mandatory for all current national team players to feature in at least two one-day matches of the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy starting December 24. It is understood that with a gap of three weeks between the last T20I against South Africa in Ahmedabad (December 19) and the first ODI against New Zealand (January 11, 2026), the Board wants all its senior players to play domestic cricket. The diktat has been communicated to the players by the Ajit Agarkar-led national selectio ...Read More >
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