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Ajinkya Rahane moves away from the wickets as R Ashwin is about to bowl.© Twitter What is life without a little spice? It adds flavour in everything, even if it’s a game of cricket. And if it happens in a high-voltage match between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals then nothing like it. In the  match played

File Photo of Javed Miandad© Twitter Former Pakistan cricket team skipper Javed Miandad has weighed in on the controversy surrounding India’s refusal to travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup citing security concerns. While the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) have made their stance clear in the matter, reports claimed that the Pakistan

Suryakumar Yadav is being attended by the MI physio after being hit by the ball vs DC.© Twitter The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 game between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals saw several turns. David Warner and Axar Patel scored contrasting half-centuries, however, the DC side lost wickets in heaps as they were all out

David Warner batting right-handed for DC vs MI.© Twitter Delhi Capitals on Tuesday saw two very contrasting half-centuries in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 game against Mumbai Indians. While Dc vice-captain Axar Patel scored his maiden IPL fifty in just 22 balls, Dc skipper scored his 58th half-century in the league in 43 balls.

KL Rahul failed to make noticeable contribution for LSG vs RCB on Monday.© BCCI/IPL Former India bowling all-rounder Dodda Ganesh has lashed out at Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul for the player’s knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023 on Monday. Chasing a target of 213 runs at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in

The IPL 2023 match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore turned out to be yet another last over thriller with the former ultimately edging past the latter by one wicket in the last ball. After RCB scored 212 batting first, LSG batted with great effort as the equation boiled down to five runs

Captain Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell struck blistering half-centuries to power Royal Challengers Bangalore to an imposing 212 for two against Lucknow Super Giants in an Indian Premier League match in Bengaluru on Monday. While Du Plessis made an unbeaten 79 off 46 balls, Kohli took the centre stage initially with his

Indian cricket’s 2023-24 domestic season will kick-start with the Duleep Trophy tournament starting on June 28 while the flagship Ranji Trophy set to commence from January 5, next year. The Duleep Trophy, which will be played among six zonal teams, will be followed by Deodhar Trophy (List A) (July 24 to August 3), Irani Cup

SRH defeated PBKS by 8 wickets on Sunday.© BCCI/IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad produced a clinical performance to register a convincing eight-wicket victory over Punjab Kings and open their account in the ongoing Indian Premier League in Hyderabad on Sunday. With SRH chasing 144 after spinner Mayank Markande‘s (4/15) exploits with ball, Rahul Tripathi sizzled with an

File photo of Ravindra Jadeja.© BCCI Ravindra Jadeja‘s fielding prowess was in display as Chennai Super Kings outplayed five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets in an IPL 2023 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. CSK’s star all-rounder Jadeja bagged the Player of the Match award. After sending MI to bat first, CSK restricted

Delhi Capitals are 9th in the IPL 2023 standings© BCCI/Sportzpics Three defeats in three matches see Delhi Capitals staring at another unfulfilled season, with the David Warner-led side struggling to compete with other franchises in the league. In defeats against Lucknow Super Giants, Gujarat Titans, and Rajasthan Royals, the incapability of Delhi’s batting unit was

Rohit Sharma is bowled by Tushar Deshpande© Twitter Mumbai Indians batters were in for a shock as Chennai Super Kings rattled their famed batting line-up in an IPL 2023 match at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Barring two batters, none of the other could score in the 30s. After a fast start by Rohit Sharma and

Punjab Kings player meet Allu Arjun in Hyderabad.© Instagram With two wins in as many games, Punjab Kings have had a superb start to IPL 2023. The Shikhar Dhawan-led side defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs (DLS method) in their opening game and then edged past Rajasthan Royals by 5 runs to register their

Lucknow: Veteran Lucknow Super Giants spinner Amit Mishra credited his success in the five-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad here to making careful assessment of the wicket and taking mental notes of the shots that batters are likely to employ against his bowling. The 40-year-old, who has been playing in the Indian Premier League since the

NZ vs SL, 3rd T20I, Live: NZ aim to clinch series© AFP New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 3rd T20I, Live:New Zealand will take on Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I of the three-match series on Saturday at the John Davies Oval, Queenstown. New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by nine wickets as the three-match series

Amit Mishra took brilliant diving catch© BCCI/Sportzpics One of the most prolific wicket-takers in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Amit Mishra is a player that is usually associated with dismissals with the ball. However, in the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mishra drew everyone’s attention for his fielding effort, taking a brilliant

Battered and bruised by raw pace in back-to-back matches, Delhi Capitals’ batting unit is likely to find some breathing space on a featherbed when the side takes on Rajasthan Royals in an afternoon IPL match, on Saturday. Mark Wood and Alzarri Joseph have scarred the likes of Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan in DC’s line-up in

KKR players celebrate after dismissing a RCB batter.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders pulled off a big win against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Thursday. Batting first, KKR were boosted by half-centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Shardul Thakur, while Rinku Singh scored a fiery 46 as the team notch a