NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore notched up a resounding 112-run win over Rajasthan Royals in their IPL 2023 match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday. With the win, RCB jumped to the fifth spot with 12 points from 12 matches to be in contention for a play-off berth while RR moved down … Read more
IPL 2023, the 16th edition of the tournament has so far been a very open one. After the first 42 matches, 1 team is on 12 points, 4 teams on 10 points, 2 on 8 points, 2 on 6 points and 1 on 4 points. The race for the playoffs berths is well and truly … Read more
NEW DELHI: Royal Challengers Bangalore pacer Harshal Patel did manage to dismiss explosive CSK opener Devon Conway in the IPL 2023 clash between RCB and CSK on Monday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, but he couldn’t complete his full quota of 4 overs and had to be taken off the attack after bowling two deliveries … Read more
NEW DELHI: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has termed Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the best captain in the Indian Premier League history. Lauding CSK skipper Dhoni, Gavaskar, who played 125 Tests and 108 ODIs for India between 1971 and 1987, said “there hasn’t been a captain like him and will never be one like him in … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals (DC) assistant coach Shane Watson came in support of Prithvi Shaw for his dismal run in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Baking out-of-form Shaw, Watson said that a “player like Prithvi does not just fall out of a tree.”Shaw came in as an impact player against RCB on Saturday and was … Read more
On Saturday, Ajinkya Rahane showed that class is permanent. Making his debut for the Chennai Super Kings, Rahane smashed the fastest fifty of this IPL season off just 19 balls, which sealed CSK’s win over Mumbai Indians. Rahane smashed 61 runs off just 27 balls, including seven fours and three sixes, which helped CSK race … Read more
CHENNAI: It’s still early days in IPL 16, but openers seem to be calling the shots. And come Monday at Chepauk, it could be an intriguing battle of two Indian openers — KL Rahul and Ruturaj Gaikwad — which could decide who takes the honours — Chennai Super Kings or Lucknow Super Giants.While Rahul’s opening … Read more
‘Workload management’ is the buzzword for India’s players heading into another IPL season, especially with the World Test Championship final to follow soon after…“I mean, it’s all up to the franchises now,” a disappointed Rohit Sharma had said after India were beaten in the third ODI by Australia in Chennai and lost the series 1-2. … Read more
Former India captain and Ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly talks to TOI about workload management, preparing a team for the World Cup and effects of the rise of T20s…NEW DELHI: Sourav Ganguly likes to be absorbed in cricket. After overseeing a rigorous training session as Delhi Capitals’ director of cricket at the Ferozeshah Kotla, as he … Read more
KOCHI: It’s time again for the 10 IPL franchises to shell out some serious money to bolster their squads ahead of the next season. The IPL mini-auctions are here and this time the venue is a non-IPL centre, Kochi.Unlike last year’s mega auctions, this is a smaller affair with only 87 slots to be filled … Read more