Bengaluru: Jos Buttler made a fifty marked by creativity and sustained aggression to support the impeccable spell of Mohammed Siraj as Gujarat Titans carved a smooth eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Wednesday. Buttler (73 not out, 39b, 5×4, 6×6) and B Sai Sudharsan (49, 36b) added 75 runs…
Mumbai: India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has decided to leave Mumbai, his domestic team that made him the cricketer that he is, citing personal reasons. Jaiswal wrote to the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday, expressing his wish to leave Mumbai for Goa, and the governing body has accepted his request. Jaiswal’s shock move will see the…
Lucknow: The pint-sized Prabhsimran Singh packed a mean punch in his enthralling 34-ball 69 as Punjab Kings outclassed Lucknow Super Giants by 8 wickets with a commanding all-round performance in an IPL game here on Monday. Chasing a target of 172 on a track that offered grip and variable bounce, Punjab were off to a…
Guwahati: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) coach Stephen Fleming has explained to the team’s faithful that they should not expect former captain and all-time team talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni to walk in to bat around the 9th or 10th over mark in the Indian Premier League 2025. Dhoni managed to score just 16 runs off 11…
Guwahati: Nitish Rana smashed a blistering 36-ball 81, while leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga starred with a four-wicket haul as the Rajasthan Royals (RR) opened their account with a hard-fought six-run victory over the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL here on Sunday. Promoted to number 3, left-handed Rana dominated the CSK bowlers, hitting 10 boundaries…
Girja Shankar Dixit Pahlan Ratanji (Polly) Umrigar (March 28, 1926 – November 7, 2006) was a legendary Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Bombay (Mumbai) and Gujarat. A right-handed middle-order batter and an off-spin bowler, he was one of the most prominent figures in Indian cricket history. Umrigar’s cricket career spanned from 1948 to…
Guwahati: Mitchell Starc’s five-wicket haul powered Delhi Capitals to a commanding seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, marking their second successive IPL victory here on Sunday. Opting to bat, SRH stumbled to 163 in 18.4 overs despite unheralded Aniket Verma’s brilliant 74 off 41 balls and Heinrich Klaasen’s 32 off 19. Kuldeep Yadav took 3 for…
Bengaluru: The Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday sought the intervention of BCCI and the IPL Governing Council to halt the recurring “blackmailing tactics” by the Hyderabad Cricket Association, but the state unit denied all such charges by the franchise. The Sunrisers in a mail to the governing body’s top brass, which is in PTI’s possession, said…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill said on Saturday that the decision to play the IPL match against Mumbai Indians on a black soil pitch was taken even before the tournament began in the hope of keeping a potent MI lineup muffled. The plan worked to perfection as the Mumbai batters struggled in the chase…
Ahmedabad: A game-changing spell from pacer Prasidh Krishna (2/18) complemented Sai Sudharsan’s sparkling half-century as Gujarat Titans secured a commanding 36-run win over the Mumbai Indians in the IPL here on Saturday. Sudharsan showcased his growing stature with a composed 63 off 41 balls (4×4, 2×6), and his 78-run partnership with skipper Shubman Gill (38…
