Hyderabad: Mumbai Indians defeated hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs in the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Cameron Green scored a timely half-century to help Mumbai Indians post a challenging 192 for five after being asked to bat. The home team then kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were bowled out for 178 in…
Jaipur: Blowing hot and cold, Lucknow Super Giants will look to tick all the boxes and return to winning ways when they clash with table-toppers Rajasthan Royals in an IPL match here on Wednesday. With three wins and two losses so far, LSG is a team overflowing with talent but they have missed a trick…
Bengaluru: Chennai Super Kings opener Devon Conway has sounded an ominous warning to his team’s opponents, saying his side has been aiming for 200-plus strike rates on good batting surfaces to put up imposing totals, which give them better chances of winning matches. Monday was one such day when the four-time champions scored a mammoth 226…
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore all-rounder Glenn Maxwell feels Chennai Super Kings’ left-handers did the trick for the four-time champions by exploiting the shorter boundaries to the hilt to earn a crucial eight-run win in their IPL clash here. CSK won the high-scoring ‘Southern Derby’ on Monday, with three of their left-handers — opener Devon Conway…
Bengaluru: Indian men’s hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Tuesday said the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy in Chennai will be a “litmus test” for the side ahead of the Asian Games to be held in September-October later this year. The seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy is scheduled to be held from August 3 to…
New Delhi: England’s seasoned all-rounder Moeen Ali feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni “could definitely” feature in the IPL next year, playing down the widespread supposition that the ongoing season will be the Chennai Super Kings captain’s last appearance in the T20 league. At 41, the World Cup-winning former India skipper continues to attract massive following across…
Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar sat in the dressing room instead of team dug-out as he didn’t want son Arjun to deviate from his plans on his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians against Kolkata Knight Riders. The 23-year-old left-arm seamer had figures of 0 for 17 in 2 overs with six dot balls after stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav…
Ahmedabad: Rajasthan Royals head coach Kumar Sangakkara feels captain Sanju Samson’s three sixes on the trot against Gujarat Titans premier leg-spinner Rashid Khan proved to be the game changer during their successful run chase in the Indian Premier League here. Samson (60 off 32 balls) hit three successive sixes off Rashid in the 13th over…
Paris: The 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony, the most prestigious honours in sport, will be held in the French capital here on May 8. The event will mark a return to a physical awards format, following two years of virtual presentations as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, read a statement from the…
