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The league phase of IPL 2023 has reached its climax, with Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals still in the mix to seal the final spot in the playoffs. Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants have already taken their places in the last four. Heavy pre-monsoon rains in Bengaluru could play a massive role in relation to which team takes that final qualifying spot. As per the forecast, it is expected to rain for most of Sunday evening. It is already raining in many parts of Bengaluru, with very strong winds. As far as the…

Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have rubbished rumours of Pakistan having confirmed their World Cup participation to the International Cricket Council (ICC). Terming it ‘fake news’, the PCB officials said that things remained as they were, and there has been no development whatsoever. Pakistan is awaiting formal confirmation from the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on its proposed hybrid model for hosting the Asia Cup, and has insisted that it is the government that will decide whether the team travels to India for the World Cup in October-November 2023. This is now a wait-and-watch game. Who blinks first is…

After a fifth English Premier League title in six seasons, it’s surely time to ask: Are Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City the greatest English team of all time? We will have a conclusive answer in the next three weeks, after they take on Manchester United in the FA Cup final and Internazionale of Milan in the Champions League’s summit clash. For now, suffice to say that they’re right up there with the best to have played the game. The raw numbers are astonishing. Assuming that City win two of their three remaining league games, it will mark the fourth time that…





Even as captains of other franchises struggled to explain why certain players were not in the XI, MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings captain, thanked the team management for their behind-the-scenes contributions as he looked forward to a 12th play-off appearance in 14 seasons. “The management has been great, including the support staff,” said Dhoni after a crushing win over Delhi Capitals confirmed second place in the table and a tantalising Qualifier 1 contest against Gujarat Titans, the defending champions. “They’ve always backed us, they always tell us, ‘Don’t worry, keep doing what you’re doing, you will do well’. So,…

Jos Buttler’s performance in the current IPL season has witnessed a sharp decline. In the match against Punjab Kings (PBKS), on May 19th in Dharamshala, Buttler was dismissed by Kagiso Rabada after facing just three balls, resulting in his fifth duck of the season. It meant that Buttler now holds the unwanted record for most number of no scores in a single IPL season. What makes this downfall more intriguing is, in his first 85 innings in IPL, Buttler was dismissed for a duck only once. However, in the ongoing IPL 2023, he has experienced the misfortune. Despite these struggles,…