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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant said the decision about him opening the batting in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) is uncertain, describing it as a "50-50 call," but confirmed that he will definitely feature in the top order. Pant's move to open the innings didn't go as planned as LSG faced a defeat against Delhi Capitals in their IPL 2026 opener on Wednesday. Pant made 7 off 9 and was run out at the non-striker's end. "I ...Read More >
Injury woes continue to plague the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as Dewald Brevis has been ruled out of the team's IPL 2026 opener against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Guwahati on Monday (March 30). The South African batter picked up a side strain during training, ruling him out of CSK's first game. Head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed the development in the pre-match press conference the eve of the clash. It is unclear whether Brevis will be fit for CSK's second game - at home against Punjab Kings (PB ...Read More >
CSK enter a new era as they face RR without MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina or Ravindra Jadeja for the first time, marking a historic shift in the franchise's legacy. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)'s match against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Monday at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati is a landmark moment in IPL. This is the first match in the 19-year history of the competition that CSK will field a team without MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, or Ravindra Jadeja. While Dhoni and Raina were with CSK from the first day, ...Read More >
Chandigarh [India], April 1 (ANI): After Gujarat Titans (GT) failed in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener against the last season's finalists, Punjab Kings, the cricketer-turned-broadcaster Aakash Chopra believes the top-three batters of GT will have to "fire". Speaking on Star Sports about the Gujarat Titans' performance, Chopra said, "For Gujarat Titans, the top three will have to fire because they are not giving themselves the opportunity to figure out a different way. Not many wo ...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 >
Hyderabad Kingsmen vs Multan Sultans - Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, 7 pm local time Winless after two games, Hyderabad Kingsmen will try to get off the mark tonight. Opening bowling with Maheesh Theekshana and Riley Meredith had worked for them last time, and they may want to replicate that. The batting, on the other hand, has looked shaky: not one of their batters has fifty runs; of the ones with 30 runs, only Hassan Khan (45 runs at 161) has scored at a rapid strike rate. That is something they w ...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 >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): A composed 72* from Cooper Connolly helped Punjab Kings (PBKS) survive a scary spell from pacer Prasidh Krishna and secure a three-wicket win against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) opener at Mullanpur on Tuesday. GT put up 162/6 on the board after being put to bat first, as skipper Shubman Gill (39 in 27 balls, with six fours) and Jos Buttler (38 in 33 balls, with three fours and two sixes) top-scored for GT. In chase of 163, ...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 >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener against Delhi Capitals (DC) at Lucknow, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) head coach Justin Langer expressed optimism about captain Rishabh Pant turning a new leaf this season after a poor 2025 IPL with bat and putting his name back in the contention for Team India's white-ball teams. Pant has been the all-time most expensive player in the IPL with price tag of Rs 27 crore. This season is bein ...Read More >
Mullanpur (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Bowling spells from Vijaykumar Vyshak and Yuzi Chahal helped Punjab Kings stop Gujarat Titans from putting up big partnerships, restricting them to 162/6 in 20 overs in their Indian Premier League (IPL) opener at Mullanpur on Tuesday. Skipper Shubman Gill (39 in 27 balls, with six fours) and Jos Buttler (38 in 30 balls, with three fours and two sixes) were the top two scores as Vyshak (3/34) and Chahal (2/28) and Marco Jansen (1/20) made sure that run ...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 >
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer will be aiming to overcome a tough run at home in the previous season and make it count at New Chandigarh in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 opener against Gujarat Titans (GT). Iyer led from the front with the bat and as a leader last season, guiding PBKS to their first final in 10 years, just a season after leading Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to their first title in a decade and overall third trophy. ...Read More >
New Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Gujarat Titans (GT) skipper and Indian opener Shubman Gill will be entering perhaps his most important Indian Premier League (IPL) season, with one eye on the trophy and the other on a return to T20I set-up for Team India. Gill, who finished as the fourth-highest run-getter in the last season with 650 runs in 15 innings with six fifties at a strike rate of over 155, will be taking to the field against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at New Chandigarh with a ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Two captains - Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer - will be eyeing their first points of IPL 2026 when Gujarat Titans take on Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on Tuesday.For Gill, India's Test and ODI skipper, the season presents a big opportunity to reassert his place in T20 cricket. Despite being named T20I vice-captain at one stage, a dip in form saw him miss out on the T20 World Cup squad - a tournament India eventually went on to win. As a result, the spotlight will firmly be on how he adapt ...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 >
