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During the Indian Premier League (IPL) game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Abhishek was dismissed for a two-ball duck by Mohammed Shami. This was his sixth duck of 2026 in T20s, joining him with Rohit (six ducks in 2018) and Samson (six ducks in 2024) for the joint most ducks in a calendar year by an Indian batter in T20s. Abhishek has not had the best of starts to the IPL 2026, scoring just 55 in three innings, with 48 of them coming against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the last match. ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 5 (ANI): Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and India opener Abhishek Sharma's form woes continued as he joined stalwarts Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson in an unwanted list for most ducks by an Indian batter during a calendar year. During the Indian Premier League (IPL) game against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Abhishek was dismissed for a two-ball duck by Mohammed Shami. This was his sixth duck of 2026 in T20s, joining him with Rohit (six ducks in 2018) and Samson (si ...Read More >
Chennai Super Kings' gain was Rajasthan Royals' loss, at least that was the narrative in November last year when Sanju Samson made a high-profile move. Samson was a homegrown talent for Rajasthan, who later went on to captain the side for five consecutive seasons from 2021 to 2025, including a run to the final in 2022, their first appearance in the summit clash since the victorious 2008 season. He had become the face of Rajasthan, and losing him was a massive blow. Rajasthan had big shoes to fi ...Read More >
Brimming with confidence after a record chase to kick off their IPL campaign - a first in 14 years - Mumbai Indians have received another timely boost. Mitchell Santner has rejoined the squad after an extended personal break and looks set to walk back into the XI as MI face Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the season's first afternoon fixture on Saturday (April 4). A 200-plus vs 200-plus game - on a ground with short boundaries - often offers little margin for the bowlers, and Delh ...Read More >
CHENNAI : The new generation of top-order batters, with their audacious approach, have lately been hogging the limelight in the IPL. While 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has emerged as the poster boy of this Gen Z crop, he is not a lone ranger. Two more young willow wielders are coming into the frame as serious contenders for bigger things in future.During Punjab Kings' fivewicket win over Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Friday, it was the tale of two young guns -- Pr ...Read More >
The SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will lock horns with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 10th game of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium will host the afternoon game on Sunday, April 5. The Ishan Kishan-led side will look to continue their good form after beating the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 65 runs in their previous game. The batting unit, including openers Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, and Heinrich Klaasen, will look to deliver again agai ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals continued their impressive start to IPL 2026, registering their second consecutive wins on Saturday. Led by Riyan Parag, RR defeated Gujarat Titans, while Delhi Capitals got the better of five-time champions Mumbai Indians. The two teams now occupy the top two spots on the points table with four points each, separated only by net run rate.For Gujarat Titans, it was a second straight defeat in the tournament.How RR won:Rajasthan Royals held their ner ...Read More >
CHENNAI: The new generation of top-order batters with their audacious approach have lately been hogging the limelight in the IPL. While 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has emerged as the poster boy of this Gen Z crop, he is far from a lone ranger. Two more young willow wielders are coming into the frame as serious contenders for bigger things going forward.During Punjab Kings' five-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Friday, it was the tale of two young gun ...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 >
GT vs RR Live Score Updates, IPL 2026 Match Today (Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals IPL Match Scorecard Updates): The last time Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals met in an IPL match, a certain Vaibhav Sooryavanshi announced himself to the world with a 35-ball century, the second-fastest in the tournament history, only behind Chris Gayle. A lot of people remember that, but one thing that's easy to forget in that euphoria is that the Titans in 2025 had one of the best-performing bowling attack ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): KL Rahul's record-breaking dominance over Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Deepak Chahar came to an end during a challenging outing on Saturday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Before the DC vs MI match, Rahul had scored 160 runs off 103 balls in 13 innings against Chahar, maintaining a remarkable strike rate of 155.3 and had never been dismissed by the pacer in the tournament's history. This made him the highest-scoring ba ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): KL Rahul's record-breaking dominance over Mumbai Indians (MI) pacer Deepak Chahar came to an end during a challenging outing on Saturday in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Before the DC vs MI match, Rahul had scored 160 runs off 103 balls in 13 innings against Chahar, maintaining a remarkable strike rate of 155.3 and had never been dismissed by the pacer in the tournament's history. This made him the highest-scoring ba ...Read More >
