Aug 3, 2026
Punjab gets a T20 league of its own, and the calendar is already in the way
The Sher-e-Punjab T20 League was launched in New Chandigarh on Sunday: six city franchises, 27 matches from 30 August, and an auction on 9 August. Whe...
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Aug 3, 2026
Abhishek Sharma hits 233 off 91 balls in Amritsar, a week after 11 runs in Zimbabwe
India’s T20 opener made a district double hundred with 25 sixes on Sunday, seven days on from a Zimbabwe tour that brought him 11 runs in three inning...
Jul 25, 2026
Kishan’s 81 sets up a 90-run win as India seal the Zimbabwe T20I series
India recovered from 29 for 2 to post 219 for 5 in Harare, then bowled Zimbabwe out for 129 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead with a match to spare.
Jul 22, 2026
A young India, led by Iyer, open their Zimbabwe T20I series in Harare
India begin a three-match T20I series in Harare on Thursday with a second-string, youth-heavy squad, Vaibhav Suryavanshi set to open and several fring...
Jul 8, 2026
India must win at Bristol to keep the England series alive
Bowled out for 76 at Trent Bridge and 2-0 down in the series, India have to win the fourth T20I in Bristol just to force a decider in Southampton.
Jul 6, 2026
India chase a series lifeline at Trent Bridge after Old Trafford defeat
One down with three to play, Shreyas Iyer’s India need a win at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to keep the T20I series with England alive.
Jul 2, 2026
Sanju Samson’s slump has reopened India’s most awkward selection call
Three single-figure scores in a row, and a 15-year-old with 776 IPL runs waiting in the same squad. Sanju Samson’s form has handed India a selection q...
Jul 2, 2026
India and England head to Old Trafford after a washed-out T20I opener
India’s batting fired in a rain-ruined series opener at Chester-le-Street. The five-match T20I series resumes at Old Trafford on July 4 with the sides...
Jul 2, 2026
Rain washes out the first T20I after Abhishek and Iyer fire India to 189
Abhishek Sharma’s 59 off 24 and skipper Shreyas Iyer’s 68 hauled India to a strong 189 for 7, only for rain at Chester-le-Street to wipe out England’s...
Jun 28, 2026
India aim to level the series at Stormont after a historic Ireland defeat
Beaten by Ireland for the first time ever, Shreyas Iyer’s new-look India must win the second T20I at Stormont to avoid losing the two-match series.
Jun 27, 2026
India look to hit back at Stormont after a historic Ireland defeat
Ireland’s first-ever win over India has left a transitional Indian side 1-0 down with one match to play. A defeat at Stormont on June 28 would hand th...
Jun 26, 2026
Ireland stun India by 34 runs for a historic first win in Belfast
Ireland had lost all eight of their previous meetings with India. Not the ninth: they defended 182 at Stormont to send the tourists crashing to 148 an...
May 24, 2026
Klaasen’s 606, Cummins’s 3 for 28, Kishan’s best season: how SRH walk into the IPL 2026 Eliminator at Mullanpur
A 55-run thumping of RCB at Uppal, Heinrich Klaasen past 600 runs and a Wednesday night at Mullanpur with the IPL 2026 final four days away. SRH’s cas...
May 22, 2026
SRH thump RCB by 55 at Uppal but GT keep the second seed on net run rate
Ishan Kishan’s 79, Abhishek Sharma’s 22-ball 56 and Heinrich Klaasen’s 24-ball 51 powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to 255 for 4 at Uppal. Royal Challengers...
May 12, 2026
Top of the IPL 2026 table on the line as Gujarat host Hyderabad at the Modi
The Titans and Sunrisers, level on 14 points, meet for the first time this season at the Narendra Modi Stadium tonight, with the winner moving clear a...
May 7, 2026
Klaasen takes the Orange Cap as Abhishek and Connolly redraw the IPL 2026 batting race
Heinrich Klaasen’s 69 off 43 against PBKS pushed him past Abhishek Sharma and KL Rahul to the top of the IPL 2026 run charts, while Cooper Connolly’s...
May 2, 2026
Cummins’ SRH host a resurgent KKR at Uppal with both sides on different curves
Pat Cummins’s third-placed SRH meet Ajinkya Rahane’s eighth-placed KKR in IPL 2026 match 45 at Hyderabad on Sunday, with the hosts riding five straigh...
May 2, 2026
From a 14-crore reset to the Orange Cap: KL Rahul’s quiet IPL 2026 takeover
A 75 off 40 in Jaipur on Friday took KL Rahul from outside the top five to the top of the IPL 2026 Orange Cap standings, and Delhi Capitals’ opener ha...
Apr 30, 2026
Six century stands and counting: how Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have transformed Sunrisers Hyderabad’s IPL 2026
Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma added 129 in 8.4 overs at Wankhede on Wednesday for their sixth century opening stand together, equalling David Warner...
Apr 29, 2026
From 1-3 to 6-3 in three weeks: how SRH turned IPL 2026 around
Sunrisers Hyderabad lost three of their first four matches and the season looked over before April had really started. They are now third in the table...
Apr 29, 2026
SRH chase 244 at Wankhede with 8 balls to spare as Rickelton’s 123 goes to waste
Sunrisers Hyderabad walked into the Wankhede on Wednesday night and produced the highest successful chase the ground has ever seen, hunting down 244 w...
Apr 29, 2026
69.21 per cent: how Indian batters have taken over IPL 2026
After 38 matches of IPL 2026, Indian batters are taking up a bigger share of the runs scored than they ever have in this tournament, and the share tha...
Apr 28, 2026
Hardik’s ninth-placed Mumbai host an in-form Sunrisers at Wankhede with little left of the playoff race
Mumbai Indians return to Wankhede on Wednesday night still nursing the 103-run mauling at the same ground last week, and Sunrisers Hyderabad arrive on...
Apr 28, 2026
9.68 runs an over and rising: IPL 2026 is the most explosive season the tournament has produced
Through the first 34 matches of IPL 2026, the overall scoring rate sits at 9.68. Twenty-seven scores of 200-plus. Top-three batters scoring at 164. Sp...