Jul 18, 2026
India turn to youth and a new captain for the Zimbabwe T20Is
India name a young, experimental squad for their three-match T20I tour of Zimbabwe, with Shreyas Iyer taking over as captain, several uncapped players...
Sanju Samson
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Jul 13, 2026
Mohammad Kaif slams India’s ‘confused’ management after the England whitewash
Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has questioned the team’s decision-makers after the 4-0 T20I loss in England, singling out the in-and-out handling o...
Jul 10, 2026
Samson misses out as India name a young T20I squad for the Zimbabwe tour
India left Sanju Samson out and handed maiden call-ups to three uncapped players in the 15-man squad named for this month’s three-match T20I tour of Z...
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...
May 27, 2026
Gujarat regroup at Mullanpur as Sooryavanshi-fired Rajasthan come for the second IPL 2026 final spot
GT walk in two days after a 92-run Qualifier 1 hammering by RCB; RR walk in two nights after Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s 97 off 29 against SRH. The Mullanp...
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
Sandeep Patil names the Kohli-Rohit contradiction nobody else will: ‘It puzzles me’
Former India chief selector Sandeep Patil has called Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s T20I retirements puzzling while both continue to play the format i...
May 20, 2026
Two unbeaten hundreds and still no ODI slot: Sanju Samson’s Afghanistan snub
The CSK wicketkeeper-batter has been left out of India’s ODI squad for the Afghanistan series despite a 170-strike-rate IPL 2026, with Ishan Kishan pi...
May 18, 2026
BCCI source calls the Shreyas Iyer captaincy reports baseless as the Suryakumar Yadav question refuses to go away
A second wave of reports has named Shreyas Iyer as the leading candidate to take over from Suryakumar Yadav as India’s T20I captain after IPL 2026. A...
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 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 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 9, 2026
Sanju Samson moves ahead of Shreyas Iyer in race to replace Suryakumar as India’s T20I captain
Fresh reports place Sanju Samson at the front of the BCCI’s thinking to take India’s T20I captaincy from Suryakumar Yadav, with Shreyas Iyer’s strong...
May 6, 2026
Akeal Hosein’s powerplay grip and Noor Ahmad’s middle-overs choke break Delhi at the Jaitley
Sanju Samson’s 87 will headline the scorecards, but the chase was won earlier. Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmad combined for 3 for 41 in seven overs and tu...
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 1, 2026
Five-time champions, both running out of road: CSK and MI meet at Chepauk with playoff lifelines fading
Match 44 of IPL 2026 brings CSK and Mumbai Indians together at the Chidambaram Stadium with one side on six points and the other on four. The loser wa...
Apr 26, 2026
CSK host Gujarat at Chepauk with Sanju Samson on a roll and Shubman Gill the only thing keeping GT alive
Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans both come into Sunday’s afternoon match with three wins and four losses from seven games. They are not the same...
Apr 23, 2026
Two centuries in four games: how Sanju Samson has quietly answered every question about his CSK move
Twelve days after fans were asking whether trading Sanju Samson to CSK was a mistake, the Kerala batter has two IPL 2026 hundreds, five in his career,...
Apr 23, 2026
Sanju Samson’s 54-ball 101 and Akeal’s 4 for 17 hand MI their biggest IPL defeat as CSK win by 103
Chennai Super Kings tore Mumbai Indians apart at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday, 23 April 2026, bowling the hosts out for 104 after Sanju Samson’s u...
Apr 23, 2026
Rohit, Dhoni and a Wankhede night: MI and CSK meet with seventh and eighth separated by run rate
Mumbai Indians host Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede on Thursday night with both teams on four points and their biggest names, Rohit Sharma and MS...
Apr 14, 2026
Noor Ahmad and Brevis sink KKR as CSK cruise to 32-run win at Chepauk
Chennai Super Kings defended 192 with plenty to spare, beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 32 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and pushing their winles...
Apr 14, 2026
CSK’s trade of Jadeja and Curran for Sanju Samson is already looking like a masterstroke
Sanju Samson’s unbeaten 115 at Chepauk has turned a bold piece of IPL 2026 trade business into one of the smartest moves Chennai Super Kings have made...
Apr 14, 2026
Rajasthan’s perfect start is over and the IPL 2026 title race is suddenly wide open
Rajasthan Royals’ first defeat of IPL 2026 has cracked the league open, with Punjab Kings, RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad all ready to make the table the...