Lucknow Super Giants would have hoped for a better start to their IPL campaign in front of their home fans, but things didn't go according to plan against a ruthless Delhi Capitals side. A batting collapse saw them post a modest 141, inviting early criticism over some questionable decisions. Despite a strong fightback with the ball and four quick early wickets, LSG were unable to seize control of the game. An unbeaten 119-run stand between Sameer Rizvi and Tristan Stubbs turned the contest on i ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium is set to host an exciting clash between Shubman Gill's Gujarat Titans and Riyan Parag-led Rajasthan Royals on Saturday.Both teams have played one match so far this season. While Rajasthan Royals began their campaign with a win, Gujarat Titans started on a losing note. Gill will be eager to put his side back on track, whereas Parag will look to maintain the winning momentum.Gujarat Titans lifted the IPL title in their debut season in 2022, while Rajas ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajasthan Royals, under new captain Riyan Parag, began their IPL 2026 campaign in emphatic fashion, thrashing Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in their opener. They will now look to build on that momentum and extend their winning run.Gujarat Titans, meanwhile, will be eager to get their campaign back on track after suffering a defeat to Punjab Kings in their opening game. Ahead of the high-voltage clash between GT and RR, the contest between express pacer Jofra Archer and Gujarat ...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, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Kings Captain Shreyas Iyer has been fined after his team maintained a slow over-rate during seventh match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. "As this was his team's second offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL's Code of Conduct, which pertains to minimum over-rate offences, Iyer was fined INR 24 lakhs. The rest of the members of the Playing XI, including the Impact Pla ...Read More >
Rarely emotive behind the mic, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane brazenly hit out at those questioning his batting approach, following their 65-run defeat to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Thursday (April 2). Taking questions after KKR's second loss in a row, Rahane was asked about his opening partnership with Finn Allen, how the anchor-aggressor roles are defined, and what he feels about the outside noise around his strike rate, especially against spinners. Rahane, who fell for ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Has Ajinkya Rahane started feeling the heat after Kolkata Knight Riders suffered back-to-back defeats at the start of their campaign in this IPL? This is only the second time in the three-time champions' history that they have had such a poor start to a season.The KKR skipper, known to be calm and composed person, lashed out at critics following the team's 65-run defeat to SRH on Thursday.Rahane's strike rate has come under the scanner since he came out to open, pushing KKR's long-time ...Read More >
Former England captain Michael Vaughan said India should consider picking Vaibhav Sooryavanshi for the white-ball tour of England in July later this year. Vaughan backed the teenager after he smashed a 15-ball half-century to help Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in their IPL 2026 clash in Guwahati on Monday. If Sooryavanshi features in England, he will become the youngest Indian to play men's international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar currently holds the record, having m ...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 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer credited his side's explosive start and collective batting effort for chasing down a 200-plus total against Chennai Super Kings, highlighting the confidence within the group and a dressing-room mindset focused on internal standards rather than external expectations. PBKS once again proved why they are the masters of 200-plus chases in the IPL, pulling off the feat for the ninth time as Priyansh Arya and Shreyas Iyer dismantled ...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 >
Mhatre proved a tonic for the misfiring CSK top-order as Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad could only make a combined 35 runs against PBKS. Chennai Super Kings posted a total in surplus of the 200-run mark thanks to U19 World Cup-winnning skipper Ayush Mahatma's brilliant 73-run knock against the Punjab Kings in the side's first home game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in IPL 2026. Mhatre proved a tonic for the misfiring CSK top-order as Sanju Samson and Ruturaj Gaikwad could only make a combine ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings produced a rare and unusual moment on Friday, as a bat-gauge blunder involving young batter Ayush Mhatre left players, commentators, and fans stunned. The incident unfolded early in CSK's innings after Sanju Samson was dismissed by Xavier Bartlett on the final ball of the second over. Walking in at No. 3, Mhatre was subjected to a routine bat test, but what followed was anything but routine. | IPL 2026: CSK ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Gujarat Titans (GT) assistant coach Aashish Kapoor backed struggling English batter Jos Buttler to regain his form, saying that such lean patches happen with most of the top players and he is on the right path to get back to his best. Buttler, who made a scratchy 33-ball 38 during the campaign opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS), will be eyeing a return to his dominant ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), the match-up between express pacer Jofra Archer and GT skipper Shubman Gill shapes up to be an interesting one. GT, after a valiant showing in defeat against the Punjab Kings in their previous match, will be aiming to bounce back against the Rajasthan Royals at their home venue of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. RR will be aiming to ride the momen ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) clash against Rajasthan Royals (RR), Gujarat Titans (GT) assistant coach Aashish Kapoor backed struggling English batter Jos Buttler to regain his form, saying that such lean patches happen with most of the top players and he is on the right path to get back to his best. Buttler, who made a scratchy 33-ball 38 during the campaign opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS), will be eyeing a return to his dominant ...Read More >
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], April 3 (ANI): Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) clash between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), the match-up between express pacer Jofra Archer and GT skipper Shubman Gill shapes up to be an interesting one. GT, after a valiant showing in defeat against the Punjab Kings in their previous match, will be aiming to bounce back against the Rajasthan Royals at their home venue of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. RR will be aiming to ride the momen ...Read More >
Chennai, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Youngster Ayush Mhatre played a sensational knock of 73 off 43 deliveries while Sarfaraz Khan (32 off 12) and Shivam Dube (45 off 27*) played late cameos to guide Chennai Super Kings to 209/5 in 20 overs against Punjab Kings in the seventh match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. Chennai Super Kings' innings started with a mix of early troubles and bold counterattacks. Ayush Mhatre stepped up to boost the ...Read More >
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