Mumbai Indians’ Suryakumar Yadav was declared the Most Valuable Player of the Indian Premier League 2025 season. The India T20 skipper earned 320.5 MVP points over 16 matches. He hit 69 fours and 38 sixes in IPL 2025. He also took six catches that contributed to the batter moving to the top of the leaderboard. … Read more
Acquiring a lethal bowling attack in the mega auction and picking players with experience were “huge first steps” in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s march to its maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, head coach Andy Flower said. RCB defeated Punjab Kings by six runs in the final in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to end its long wait … Read more
The 2025 season of the Indian Premier League came to end on Tuesday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru beating Punjab Kings in the final to clinch its maiden title. IPL 2025 saw several uncapped players making a mark, both with the bat and the ball. Here are the top five uncapped players of the season: Prabhsimran … Read more
An IPL season that follows a mega auction rarely plays out as predicted. With reshaped squads, fresh coaching combinations, and the unpredictability of form and fitness, every franchise starts with more questions than answers. The 2025 edition — the league’s 18th — was no different. It ended with a new champion for the first time … Read more
It had started to feel as though Virat Kohli was chasing a shadow that kept moving out of his reach. Kohli, at 36, had done the miles. The body had felt the wear, but the mind remained tuned to the rhythm of competition. He trained, he ran, he watched, he learned. He lost. He came … Read more
The Indian Premier League needs a 12-16 week operating window to match the brand value of top sporting leagues in the world including the NFL, NBA and Premier League, reckons Punjab Kings co-owner Mohit Burman. At USD 16.8 million, the IPL is only behind NFL (USD 36.8 million) in terms of per-match value but needs … Read more
The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League wound up on Tuesday with Royal Challengers Bengaluru winning its first IPL title after it beat Punjab Kings in the final in Ahmedabad. For over two months, IPL 2025 captivated audiences with its entertaining cricket, while also continuing to rake in revenue aplenty for all stakeholders. Here … Read more
It wasn’t just the Chennai Super Kings’ talisman M. S. Dhoni who faced a momentous question on May 25. CSK and Gujarat Titans were playing their final IPL group-stage match that day, and as has become tradition in recent years, the world awaited Dhoni’s word on his future. Trusha’s heart raced — not from nerves, … Read more
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) head coach Andy Flower hailed captain Rajat Patidar for excelling in a tricky job. “One of the most impressive things about Rajat is that he has not been affected by captaincy. He is still the lovely, gentle, polite Rajat Patidar that we knew last year. He has not changed at all … Read more
Over the years, we have grown accustomed to seeing Jasprit Bumrah top various elite bowling charts. However, in the just-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) season, Bumrah finds himself at the top of a list few would have expected him to feature in. The Mumbai Indians pacer bowled more full tosses (58) than anyone else in … Read more