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In a bid to help the pace bowlers counter the big-hitting prowess of batters, a new rule has been ushered in the IPL – Two bouncers per over. So, how does Vijay Shankar, the seam-bowling all-rounder from Gujarat Titans, go about employing the two bouncers? “As a bowler, one has to use that in the right way. There are a few grounds in India which are really big in terms of square boundaries and on those venues, every fast bowler will use bouncers,” he said in a virtual press conference ahead of GT’s game against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad. The…

In its ongoing effort to strengthen its sports footprint, HRX has entered into a partnership with the Indian Street Premier League (ISPL). HRX, along with Hrithik Roshan, is a co-owner of the KVN Bangalore Striker Team, but the collaboration extends to another team in the ISPL as well – Falcons Hyderabad, where HRX serves as the official fitness partner. The whole thing involves on-ground brand, jersey branding and content integration. The series was broadcast on Sony sports. HRX has also been collaborating with both teams on social content. The ISPL is a T10 cricket league that had its first season…

The HRX Half Marathon 2.0 at Mindspace, Malad, in Mumbai on March 31 promises to be a celebration of athleticism and endurance. The participants will have the pure joy of running and already around 3,000 runners from all over India have registered themselves for the event. The number is likely to increase significantly over the next two days. It will be a day of excitement and camaraderie. Prize money for the event is in excess of Rs 3 lakh across various categories. Gifts worth Rs 4 lakh will be handed over separately. But why does HRX arrange a half-marathon? This…

Amid the bedlam of 523 runs being scored, Pat Cummins’s 2 for 35 proved to be the decisive factor as Sunrisers Hyderabad usurped Mumbai Indians by 31 runs in an IPL 2024 game in Hyderabad. MI finished with 246 after SRH had accumulated a record-breaking 277. Cummins – The X-factor The SRH skipper came into the attack in the fifth over and immediately made a difference by removing the dangerous Rohit Sharma for 26 off just 12 deliveries. It was Cummins’s trademark hit-the-deck skills that came to the fore on that occasion. By then, Shahbaz Ahmed, the left-arm spinner, had…

Umesh Yadav held his nerve after giving away a six and a boundary in the last over as Gujarat Titans usurped Mumbai Indians by just six runs in front of a massive home crowd in Ahmedabad. It was a fine all-round show from GT as five of their six bowlers shared the nine wickets between them. Umesh’s wisdom of experience The experienced pacer is known for bowling at an irritable or waspish pace. Not exactly slower ones. After Umesh’s slower short ball was carted for a six by Hardik, Umesh backed his strength and was duly rewarded. He dismissed Hardik…

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha FC’s near-perfect IWL 2023-24 season ended on a flawless note on the lush green turf of Kalinga Stadium when they outclassed Kickstart FC 6-0 to bag their maiden title on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Packed with National Team stars, the champions, who led 3-0 at half time, were aided by a hat-trick by former India U17 captain Lynda Kom. While Pyari Xaxa scored a brace, Karthika Angamuthu struck a stunner to complete the rout. Lynda and Pyari combined to slam in three goals within 22 minutes to make sure the championship didn’t slip out of their hands and three…

Mustafizur Rahman’s four-for turned out to be the difference between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru as the former began their IPL 2024 campaign with a six-wicket win. The home side chased down the target of 174 in the 19th over. An exhibition of cutters Mustafizur has the run-up of a pace bowler, but ends up bowling a slew of cutters. You can only marvel at his wrist and fingers and how he flicks it at the ‘nth’ moment to employ his off-cutters. A string of batters — Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar and Cameron Green — fell…

India’s hopes of making it to the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying for the 2026 World Cup were dealt a severe blow when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Afghanistan at the Damac Stadium in Abha in Saudi Arabia. In qualifying for the Asian Cup two years ago, India had needed a last-gasp goal from Sahal Abdul Samad to edge out Afghanistan 2-1. Here, at a neutral venue in what was supposedly a ‘home’ game for the Afghans, Sahal was missing with an injured hamstring, and India’s huff and puff resulted in nothing more than a…

“It felt like RCB’s vanvaas (isolation period) was over.” Outside the Chinnaswamy stadium, this line was repeated by quite a few fans of RCB before attending the Unbox event. The connecting point for the above-mentioned line was Smriti Mandhana-led RCB side winning the Women’s Premier League. It had led to wild celebrations in certain pockets of the city as the franchise had filled their cabinet with a trophy for the first time in over 16 years. At the event, all eyes were trained on Virat Kohli’s entry into the stadium. Mandhana was given a guard of honour by the men’s…

Hardik Pandya and hype go together. He is a big cricketer, no doubting that. Yet, when the 30-year-old maverick takes the field as captain of Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), fans and experts will watch him very closely. Indeed, the 30-year-old all-rounder has had a fantastic last two years in the IPL as captain of Gujarat Titans. To win the trophy in 2022 and finish as runner-up in 2023 to Chennai Super Kings, Pandya’s record is impressive. Past perfect, will the future be tense? This is the question on the minds of many as Pandya has been…