Explained: How wide does a delivery have to be for it to be a wide ball? What does the new MCC rule say?

NEW DELHI: In cricket, especially in the shortest format of the game, every run is important, so is every dot ball. Sometimes a single run could be the difference between winning and losing, triumph and defeat. Bowlers practice for hours just to get their lines and lengths right, but modern batters are almost always on … Read more

IPL 2022, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings Highlights: Warner, Shaw help Delhi notch up emphatic 9-wicket win over Punjab

‘Control the controllable’ is right up there among the most used clichés in Indian cricket. It has been the get-out-of-tricky-situation phrase for most cricketers. If ever the phrase carried significance, it was on Wednesday evening for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings. With Tim Seifert becoming the sixth member in three days from the Capitals contingent … Read more

IPL 2022: DC’s Tim Seifert tests positive for Covid-19, tonight’s game against Punjab under doubt

MUMBAI: The IPL game between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings on Wednesday evening has been put under serious doubt after wicket-keeper batter Tim Seifert tested positive for Covid-19. The New Zealand player is the second overseas cricketer in the Capitals team after Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to catch the infection, taking the overall count of … Read more

DC vs PBKS Live Score, IPL 2022: Covid-hit Delhi Capitals grapple with uncertainty against Punjab Kings

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 20, 2022, 16:51:54 ISTT20 MATCH LIVE UPDATES IPL 2022 DC vs PBKS live score: Check DC vs PBKS IPL live score updates, scorecard, Ball by ball commentary, live streaming and highlights on Times of India. Delhi Capitals will need to put the Covid scare in their camp behind … Read more

IPL 2022: Virat Kohli is overcooked, needs a break, says Ravi Shastri

MUMBAI: Batting stalwart Virat Kohli is mentally “overcooked” and needs to take a break from cricket in order to serve the country for at least another six-seven years, feels ex-India coach Ravi Shastri. Kohli has been going through a lean patch with just two 40-plus scores to show in last seven innings for Royal Challengers … Read more

IPL 2022, RCB vs LSG: Virat Kohli goes 100 competitive matches without a century

NAVI MUMBAI: Former India and Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli is going through a terrible run of form for some time now and his string of failures with the bat continued with a first-ball duck on Tuesday in the IPL 2022 match against Lucknow Super Giants at the D.Y Patil Stadium here. With that … Read more

IPL 2022, Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Highlights: Faf du Plessis hits 96 as Bangalore beat Lucknow by 18 runs

MUMBAI: Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis led from the front with a sparkling 96 to set up an 18-run win over Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday. The South African helped Bangalore fight back with his 64-ball knock after they lost two wickets, including Virat Kohli for a golden … Read more

LSG vs RCB Live Score, IPL 2022: Lucknow Super Giants take on Royal Challengers Bangalore

LIVE NOWTHE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 19, 2022, 17:18:27 ISTT20 MATCH LIVE UPDATES Check LSG vs RCB IPL live score updates, scorecard, Ball by ball commentary, live streaming and highlights on Times of India. KL Rahul’s elegance and Quinton de Kock’s flamboyance will be pitted against the finishing skills of Dinesh Karthik and Glenn … Read more

IPL 2022, Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders Highlights: Buttler ton, Chahal hat-trick in Rajasthan’s exciting 7-run victory over KKR

MUMBAI: Jos Buttler’s magnificent second hundred of this IPL season was beautifully complemented by a ‘five-star’ Yuzvendra Chahal, who spun his web with a hat-trick as Rajasthan Royals won a high-scoring thriller against Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 runs on Monday. Buttler’s 61-ball 103 had nine fours and five sixes as Royals scored an imposing … Read more

IPL 2022: Yuzvendra Chahal claims first hat-trick of the season

MUMBAI: Rajasthan Royals spinner Yuzvendra Chahal took the first season hat-trick of IPL in a dramatic four-wicket over against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday. Chahal sent back skipper Shreyas Iyer for 85 in Kolkata’s chase of 218 for victory and then took down Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins to return figures of 5-40 in Mumbai. … Read more