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Chennai: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected bowl first against Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League match in Chennai Sunday. For MI, Ryan Rickelton and Satyanarayana Raju are making their IPL debuts while Will Jacks (former RCB) and Mitchell Santner (former CSK)...

Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan slayed a hapless Rajasthan Royals attack to conjure up a magnificent 45-ball century, powering Sunrisers Hyderabad to an imposing 286 for six in their home IPL game in Hyderabad Sunday. In sultry Hyderabad heat, Royals' inexperienced skipper Riyan Parag committed a blunder...

Hyderabad: Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL match in Hyderabad Sunday. RR picked Shimron Hetmyer, Maheesh Theekshana, Jofra Archer and Fazalhaq Farooqi as overseas players, while SRH handed debut to Ishan...

Kolkata: Australian great Matthew Hayden has hailed the selection of Krunal Pandya as a ‘smart pick’ for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) camp in this IPL season, adding that there is ‘something special’ about this RCB unit this year. RCB halted Kolkata Knight Riders' charge...

Dhaka: Denied an opportunity to end his ODI career at the Champions Trophy due to a suspect bowling action, Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan says the national cricket board should have communicated with him in a better manner. Left-arm spinner Shakib was suspended from bowling...

New Delhi: After going unsold in the auction, seam bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur is set to return to the IPL with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) roping him in as a replacement for Mohsin Khan, who was ruled out owing to an injury. Under new captain...

Kolkata: "We don't need to panic," said Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane after their heavy loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL opener, firmly backing their explosive middle-order despite its failure to deliver. The defending champions, under new skipper Rahane, were scoring at...

Kolkata: Magnificent fifties by star batter Virat Kohli and new signing Phil Salt guided Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a comfortable seven-wicket win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of the IPL 2025 in Kolkata Saturday. Kohli (59 not out, 36b, 4x4,...

Ranchi: Top contenders Hockey Association of Odisha, Hockey Haryana and Hockey Mizoram had fruitful outings as they won their respective matches on the fourth day of the Final Phase of the National Women’s Hockey League 2024-2025 at the Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda International Hockey...

Kolkata: A transformed Ajinkya Rahane dazzled on his Kolkata Knight Riders captaincy debut with a 25-ball fifty, but Krunal Pandya's game-changing three-wicket burst ensured that the defending champions fell well short of the 200-mark, managing a below-par 174 for 8 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in...