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 DELHI: It was the first match of IPL 2026 for Rajasthan Royals, and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made it special by helping his team register a thumping win over five-time champions Chennai Super Kings on Monday. The 15-year-old batting sensation produced a breathtaking powerplay masterclass, smashing 52 off just 17 balls to set up an emphatic eight-wicket victory as the 2008 IPL champions kicked off their campaign in style.Sooryavanshi, who turned 15 on March 27, revealed after the match that he ch ...Read More >
As the world's richest cricket tournament Indian Premier League (IPL) returns on Saturday, there will be a lot of attention on the big names. Some of it will also be on a teenager. A day before the IPL starts on 27 March, Rajasthan Royals batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi turns 15. And with that, one of Indian cricket's most intriguing questions sharpens into focus: is he ready for the big stage? Suryavanshi first turned heads three years ago when he was a 12-year-old batter taking bowlers old enough ...Read More >
Mumbai Indians made an imposing start to the Indian Premier League by beating Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets at Wankhede Stadium. A day after Royal Challengers Bengaluru chased 202 in 15.4 overs, five-time champions Mumbai knocked off 221 with five balls to spare in another impressive pursuit. Former captain Rohit Sharma scored 78 from 38 balls and fellow opener Ryan Rickelton, preferred over South Africa team-mate Quinton de Kock, a 43-ball 81 - the pair combining for an opening partner ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) kicked off in 2008 to the sound of dollars. With teams and players being bought for big, never-before-seen money, the cricketing world was shaken out of its stupor. At that point, there was an overwhelming sense of there being a world beyond international cricket, but, it also had a very friends-and-family feel to it with the then IPL commissioner Lalit Modi pulling everyone he knew into the project. The idea was sound, and there was promise, but no guarantee. It ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Under the gaze of head coach Ricky Ponting, Punjab Kings (PBKS) look the statement of intent they were last year. As they gear up for Tuesday's IPL 2026 opener against Gujarat Titans, the camp at the New Chandigarh stadium is buzzing with quiet confidence, shaped by the lessons of last season's run to the final. The former Australia skipper, who joined the squad 10 days ago, has quickly asserted himself. Training sessions have been intense and purposeful, with Ponting involved in ev ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 30 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign opener against Rajasthan Royals will mark the first-time ever that the iconic Yellow franchise will take to the field without either of their two icons, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni. CSK's IPL 2026 campaign opener will be start of a new era of sorts for CSK. The Ruturaj Gaikwad captained side, with wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson being another marquee name in the squad, will witness sever ...Read More >
Lucknow: "He leads by example and his form at the top of the order has been superb"--This has been the well-defined belief of everyone regarding Australian batter Mitchell Marsh, who has transformed himself into a batting pillar for any side. There were doubts about Marsh's participation in the Indian Premier League last season because he was in rehab due to a back issue. When this all-rounder arrived at Lucknow Super Giants last season as a player in recovery, not as a guaranteed match-winner, ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 30 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign opener against Rajasthan Royals will mark the first-time ever that the iconic Yellow franchise will take to the field without either of their two icons, Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni. CSK's IPL 2026 campaign opener will be start of a new era of sorts for CSK. The Ruturaj Gaikwad captained side, with wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson being another marquee name in the squad, will witness sever ...Read More >
Mumbai: It took Shardul Thakur eleven years of playing IPL cricket for six franchises to get into the home dressing room at the Wankhede. In only two balls, he was among the wickets in the Mumbai Indians jersey against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday night. The moment he cut short Finn Allen's threatening innings in the sixth over, cliches followed in commentary. "He has a bit of a golden arm." As KKR batters continued mayhem at the crease, Thakur struck another crucial blow in the 9th over. An ...Read More >
Injury woes continue to plague the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as Dewald Brevis has been ruled out of the team's IPL 2026 opener against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Guwahati on Monday (March 30). The South African batter picked up a side strain during training, ruling him out of CSK's first game. Head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed the development in the pre-match press conference the eve of the clash. It is unclear whether Brevis will be fit for CSK's second game - at home against Punjab Kings (PB ...Read More >
Mullanpur: India's white-ball mainstays Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer will headline a high-profile IPL 2026 opener in Chandigarh on Tuesday, leading the Gujarat Titans and the Punjab Kings, respectively, with both captains carrying added motivation to prove their credentials in the shortest format. For Gill, India's Test and ODI skipper, the season presents a crucial opportunity to reassert his place in T20 cricket. Despite being named T20I vice-captain at one stage, a dip in form saw him miss ...Read More >
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