Unlike most of his contemporaries, B. Sai Sudharsan employs a bat-down technique. He awaits the bowler in his crease with the bottom edge of the bat resting on the ground. He raises his bat to load his shot only when the bowler reaches the popping crease, adjusting the extent of his backswing based on his…
Everybody knew. The moment the revised playing conditions for the rain-affected Rajasthan Royals-Mumbai Indians clash confirmed that only one bowler per team can bowl three overs, everybody nodded in agreement. Jasprit Bumrah is going to get three. Why bother thinking? The one other thing everyone knew, or rather expected, was the coming together of Bumrah…
Heinrich Klaasen entered this season of the Indian Premier League carrying a few lingering self-doubts. The South African has been away from the intensity and grind of international cricket for nearly a year, a gap that can unsettle even the most seasoned players in a format as unforgiving as Twenty20. Determined to stay competitive, Klaasen…
Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill remains a fitness watch ahead of Wednesday’s IPL clash against Delhi Capitals after missing the previous game with a muscle spasm. Gill had sat out the contest against Rajasthan Royals in Ahmedabad, where visuals showed him heavily bandaged around the shoulder and neck area. The concern is not entirely new….
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (IPL photo) After Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashed two sixes off Jasprit Bumrah, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan praised the 15-year-old prodigy, explaining how he forced the world’s best bowler to think. Sooryavanshi grabbed headlines when he took on Jasprit Bumrah, widely regarded as the world’s best bowler, he smashed him for two sixes in…
Hardik Pandya in post match conference (Screengrab/X) Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya pointed fingers at his bowling unit after their 27-run defeat to Rajasthan Royals in a rain-curtailed 11-overs-a-side IPL 2026 clash at the ACA Stadium.Opting to bowl first, Mumbai failed to make early inroads as Rajasthan’s openers, Yashasvi Jaiswal and teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi,…
Delhi Capitals will take on Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi on April 8. Capitals is on a golden run having won both its matches against Lucknow and Mumbai by six wickets. Titans is still looking for momentum having lost both its encounters against PBKS by three wickets and RR by six runs….
Delhi Capitals will look to further its string of success as it welcomes a winless Gujarat Titans at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. The Capitals are on a roll this season, securing dominating wins against LSG by six wickets in the first game and MI by the same margin in the second….
Earlier this year, Apollo Tyres — the new lead sponsor for Indian cricket — signalled a clear shift in tone with its ‘Har Safar Mein Dum Hai’ campaign, moving away from light-hearted advertising to a more reflective, story-driven narrative. Anchored by Sachin Tendulkar and the journeys of India’s leading cricketers, the campaign draws a parallel…
Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach Mahela Jayawardene conceded that his team’s bowling plans failed, particularly early on, in its Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 defeat to Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati. Royals’ openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi blazed their way to 80 runs from just five overs in the rain-shortened game. The away team never…
