Chennai Super Kings rarely enters an Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at home as the underdog, especially against a team it has dominated for 15 years. But an unprecedented 50-run defeat in Chennai against bitter rival Royal Challengers Bengaluru last week attests this isn’t just any other season. What could add further intrigue to the … Read more
Mumbai Indians will take on Lucknow Super Giants in the match 16 of the IPL 2025 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Friday. While MI is coming into this game on back of a win, LSG lost its previous encounter, that too at home. LSG predicted XI Batting – Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas … Read more
Last season’s finalists, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, will look to get their IPL 2025 campaigns back on track when they face off at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday. While defending champion KKR was skittled out for just 116 against Mumbai Indians in its previous game, Sunrisers were thrashed by Delhi Capitals, … Read more
Joel Embiid had 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in his first action in a month to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 118-116 victory Tuesday night over the Dallas Mavericks, which fell to 0-2 since trading star Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers. Embiid recorded his first triple-double of an injury-plagued season … Read more
‘Spin it to win it’ was the mantra as Rajasthan Royals’ Wanindu Hasaranga (4-0-35-4) and Jofra Archer’s fiery pace powered the home side to its first victory of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Chennai Super Kings at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. Chasing a tricky 183, CSK was shaken early when Archer … Read more
DC: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Karun Nair, Abhishek Porel, Tristian Stubbs, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mitchell Starc, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Faf du Plessis, Mukesh Kumar, Darshan Nalkande, Vipraj Nigam, Dushmanta Chameera, Donovan Ferreira, Ajay Mandal, Manvanth Kumar, Tripurana Vijay, Madhav Tiwari. SRH: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, … Read more
Having gone unsold at the auctions, Shardul Thakur was gearing up to turn out for Essex in the County Championship games when Lucknow Super Giants approached him. The team was in need of a last minute tried-and-tested replacement for the injured Mohsin Khan. Shardul answered the call and has slotted into the team seamlessly, taking … Read more
The rivalry between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, born out of the intensity of their fiery fan bases, will throw up its latest offering at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday. That the two face off for the first time since RCB qualified for the Playoffs last season at the expense … Read more
Ashutosh Sharma (66 n.o., 31b, 5×4, 5×6) stripped Lucknow Super Giants of every morsel of pleasure it had earned until the fag end of the match on Monday, as he amassed 32 of the required 39 runs off the last 18 balls for Delhi Capitals to chase down an improbable 210-run target, from 65 for … Read more
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) kicked off its 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign with a nervy four-wicket victory over archrival Mumbai Indians (MI) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. The night belonged to Noor Ahmad, CSK’s Rs. 10 crore recruit, who made a sensational debut for the franchise. The Afghan spinner tore … Read more