Sep 2, 2026
CSK have not had a head coach since July, and Gaikwad says there is no rush
Stephen Fleming left Chennai in July and was named England’s Test coach 17 days later. Seven weeks on, CSK still have no replacement, and their captai...
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Aug 26, 2026
Abid Mushtaq took 9 for 99, and West Zone’s chase ended 6.3 overs into the final morning
North Zone needed three wickets on the last morning in Bengaluru and had them inside seven overs. Abid Mushtaq’s nine-wicket match puts them into a Du...
Aug 25, 2026
West Zone were 195 for 3 chasing 287, and lost four wickets for 25 before stumps
West Zone were cruising at 195 for 3 in pursuit of 287 in the Duleep Trophy quarter-final. By the close of day three they were 220 for 7, and North Zo...
Aug 22, 2026
The Duleep Trophy starts on Sunday, and two of the six zones are already in the semi-finals
India’s red-ball season opens on 23 August with two quarter-finals in Bengaluru, while Central Zone and South Zone wait a week for their reward for la...
Aug 2, 2026
Four Duleep Trophy squads are in, and the quarter-finals run into India’s Colombo Test
South Zone made Tilak Varma captain this weekend, leaving North and North East as the only zones yet to name a side. The opening quarter-finals sit on...
Jul 25, 2026
India get a bye into the Asian Games cricket quarter-finals as the Japan draw lands
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been seeded straight into the men’s quarter-finals in Aichi, while India’s women begin their title defe...
Jun 12, 2026
Afghanistan A edge India A by four runs on DLS as rain ends Dambulla chase
India A racked up 349 for 9 and looked in control, but rain and the DLS par score handed Afghanistan A a four-run win in the Sri Lanka A tri-series.
Jun 6, 2026
Kohli ruled out of the Afghanistan ODIs after a hamstring injury in the IPL final
Virat Kohli will miss India’s three-match ODI series against Afghanistan after the hamstring problem he carried through the IPL 2026 final, with Rutur...
May 21, 2026
Zero Dhoni innings and a 89-run mauling: how CSK’s IPL 2026 came apart
Chennai Super Kings finished IPL 2026 with 12 points, an MS Dhoni who never made it to the crease, and a heavy defeat in Ahmedabad that confirmed what...
May 21, 2026
Dhoni heads home to Ranchi as CSK take on GT without him for their last shot at IPL 2026
MS Dhoni has left the CSK camp ahead of Thursday’s must-win league finale in Ahmedabad, with batting coach Mike Hussey confirming a thumb injury and a...
May 21, 2026
GT chase a top-two seed at home, CSK chase a result that buys 48 more hours
Gujarat Titans host Chennai Super Kings tonight in Ahmedabad: GT after a Qualifier 1 berth, CSK with a long-shot equation and one game left.
May 18, 2026
Chepauk’s last call: CSK take on SRH with the IPL 2026 playoff door closing
A loss at home to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday night effectively ends Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2026, with the defending champions sixth and one point...
May 16, 2026
CSK wake up sixth and out of their own hands as the IPL 2026 playoff math hardens
Mitchell Marsh’s onslaught at Ekana pushed Chennai down to sixth on net run-rate and turned the IPL 2026 playoff route into a two-win-plus-favours scr...
May 15, 2026
Akash Singh’s three-fer note celebration was theatre, the figures against CSK were the point
Pulled out for his first match of the season, Akash Singh took 3 for 26 against his old CSK side, dismissing Gaikwad, Samson and Urvil Patel and theat...
May 15, 2026
CSK rope in 25-year-old Dian Forrester at 75 lakh as Overton’s thigh ends his IPL 2026
Jamie Overton’s right-thigh injury has ended his IPL 2026, and Chennai Super Kings have moved fast on a replacement, signing South African all-rounder...
May 15, 2026
Dhoni pulls out of CSK’s Lucknow trip at the last minute as the IPL 2026 comeback wait drags on
MS Dhoni stayed back in Chennai on Wednesday rather than fly out with the CSK squad to Lucknow ahead of Friday’s must-win game against LSG, despite hi...
May 14, 2026
CSK take their playoff push to Lucknow without Overton as eliminated LSG host the rematch
Chennai Super Kings head to Ekana looking for a fourth straight win without Jamie Overton, whose season-ending thigh injury leaves them short on overs...
May 13, 2026
Sai Sudharsan is the fastest player to 2,000 IPL runs and still the most argued-about opener in the league
Three straight 500-run seasons, the fastest 2,000 IPL runs by innings and a strike-rate debate that refuses to die — the curious case of Gujarat’s Sai...
May 12, 2026
From 0-3 to genuine contenders: how CSK’s quiet rebuild has the IPL 2026 race watching
CSK’s climb from 0-3 to fifth in the IPL 2026 table is not a miracle so much as a slow, slightly boring fix, and the top four should be paying attenti...
May 9, 2026
CSK host LSG at Chepauk as Ruturaj squeezes every point out of the top-four chase
Chennai welcome a bottom-of-the-table Lucknow to MA Chidambaram on Sunday afternoon, but with four matches from the league phase end neither side has...
May 5, 2026
Samson’s 87 finishes it: CSK chase down DC at the Jaitley with 15 balls to spare
Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 87 from 52 balls eased Chennai Super Kings to an eight-wicket win over Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium, after Noor...
May 5, 2026
Dhoni stays in Chennai for calf rehab as CSK travel to Delhi without him
MS Dhoni has not travelled to New Delhi for the IPL 2026 clash against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, with bowling coach Eric Simons saying the wicketkeep...
May 5, 2026
DC and CSK meet at Arun Jaitley level on eight points as the playoff window narrows
KL Rahul’s Orange Cap form has kept Delhi in the conversation, and CSK’s run of late wins has rejoined them on points. With playoff slots tightening,...
May 2, 2026
Gaikwad and Kartik Sharma seal CSK’s eight-wicket double over Mumbai at Chepauk
Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 67 not out and Kartik Sharma’s reverse-lap finish steered Chennai Super Kings home with eight wickets to spare against Mumbai Indian...