For Brad Haddin, watching Vaibhav Suryavanshi’s stunning hundred felt like watching highlights. “The whole thing was highlights,” Punjab Kings’ assistant coach said in Dharamsala on Saturday. “You didn’t have to sit for a long time to watch it. It was extraordinary viewing.” “What I liked most about his batting was that the ball kept going…
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) got off to a flyer against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match on Saturday, smashing 62 runs off just 33 balls. Over the course of his stay in the middle, Kohli hit 5 sixes and 5 fours, stitching a brilliant 97-run stand for…
Dark clouds hung ominously for much of the day, and then it rained pretty heavily. The HPCA Stadium still looked pretty as a picture. “The first thing the players – especially the foreign ones — after reaching the ground do is to take out their phones (and click pictures),” Brad Haddin, Punjab Kings’ assistant coach,…
Zimbabwe named a 15-member squad for the historic Test against England, to be played on May 22 at Trent Bridge. The team announcement sees the return of star all-rounder Sikandar Raza, who missed the recently concluded two-Test series against Bangladesh. Overall, three changes have been made to the squad that toured Bangladesh. While Raza replaces…
The early stages of the 2025 Indian Premier League proved challenging for Rashid Khan. Returning from a hamstring injury, the Afghanistan spinner struggled in his initial outings for Gujarat Titans, conceding runs and failing to make an impact. But as the tournament progressed, Rashid regained his rhythm. With seven wickets so far, he admits that…
Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rovman Powell on Saturday said the team remains upbeat despite a challenging season so far, stressing that their fate is still in their own hands as they look to gain late momentum in the IPL. The defending champions have won just four of their 10 matches and must win…
South Africa and Gujarat Titans pacer Kagiso Rabada has been provisionally banned following the use of a recreational drug, the player confirmed in a statement on Saturday. “As has been reported, I recently returned to South Africa from participating in the IPL for personal reasons. This was due to my returning an adverse analytical finding…
A Herculean task awaits the Kolkata Knight Riders. The defending champion, with nine points from 11 outings, not only needs to win its remaining four matches to qualify for the Indian Premier League Playoffs but also has to await favourable outcomes in other games. On Sunday, the first of these tests will be against Rajasthan…
Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Rovman Powell said there was a good chance that captain and the side’s leading run-scorer Ajinkya Rahane would play against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. “He (Rahane) has shown improvement over the last few days. He has started batting, that is…
