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Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to relinquish captaincy was not a sudden move as they "talked about it" last season. Fleming, however, said the timing of stepping down from CSK captaincy was left to Dhoni. "We...

Mumbai: IPL 2022 sees newbies Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Gujarat Titans (GT) throw their hat into the ring. Lucknow Super Giants and Gujarat Titans, led by K.L. Rahul and Hardik Pandya, respectively, will aim to start with a bang when they take on each...

Mumbai: Two-time World Cup-winning Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has no doubt that flamboyant wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant will be a successful India captain if he is handed the responsibility in future. Pant took over the captaincy at IPL franchise Delhi Capitals last season in the absence...

Mumbai: Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the IPL opener here Saturday. Invited to bat, CSK rode on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten fifty and contributions from skipper Ravindra Jadeja (26 not out) and Robin Uthappa (28) to manage a modest...

Mumbai: Unburdened by captaincy, Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed his first IPL fifty in nearly three years but Kolkata Knight Riders dished out a clinical bowling show to restrict Chennai Super Kings to 131/5 in the tournament lung-opener here Saturday. CSK crossed the 130-run mark thanks...

Mumbai: Batting stalwart Virat Kohli may have stepped down as Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper, but he says he "can still be a leader within the team and drive it forward towards success" in the IPL season which kicked off Saturday. After giving the hot seat...

Bhubaneswar: Two Olympians from Odisha – sprinter Dutee Chand and former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey -- have engaged in a war of words over the state government's sports policy, with the athlete criticising the BJD dispensation for spending more on hockey and not paying attention...

Mumbai: The 15th season of IPL starts Saturday with a blockbuster clash between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede stadium here. However, the two teams will miss few of their key players during the IPL 2022 opener. In...

New Delhi: With bigger pool of talented cricketers, new-look teams, addition of two new franchises, some new rules, increased number of matches and a different format, the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) starting Saturday has become the most evolved cash-rich league, which promises to be...

New Delhi: The BCCI this year will earn little over Rs 1,000 crore from the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) central sponsorships, Inside Sport reported. This will be record sponsorship revenue generated by BCCI till date in 15 seasons of IPL. The BCCI this year...