A campaign that started with Sunrisers Hyderabad being a title favourite has quickly fizzled out, with the battered and bruised team now looking at ever-decreasing odds of sealing an IPL playoff spot. As head coach Daniel Vettori lamented after the defeat to Gujarat Titans, nothing has clicked for SRH thus far, with the side coming…
Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants are over-reliant on their respective top orders – one by design, the other by force. When the two four-season-old teams meet in Lucknow’s Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday, the result could be decided by which top order outscores the other. The two teams have adopted contrasting strategies: the Super…
England cricket great James Anderson has been awarded a knighthood in former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honors list. Anderson — often referred to as “Jimmy” — retired from test cricket in July with more wickets than any other fast bowler in the history of the format. According to the British government, Anderson will…
Chennai Super Kings posted 103 for nine during its Indian Premier League 2025 match against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai on Friday. This was the side’s lowest team total at home in the IPL. If CSK pulls off this defence, it would become the lowest team score defended in the competition. The previous record also…
Chennai Super Kings on Friday recorded its lowest total in the Indian Premier League at its home ground, M.A. Chidambaram Stadium. The five-time champion could only post 103 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2025 match. This was only the third occassion when CSK did not cross 120 runs at its home. The…
Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in an IPL 2025 match at the Chepauk on Friday. With the win, KKR jumped to third in the league standing, while CSK continued to be rooted to the second-last spot in the table, with only Sunrisers Hyderabad behind it. Gujarat Titans is atop the…
Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets in an IPL 2025 match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. KKR coasted to the win with 59 balls remaining, resigning CSK to its biggest defeat (in terms of balls remaining). KKR’s win was set up by a dominant performance with the ball, which…
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had failed while chasing in four consecutive games heading into its fourth home game of the IPL 2025 season against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). On the eve of the game, head coach Stephen Fleming suggested that batting first might just help break the team’s downward trajectory. The coach got what…
With all six teams at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier having played a game each, four sides returned to action on Day 3. While Pakistan and Scotland had won their opening fixtures, West Indies and Ireland had dropped points. We take a look at how the second round of games featuring the…
File photo of Shadab Khan.© AFP Pakistan’s senior all-rounder Shadab Khan has said he is frustrated by repeated allegations of being favoured and promoted by his father-in-law Saqlain Mushtaq, who holds considerable influence in the country’s apex body for cricket. Saqlain, who is one of the five mentors appointed by the Pakistan Cricket…
