May 5, 2026
Salt flies home for finger scans as RCB hope to have him back for the playoffs
Phil Salt has flown back to England for scans on the finger he hurt diving on April 18, leaving Royal Challengers Bengaluru without their first-choice...
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162 articles tagged with "Cricket"
May 4, 2026
Rohit and Rickelton blow LSG away in Mumbai’s record IPL chase at Wankhede
Mumbai Indians chased down 229 against Lucknow Super Giants at the Wankhede on Monday, sealed by a 143-run opening blitz from Rohit Sharma and Ryan Ri...
May 3, 2026
Sundar’s six finishes it as Holder’s four-for sets up Gujarat’s third straight win
Gujarat Titans grind out a four-wicket win at the Narendra Modi Stadium, with Jason Holder’s four for 24 setting up the chase and Washington Sundar fi...
May 2, 2026
Harmanpreet to lead, Mandhana deputy: India name 15 for Women’s T20 World Cup 2026
India have named their 15-member squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England, with Harmanpreet Kaur leading for the fifth time and Smriti...
May 1, 2026
Starc’s IPL 2026 debut, finally: a struggling Delhi face surging Rajasthan in Jaipur
Mitchell Starc is set to play his first IPL 2026 match for Delhi Capitals as Axar Patel’s side travel to a confident Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Man...
Apr 30, 2026
Arshad Khan’s three for 22 and a Holder all-round night give Gujarat their revenge in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Titans bowled Royal Challengers Bengaluru out for 155 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday and chased the target down with 25 balls to spa...
Apr 29, 2026
Donovan Ferreira’s 26-ball 52 was the finisher knock Rajasthan have been waiting for
Donovan Ferreira walked in at 151 for 4 chasing 223 at Mullanpur and finished with 52 not out off 26 balls to hand Punjab Kings their first defeat of...
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
Punjab put a six-win record on the line at Mullanpur as Rajasthan arrive on a one-from-four run
Punjab Kings are the only unbeaten team in IPL 2026 and host fourth-placed Rajasthan in match 40 on Tuesday night. Rajasthan have won the last two vis...
Apr 28, 2026
Mumbai sign Keshav Maharaj from South Africa as Mitchell Santner is ruled out with a shoulder injury
Santner injured his left shoulder taking a catch at Wankhede against Chennai on April 23 and will not play again this IPL. Mumbai have replaced him wi...
Apr 27, 2026
Six wins, one washout, and a captain who finally trusts his squad: Punjab Kings have built the IPL 2026 team of the season
Punjab Kings sit on top of IPL 2026 with six wins, one no result, and the highest net run rate in the league. After eighteen seasons of nearly always...
Apr 27, 2026
Dhoni’s calf goes again: another setback delays his CSK return after Chepauk loss to Gujarat
MS Dhoni was a notable absentee as Chennai Super Kings were beaten by eight wickets at Chepauk on Sunday, and head coach Stephen Fleming has now confi...
Apr 27, 2026
Kohli back at the Kotla, Rahul against his old club: DC and RCB meet in the IPL 2026 playoff race
Virat Kohli returns to Delhi in form, KL Rahul faces the RCB side he has scored more runs against than any other, and the Arun Jaitley Stadium hosts a...
Apr 26, 2026
CSK sign Akash Madhwal for 30 lakh as their Ayush Mhatre replacement, and it is the bowler call they needed
Chennai Super Kings have brought in Akash Madhwal as the official replacement for the season-ending Ayush Mhatre, going for a fast bowler at 30 lakh r...
Apr 25, 2026
Punjab chase 265 in 18.5 overs to break the highest successful T20 chase ever set
Shreyas Iyer’s Punjab Kings hauled down 265 against Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to set the highest successful chase in IPL and T20 hist...
Apr 24, 2026
A busted hamstring, a bad back, a groin strain: how injuries have quietly reshaped IPL 2026
Around 20 players have been ruled out or flagged as unavailable across the first month of IPL 2026, and the season has been shaped as much by what the...
Apr 24, 2026
Two wins from seven and no net run rate to speak of: Mumbai Indians’ playoff hopes look gone
Mumbai’s 103-run hammering by Chennai at the Wankhede has left them eighth, on four points, with a net run rate of minus 0.736 and seven games to save...
Apr 23, 2026
Jadeja’s 43 and Archer’s 3 for 20 defend 159 as RR beat LSG by 40 runs at Ekana
Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten 43 pushed Rajasthan Royals to 159 and Jofra Archer’s 3 for 20 killed the chase as RR beat Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs i...
Apr 22, 2026
Pant, Pooran and a run out of games: LSG’s IPL 2026 is slipping away
Lucknow Super Giants are 2-5 and ninth on the ladder after Wednesday’s 40-run defeat to Rajasthan at Ekana, and the Rs 21 crore retention of Nicholas...
Apr 22, 2026
How freeing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi to open has turned him into the powerplay’s most destructive batter
Rajasthan Royals sat Vaibhav Sooryavanshi down as an impact sub to start the season and got criticised for it. Six games in as an opener, the 15-year-...
Apr 22, 2026
Rohit Sharma back in the nets but still not cleared as Mumbai Indians wait on their opener
Rohit Sharma has resumed batting drills at the Mumbai Indians camp and looks close to a return, but the medical team is yet to clear him from the hams...
Apr 21, 2026
Abhishek Sharma draws level with Virat Kohli on nine T20 hundreds for an Indian batter
Abhishek Sharma’s unbeaten 135 against Delhi on Tuesday was his ninth hundred in T20 cricket, drawing him level with Virat Kohli for the most by an In...
Apr 21, 2026
Abhishek Sharma’s 135 not out powers SRH to a 47-run win over Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma’s unbeaten 135 off 68 balls lifted Sunrisers Hyderabad to 242 for 2 at Uppal, and Delhi Capitals never came close in the chase as SRH...
Apr 21, 2026
Ayush Mhatre ruled out of IPL 2026 with a hamstring tear as CSK lose their leading run-scorer
CSK’s 18-year-old opener Ayush Mhatre is out for the rest of IPL 2026 after tearing his left hamstring against Sunrisers Hyderabad, with Mike Hussey c...