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Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL match here Thursday. For SRH, Jaydev Unadkat came in for Washington Sundar, while RCB fielded the same team. Bottom-placed RCB are on a six-match...

Karachi: In a surprise development, Bismah Maroof, one of Pakistan's most high-profile women cricketers and former captain, Thursday announced retirement from all international cricket with immediate effect. Bismah, 32, was forced into a long break from cricket, first due to a fitness issue in 2020...

Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reconstituted its national selection committee for women's cricket after West Indies overwhelmed the home side 3-0 in the ICC women's league series in Karachi. Charismatic all-rounder Healy Matthews led the West Indies' charge by scoring 140 and 142...

Lahore: Pakistan's seasoned wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan remains doubtful for the tours to Ireland and England in May after being sidelined from the home T20 series against New Zealand. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Wednesday that Rizwan and young batsman, Irfan Khan Niazi, had both...

Mumbai: Maharashtra cyber cell has summoned actor Tamannaah Bhatia in connection with the alleged promotion of the viewing of IPL matches on a subsidiary app of the Mahadev online gaming and betting application, officials said Thursday. The actor has been asked to appear before the...

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals (DC) bowler Rasikh Salam Dar was reprimanded for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during Match 40 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 against Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium Wednesday night. “Dar committed a Level 1 offence under...

New Delhi: Rishabh Pant dazzled with an unbeaten 88 as Delhi Capitals defeated Gujarat Titans by four runs in the Indian Premier League here Wednesday. Invited to bat, Pant (88 not out of 43 balls) and Axar Patel (66 off 43 balls) scored contrasting fifties...

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Wednesday named sprint legend Usain Bolt as the ambassador of the upcoming T20 World Cup to be played in the West Indies and USA from June 1 to 29. Jamaica-born Bolt had created history at the 2008 Olympic Games...

New Delhi: Skipper Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel forged a blistering century stand en route to quickfire individual half-centuries to power Delhi Capitals to a solid 224 for 4 against Gujarat Titans in an IPL match here Wednesday. Pant and Axar stitched 113 off just...

New Delhi: Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to bowl in the Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals here Wednesday. Gill, playing his 100th IPL match, announced an unchanged playing XI for the contest. The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals, who...