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With almost all teams having played 10 matches, it is that time of the IPL where every single win or loss could make a massive difference in relation to progressing to the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals have been on a bit of a losing streak, slipping to fourth place in the points table. Meanwhile, their next opponent, Sunrisers Hyderabad, have picked up just six points after playing nine matches. Rajasthan have been wading through a mire in the last few games. They slipped to a gut-wrenching loss against Mumbai Indians, and that was followed by crushing a nine-wicket defeat to Gujarat…

April 5, 2010. The third season of the IPL. Lalit Modi still commissioner of the league. Both Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians had yet to win the title. That was the last time Chennai beat Mumbai at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. A fortress against other side, Mumbai had won six straight there, including one in the now-defunct Champions League. But this emphatic six-wicket win, which took Chennai up to second in the table, and put a big dent in Mumbai’s play-off hopes, not only ended that losing streak, but it also completed the double for the season over their…

Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian captain and current Director of Cricket at Delhi Capitals, has expressed his backing for the inclusion of Ajinkya Rahane in the Indian Test team for the significant World Test Championship 2023 final. Ganguly has also expressed his faith in Rahane’s ability to capitalize on this opportunity after being recalled to the Test side. Shreyas Iyer’s back injury created a vacancy in the middle-order, leading to Rahane’s return to the Test team. Despite being dropped from the team in 2022, the right-hander performed well in the 2022-23 Ranji Trophy season, scoring 634 runs in seven games…

Pakistan men’s cricket team has achieved the top spot in the ICC ODI rankings following their triumph against New Zealand in the fourth ODI at Karachi’s National Bank Cricket Arena. It is worth noting that Pakistan has the highest win percentage of 70.37 in 50-over cricket since the World Cup 2019, winning 19 out of 27 matches. Babar Azam, the Pakistan skipper, also set new records in ODI cricket by becoming the fastest player to score 18 ODI centuries. He also surpassed Hashim Amla’s record of fastest to 5000 ODI runs, reaching the milestone in just 97 innings as compared to…





Delhi Capitals have been dealt a severe blow as fast bowler Anrich Nortje has returned home because of a personal emergency. The South African cricketer will be unavailable for the side’s clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. At the moment, it is also unclear whether he will return to India to play in the IPL. Incidentally, the pace bowler had missed the first two games of the tournament because of his national commitments. In the eight matches he has played since then, he has taken seven wickets and has been an integral part of the…

Joshua Little, Gujarat Titans’ pace bowler, will be returning to Ireland to join the national squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against Bangladesh, set to begin on May 9. Following the conclusion of the ODI series, Little will travel back to India to join the Titans squad on May 14 for the latter stages of the tournament. Little’s last game before departure came against Rajasthan Royals (RR), in Jaipur, on Friday night. In the current season, Little has played eight matches and claimed six wickets at an economy rate of 8.20. “We wish Josh the best as…

With the cricket calendar so packed and the schedule just relentless, it’s nearly impossible to soak up and appreciate some achievements. But a few still stand out. Nepal’s stirring run of 11 wins from 12 matches to make it to the World Cup qualifier for the third time was one much, as was the encore that the players delivered by winning the ACC Premier Cup. That second triumph ensured that Nepal would play in the Asia Cup for the first time, in a group that includes India and Pakistan. Sports fans love a Cinderella story. We love a giant-killing. Nothing…

The first time Napoli won the Serie A title, in 1986-87, some of the Partenopei fans sprayed graffiti outside one of the cemeteries in the city. The message was brutally simple: “You don’t know what you missed.” A generation on, with Maradona sadly no longer with us, and memories of the two title wins he inspired fading, Napoli’s footballers have scripted an even more remarkable chapter in the club’s history. When Maradona was playing, Serie A was the richest and most influential league in the world, but there was still a semblance of a level playing field. In the 1980s,…