Nobody gave them a chance but Gujarat Titans, bucking all pre-tournament predictions, surprised everyone by lifting the Indian Premier League title in a dream maiden season after a seven-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals in the final here on Sunday. Gujarat’s highly-rated bowling attack, led by skipper Hardik Pandya (3/17) himself, limited a formidable Rajasthan Royals
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Umran Malik earned his maiden India call-up after an impressive IPL 2022 campaign.© BCCI/IPL Former Australian cricketer and World Cup-winning coach Dav Whatmore on Sunday said Umran Malik was a breath of fresh air in the world of pace bowling and expressed hope that the 22-year-old goes from strength to strength. Whatmore, who arrived in
Rajasthan Royals will be eyeing their second Indian Premier League title when they take on Gujarat Titans in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday. After finishing seventh last season, RR retained the just three players — Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal — heading into the mega auction. The
West Indian all-rounder Deandra Dottin starred with both bat and ball as she powered Supernovas to an unprecedented third Women’s T20 Challenge title triumph with a four-run win over Velocity in a thrilling final here on Saturday. Dottin top-scored with a 44-ball 62 at the top of the order to help Supernovas to 165 for
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Director of Cricket Operations Mike Hesson said on Friday that the most pleasing aspect of the side’s game during the season was that they did not have to rely solely on their retained players. An explosive century by Jos Buttler sent Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the tournament and Rajasthan Royals
Virender Sehwag has talked about how Pant’s name can be etched in history books forever© Instagram Former India batter Virender Sehwag made the longest format his own by scoring 8586 runs, averaging 49.34 at an astonishing strike rate of 82.23. The Delhi opener has two triple centuries to his name and he brought an attacking
Jos Buttler smashed an unbeaten 106 in Qualifier 2 against RCB.© BCCI/IPL Jos Buttler was at his destructive best on Friday as he hit his fourth century of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad against Royal Challengers Bangalore to send his team to their first final since
IPL 2022: Ravichandran Ashwin has been a key player for Rajasthan Royals this season.© BCCI/IPL Rajasthan Royals this season have banked heavily on their spin attack of Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin. While Chahal is the leading wicket-taker this season coming into their Qualifier 2 clash against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday, Ashwin has proven
Shikhar Dhawan had another impressive IPL season with the bat despite the Punjab Kings failing to qualify for the Indian Premier League 2022 playoffs. The veteran batter, who had joined PBKS ahead of the start of the season, scored 460 runs in 14 matches at an average of 38.3. However, he would’ve hoped to take
Velocity suffered a 16-run defeat in the Women’s T20 Challenge but still qualified for the final on the basis of a better net run-rate, knocking out victors Trailblazers from the tournament in Pune on Thursday. Velocity will face Supernovas in the summit clash on Saturday. Invited to bat, Sabbhineni Meghana and Jemimah Rodrigues smashed scintillating
BAN vs SL Live: Angelo Mathews is looking for a 2nd consecutive century.© AFP Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Day 4 Live Updates:Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have given Sri Lanka a first-innings lead on Day 4 of the second Test against Bangladesh. A 102-run partnership between Mathews and Dhananjaya de Silva on Day 3
IPL 2022: Rajat Patidar smashed an unbeaten 112 off 54 deliveries against Lucknow Super Giants.© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore batter Rajat Patidar on Wednesday became the first uncapped player in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to smash a century in the playoffs. The batter achieved this feat during his side’s Eliminator clash against
Rajat Patidar en route to scoring a ton for RCB vs LSG.© BCCI/IPL Rajat Patidar owned the big stage with a magnificent hundred as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat debutants Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the IPL Eliminator here on Wednesday.RCB will now take on Rajasthan Royals, losers of first qualifiers, in qualifier 2,
Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez is known for calling a spade a spade as he has on several occasions taken on the PCB regarding cricketing matters. On Wednesday, the former all-rounder took to Twitter to give a glimpse of problems faced by the “common man” in Pakistan and also tagged
A very different Hardik Pandya has come to the fore during this season of IPL and the Gujarat Titans skipper feels he has finally learnt to strike a balance on and off the field. Under Pandya, Gujarat Titans, a first-time franchise, have reached the final in its inception year, and Pandya’s 453 runs in 15
David Miller hit three effortless sixes which looked like action replays as Gujarat Titans, under their inspirational skipper Hardik Pandya, made a mockery of all the odds to reach the final of IPL-15 with a seven-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday. On a track that was two-paced, Royals rode on Jos Buttler‘s 56-ball-89 to
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma’s poor form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 is not a matter of concern as he will be back among the runs soon, according to BCCI president Sourav Ganguly. The record five-time IPL winning Mumbai Indians skipper had a woeful season finishing with 268 runs from 14 innings
Pooja Vastrakar picked up four wickets for just 12 runs in a brilliant pace-bowling display as Supernovas notched up an easy 49-run win over Trailblazers in a record-breaking opening match of the Women’s T20 Challenge in Pune on Monday. The 22-year-old Vastrakar claimed the wickets of Trailblazers’ captain Smriti Mandhana (34), her opening partner Hayley