The IPL 2025 season is set for a shake-up with two major rule changes — bowlers can once again use saliva on the ball, and a second ball will be introduced after the 11th over of the second innings to tackle the dew factor. While these tweaks aim to balance the game, here are five … 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
Nicholas Pooran moved to the top of the Orange Cap standings after his 70-run knock for Lucknow Super Giants against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. The southpaw and opener Mitchell Marsh overtook Australian opener Travis Head, who had jumped to the top spot after his 47-run blitz for the home team in the first innings. Sunrisers … Read more
Shardul Thakur climbed to the top of the Purple Cap standings after picking up four wickets for Lucknow Super Giants against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on Thursday. Noor Ahmad had occupied the top spot after the first round of matches after his four-wicket haul against the Mumbai Indians at Chepauk. Here is the list … 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
Then the tweakers turned things around. Rajasthan Royals was looking good with opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and stand-in captain Riyan Parag involved in a promising partnership, after Sanju Samson came forward and made enough room to get himself yorked by Vaibhav Arora. RR raced to 54 for one by the end of the PowerPlay. The KKR … Read more
Even as he warmed up with his teammates at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday evening, Vyshak Vijaykumar had no idea that he would be brought in as an Impact Player for Punjab Kings. But once the first innings was over and the Kings posted a mammoth 243 for five, the young fast bowler from … Read more
An unwell Sunil Narine will not feature in the Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2025 match in Guwahati on Wednesday. KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane revealed during the toss that the West Indian all-rounder won’t be playing the game. Instead, Moeen Ali will be making his debut for the Kolkata-based franchise, the only change … Read more
Kolkata Knight Riders will face Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2025 at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Wednesday. Here is how the two teams are likely to line up for the match: RR predicted XI Batting 1st: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Shimron … Read more
Shreyas Iyer couldn’t have wished for a better start to his tenure as Punjab Kings skipper, as he smashed an unbeaten 42-ball-97 before a disciplined bowling show by Arshdeep Singh guided the team to an 11-run win against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium here on Tuesday. On a surface where the ball came … Read more