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The Indian Super League (ISL) is gearing up for an electrifying finale as it unveils the potential venues for the 2023-2024 season’s ultimate showdown. Set for Saturday, May 4th, the final will unfold at the home turf of the team boasting the higher rank among the finalists. The league witnessed a nail-biting climax as Mohun Bagan clinched victory over Mumbai City FC on April 15th, seizing the League shield, with FC Goa securing third place. Now, the spotlight shifts to Kolkata, Mumbai, and Goa as potential hosts for the ISL Final, promising fans an intense battle on the pitch. Excitement…

Shahid Hashmi “Yeah, I would love to (play a Test series against Pakistan at a neutral venue). It would be a great contest.” These are the most inspiring words that the affable India captain Rohit Sharma said in a podcast. The words made my day. Rohit’s desire infused a new life, a new vigour and a new determination in my ageing bones, fingers and mind. I have already started envisaging – over 90,000 fans shouting at the iconic MCG, Shaheen Shah Afridi from the City End hurtling in to bowl to Rohit Sharma. “Well left,” comments the always euphonious Harsha…

Played 6, won 1, lost 5 and rooted to the bottom of the 10-team points table – That is the Progress Report of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s performance at almost the halfway stage of IPL 2024. It indeed makes for a sorry reading. Against that backdrop, can RCB chisel out the right path and give its millions of fans something to cheer about in the rest of their campaign? For that to happen, they have to beat in-form Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next IPL game at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. For RCB to bounce back, they need to rectify enough defects in…

Jos Buttler’s unbeaten 100 off 58 deliveries trumped Virat Kohli’s undefeated ton as Rajasthan Royals handed Royal Challengers Bengaluru yet another defeat in the IPL 2024. Royals chased down the target of 184 with five balls to spare to go atop the table with 8 points. Buttler, Samson and fireworks; RCB miss a trick At the start of the game, Reece Topley extracted a hint of bounce and just enough movement to trouble Royals’ batters. He was also rewarded with the scalp of Yashasvi Jaiswal. Faf du Plessis could have continued with Topley for one more over, but decided not…

Scenes of joy erupted at the SSA Stadium in Shillong, on Saturday, April 6, 2024, where Mohammedan Sporting defeated Shillong Lajong 2-1 to claim their maiden I-League title. It was a hard-fought game where Mohammedan Sporting needed a point to secure the title, but Shillong Lajong gave it everything to try and stop their opponents. In the end, however, two brilliant goals by Alexis Nahuel Gomez and Evgenii Kozlov got them over the line. The Black and White Brigade have been in the I-League before, but winning the competition for the first time is a special feeling for everyone associated…

Sunrisers Hyderabad returned to winning ways as they defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets with 11 balls to spare in Uppal, sealing their second win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. After restricting CSK to a below-par total of 165, the hosts comfortably chased down the total, courtesy a blistering start by Abhishek Sharma and fine 50 off 36 by Aiden Markram, followed by finishing touches from Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy. Vintage Bhuvi on show Bhuvneshwar Kumar was at his best as he read the conditions early and deployed the cutters to trouble the Chennai batters. After…

Delhi Capitals got their campaign back on track with a comfortable 20-run win over Chennai Super Kings at their home away from home in Visakhapatnam. Khaleel Ahmed and Mukesh Kumar shared five wickets between them while David Warner, Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant played valuable hands. The crowd was also able to witness MS Dhoni turning the clock back with an unbeaten 37 off 16. Rishabh Pant showcases flashes of brilliance There has been a lot of talk surrounding Pant’s (51 runs) comeback. After a couple of failures, Pant gave a glimpse of his pyrotechnics by tonking Matheesha Pathirana and…

Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden clinched the Miami Masters in what was a marathon final. As a result, at 44, Bopanna secured his sixth ATP Masters 1000 title, surpassing his own record and becoming the oldest player to achieve this milestone. Bopanna was ecstatic about the summit clash win as he continued an “amazing year”. “This is a dream run. As I say, Level 44. It’s been an amazing year,” Bopanna exclusively told RevSportz just after the final win in Miami. In an intense final match, they defeated Ivan Dodic and Austin Krajicek. Despite facing a tough challenge, they rallied…

Two defeats in two matches for Mumbai Indians and their captain Hardik Pandya is in the line of fire. Pandya was booed in Ahmedabad and Hyderabad ostensibly for the reason that he took over MI captaincy from Rohit Sharma. It’s a case of fan wars turning “very ugly” and veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has called for an end to it. During a show on his YouTube channel, Ashwin has come out in support of Pandya, calling out the fans who have been venomously targeting the MI captain. The five-time IPL champions bagged Pandya in a Rs 15-crore transfer before this…

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have roped in Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, a 16-year-old right-arm off-spinner from Afghanistan, to replace Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who is sidelined due to injury for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Ghazanfar, who has participated in two ODIs for Afghanistan, has played three T20s and six List A matches, claiming five and four wickets respectively. His acquisition comes at his base price of Rs 20 lakh. Meanwhile, Mujeeb is currently in London, recovering from a finger injury, as confirmed by his manager Kaustav Lahiri. The youngest player in the IPL 2023 auction, when he was 15, Ghazanfar…