Mitchell Marsh finds it “fascinating” to watch Nicholas Pooran sent the balls soaring into the stands and is relieved that he is not in the opposition unlike other leagues when he can just watch the West Indies dasher slaughter bowling attacks. Pooran was the star of the Lucknow Super Giants’s easy chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad … Read more
Chennai Super Kings will host archrival Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday in the Indian Premier League 2025. Here is how the two teams are likely to line up for the match: CSK Predicted Playing XI Batting 1st: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Rahul Tripathi, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, … Read more
Chennai Super Kings will take on the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, looking to start IPL 2025 with two home wins in its kitty. CSK holds a clear advantage over its arch-nemesis, having won 21 out of 33 encounters played between the two teams. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team … Read more
The rivalry between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, born out of the intensity of their fiery fan bases, will throw up its latest offering at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. That the two face off for the first time since RCB qualified for the Playoffs last season at the expense … Read more
Former England fast bowler Peter Lever, who helped his country win the 1970-71 Ashes series in Australia, has died aged 84. Lever took 41 wickets in 17 Tests and also featured in 10 One-Day Internationals, including the historic inaugural match in the format against Australia in 1971. Lever, who also starred for English county Lancashire, … Read more
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batter Tom Latham was ruled out of the One-Day International series against Pakistan with a hand injury on Thursday leaving Michael Bracewell to continue as the side’s captain. With regular white-ball captain Mitchell Santner busy in the Indian Premier League, Bracewell led New Zealand to a 4-1 victory in a T20 series against … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to make it two wins out of two when it takes on Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Thursday. A century from Ishan Kishan helped the side romp home by 44 runs against the Rajasthan Royals in its opening encounter. LSG, on the other hand, suffered … Read more
Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowling coach James Franklin said the team will have to get ‘creative’ in dealing with the Lucknow Super Giants’ batting might. Against Delhi Capitals in its IPL season opener, LSG, riding on Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh’s whirlwind knocks, looked on course to breach the 250-run mark before posting 209 for 8. … Read more
Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has joined the ODI squad in New Zealand after initially being dropped from the format for a three-match series against the Black Caps. Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi were named in the T20I squad but sidelined for the ODI series because of a sloppy outing in the Champions Trophy where host … Read more
All-rounder Fatima Sana has been retained as captain of the Pakistan team that will take part in the ICC Women’s World Cup qualifiers being held in Lahore from April 9 to 19. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors recalled young batter Shawal Zulfiqar into the squad after her recovery from a shoulder injury which she … Read more