Chennai: Chennai Super Kings will need to improve significantly in all departments of the game to trouble a potent Punjab Kings in their first home game of the Indian Premier League here on Friday. It was an uninspiring start for CSK in their opener against Rajasthan Royals. CSK, now a team full of youngsters, did…
Lucknow: Sameer Rizvi gave ample display of his talent, coming in as an ‘Impact Substitute’, as Delhi Capitals cantered home by six wickets against Lucknow Super Giants despite initial stutters to make a winning start in the IPL here on Wednesday. Chasing a lowly target of 142, DC were reduced to 26 for 4 within…
Chandigarh: Young left-hander Cooper Connolly made a memorable IPL debut with a match-winning 72 off 44 balls, complementing Yuzvendra Chahal’s skillful spell to guide Punjab Kings to a three-wicket win over Gujarat Titans on Tuesday. After PBKS chose to field, leg-spinner Chahal (2/28 in 4 overs) used his vast experience to choke GT in the…
Paphos (Cyprus): Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa suffered a major setback in his campaign, going down to Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan in the third round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament here on Tuesday. The defeat with the white pieces could prove costly for Praggnanandhaa, who had begun his campaign on a high by defeating Dutch Grandmaster…
Guwahati: Rajasthan Royals’ teen batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Monday said the team’s senior players and support staff, including head coach Kumar Sangakkara, have given him the freedom to keep playing his attacking game. The 15-year-old prodigy blazed away to a 15-ball fifty to power RR to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings…
Our Sports Bureau Hyderabad: The 12th edition of the Greenwood Cricket League (GCL) concluded on a high note on Sunday, at the BBC Court, with Smashers emerging as deserving champions after a clinical performance in the final. Boomerangs finished runners-up, while Snipers secured third place, followed by Warriors, Panthers, and Hustlers in the standings. In…
Our Sports Dek As this e-paper continues to report on alleged irregularities within the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), signs of growing frustration among certain stakeholders are beginning to surface. Some individuals, expressing dissatisfaction over what they perceive as inaction, have pointed to the lack of visible progress from the High Court-appointed Supervisory Committee led by…
Mumbai: Mumbai Indians rode on blistering half-centuries from former skipper Rohit Sharma (78) and Ryan Rickelton (81) to comfortably beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets thus breaking the hoodoo of not winning any of their opening games in last 13 editions of the IPL, here on Sunday. While they had lost each of their…
Bengaluru: Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Daniel Vettori labelled his side’s bowling display against Royal Challengers Bengaluru as “poor”, conceding they allowed Devdutt Padikkal and Virat Kohli far too many scoring opportunities in the IPL opener here. After raising 201 for 9 in the season-opener on Saturday, the Hyderabad side could not tackle the marauding Padikkal…
MS Shanker The arrival of the Indian Premier League season is supposed to be a celebration of cricket—packed stadiums, electrifying contests, and fans living every ball. Instead, what unfolds behind the scenes is far less glamorous: a scramble for free passes, entitlement politics, and a quiet sidelining of the very people who built the game….
