MUMBAI: Virat Kohli on Sunday fell for his third golden duck this IPL season to extend the Indian superstar’s grave batting slump. Opening the batting for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Mumbai, Kohli flicked the ball straight to short mid-wicket off left-arm spinner Jagadeesha Suchith. A wicket of the first delivery for J … Read more
LONDON: One of T20 cricket’s all-time greats, Chris Gayle has revealed that he opted out of IPL 2022 because of lack of respect, saying he “wasn’t treated properly” in the last couple of years despite doing so much. The swashbuckling West Indian has been one of the top performers with the bat since the inception … Read more
PUNE: Quinton de Kock laid the platform with a commanding fifty and his pacers then terrorised Kolkata Knight Riders to record a crushing 75-run victory for Lucknow Super Giants which put them on top of the table with an IPL play-off berth being a formality now. For last year’s runners-up KKR, eight points from 11 … Read more
MUMBAI: Pacer Daniel Sams displayed ice-cool temperament as he conceded just three runs in the last over to help Mumbai Indians pull off a stunning five-run victory over table-toppers Gujarat Titans in an IPL game on Saturday. MI were seemingly down and out with the Titans’ opening pair of Wriddhiman Saha (55 off 40 balls) … Read more
NEW DELHI: Virat Kohli has not been able to score fluently in the IPL this season and it is a matter of concern that he is getting out to different types of bowlers, observed former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop. Kohli has managed just 175 runs with a top score of 58 at a strike … Read more
NAVI MUMBAI: Punjab Kings’ batter Liam Livingstone on Tuesday smashed the biggest six of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season. With the ball travelling a gigantic distance of 117m off Livingstone’s bat, it left everybody in awe, including Gujarat Titans’ bowler Mohammed Shami and Punjab skipper Mayank Agarwal. India veteran Shami came to … Read more
Punjab ride on Rabada’s four-for & Dhawan’s class to romp to 8-wkt win over table-topping TitansThe experienced Shikhar Dhawan may be out of the reckoning for India in the T20Is set-up but that hasn’t dimmed his will to make a comeback to the national team. AS IT HAPPENED | SCORECARD | POINTS TABLEOn Tuesday, he … Read more
NEW DELHI: The IPL final will be played in Ahmedabad on May 29 while the Women’s T20 Challenge exhibition event will be held in Pune from May 23-May 28, the BCCI confirmed on Tuesday. As PTI reported last month, the IPL Qualifier 1 and Eliminator will be held in Kolkata on May 24 and 25 … Read more
MUMBAI: The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will stage the Qualifier 2 (on May 27) and the final (on May 29), while the Eden Gardens in Kolkata will host Qualifier 1 and Eliminator of IPL 2022, BCCI secretary Jay Shah told ANI on Tuesday. The league stage of the tournament will conclude in Maharashtra on … Read more
NEW DELHI: When Chennai Super Kings’ star pacer Deepak Chahar was ruled out of IPL 2022 with an injury, the four-time champions were looking for a suitable replacement for the star pacer. CSK threw that challenge towards Maharashtra’s left-arm pacer Mukesh Choudhary, who has played 13 First Class matches so far. The 25-year-old made his … Read more