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Jaipur: Openers Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton struck sublime half-centuries to power Mumbai Indians to 217 for two in their Indian Premier League game against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur Thursday. Expecting heavy dew, Royals put the opposition in, but Rohit (53 off 36 balls) and...

New Delhi: Asian Games silver medallist Kishore Jena has joined the lineup for the Neeraj Chopra Classic, the organisers said on Thursday, taking the total number of participants to 12, with five of them being Indian. The Neeraj Chopra Classic will be held at the...

Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals' stand-in skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bowl against Mumbai Indians in their IPL match here Thursday. RR made two changes with the injured Wanindu Hasaranga and Sandeep Sharma making way for Kumar Kartikeya and Akash Madhwal, while MI...

Chennai: Chennai Super Kings bowling coach Eric Simons has defended Matheesha Pathirana amid his underwhelming form this IPL season, saying that the opposition batters have started reading and adapting better to him. The five-time champions were eliminated from the IPL play off race Wednesday when...

Mumbai: Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed leg-spinner Raghu Sharma as a replacement for Vignesh Puthur, who has been ruled out of the remainder of the IPL 2025 due to injury, the franchise said Thursday. This marks Raghu’s maiden stint in the IPL. He joins MI...

Chennai: Punjab Kings' Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell is likely out of the Indian Premier League's remaining matches after fracturing his finger. Maxwell suffered the injury before PBKS' rained out previous game against Kolkata Knight Riders in which he was dismissed for 7 continuing an underwhelming...

New Delhi: Pakistan's Olympic gold-winning javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem's Instagram account has been blocked in India owing to a legal request in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. Users attempting to access Nadeem's Instagram page from India are met with the message: "Account not...

Islamabad: Pakistan will host Bangladesh for five T20 matches next month with Faisalabad set to stage its first international match after a 17-year hiatus, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday. The first two games of the series will be played at Faisalabad May 25 and...

Chennai: Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Wednesday. Punjab Kings have replaced injured Glenn Maxwell with Suryansh Shedge, while CSK are unchanged. Staring at elimination, the bottom-placed...

New Delhi: Former India boxer Vijender Singh, through a social media post, Wednesday raised the question whether age fraud has now settled in cricket as well. Age fraud, or the practice of misrepresenting a player's age, is a significant problem in Indian sports, particularly at...