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Lucknow: Riding on Akash Singh’s fantastic three-fer, Mitchell Marsh’s brutal 90 off 38 balls, and Nicholas Pooran’s late fireworks, Lucknow Super Giants managed to thrash Chennai Super Kings by seven wickets at the BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium Friday. CSK had posted 187/5, thanks to Kartik...

Lucknow: Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl against Chennai Super Kings in an Indian Premier League match Friday. Abdul Samad and Mukul Choudhary came in for LSG, while for CSK handed Spencer Johnson his debut in a yellow...

Kolkata: Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has left the IPL to begin preparations for New Zealand's upcoming Test tour of England, the franchise said in a squad update on the eve of their home match against Gujarat Titans. "Rachin Ravindra has returned home to...

Dharamsala: Calling the fifth straight loss a "tough pill to swallow", captain Shreyas Iyer admitted that Punjab Kings were outplayed by Tilak Varma, whose mature 75-run unbeaten knock guided Mumbai Indians to a six-wicket win in a crucial IPL clash here Thursday. "Well, absolutely a...

Dharamsala: Shardul Thakur returned with excellent figures of 4 for 39 but Punjab Kings still scored 200 for 8 in their IPL match against Mumbai Indians Thursday. Invited to bat, Prabhsimran Singh top-scored for Punjab with a 32-ball 57 while Azmatullah Omarzai chipped in with...

Dharamsala: Star India pacer Jasprit Bumrah won the toss in his first captaincy role for Mumbai Indians and opted to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings Thursday. Mumbai Indians are already out of the IPL play-offs race. MI made two changes...

New Delhi: Teenage batting prodigy Vaibhav Sooryavanshi was Thursday named in the 15-member India A squad for the tri-nation 50-over series in Sri Lanka, starting June 9. Apart from the hosts, the other team in the tournament is Afghanistan A. The matches will be played...

Mumbai: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have picked Dian Forrester as Jamie Overton’s replacement after the latter was ruled out of the remainder of the season due to a right thigh injury. Overton returned to England due to a right thigh injury. The seam-bowling all-rounder’s absence...

Raipur: Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli says he is not immune to the anxiety that comes with performance pressure, admitting that consecutive ducks in the last couple of IPL matches had left him a bit nervous. The 37-year-old roared back to form Wednesday night with...

New Delhi: Three IPL captains are in the line of fire due to campaigns that have been nothing short of disastrous, and they could end up losing their jobs when the season winds up later this month, sources tracking developments in various franchises have indicated....