Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma on Thursday conceded that “incomparable” Sri Lankan pace legend Lasith Malinga, who has opted out of this year’s IPL, will be severely missed by his defending champion team given his “unbelievable” past performances. The 37-year-old Malinga, who is IPL’s highest wicket-taker with 170 scalps to his credit, has pulled out
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Joe Root accounted for the dismissal of David Warner with an off-break.© Twitter Australia opener David Warner was left stunned following an absolute ripper from England cricketer Joe Root, during the decider of the three-match ODI series between the two nations. Root accounted for the dismissal of the batsman, off the fifth delivery of his
Virat Kohli took steady steps in front, before diving across to his right to complete the catch.© Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli seems to be getting even better with each training session, ahead of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), set to take place in the United Arab Emirates
Already regarded as the world’s richest and most successful Twenty20 cricket team, the Mumbai Indians will now attempt to underline their status by claiming their first back-to-back titles in the Indian Premier League. Led by senior Indian batsman Rohit Sharma and owned by Nita Ambani — wife of India’s richest man, Reliance Industries billionaire Mukesh
Preity Zinta with new Kings XI Punjab captain KL Rahul.© Instagram Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta is in the UAE ahead of this year’s season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Bollywood actor on Tuesday sent a special message for her team while she quarantines before joining up with the squad. “Preity woman
World Cup winner Chris Woakes admits players may be next to feel the pinch as England cricket chiefs on Tuesday announced 62 job cuts due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison said such measures would have been “unthinkable” seven months ago but the global
Kings XI Punjab, in search of their maiden Indian Premier League (IPL) title, have revamped their management completely for the upcoming edition of the Twenty20 league. The Punjab-based franchise have roped in former India captain Anil Kumble as their head coach while KL Rahul has been picked to lead the star-studded squad. Despite having a
Jofra Archer said England have not “forgotten about the Black Lives Matter” campaign after they were strongly criticised by West Indies great Michael Holding for no longer taking a knee. England and West Indies cricketers adopted the gesture at the start of each of their three Tests in July to show their support for the
Virat Kohli is seen going for a catch in one of the pictures he shared.© Twitter Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli took to social media to share new photos from the team’s training sessions in the United Arab Emirates. “Focus,” he captioned the pictures along with an eye and a bulls-eye emojis. In
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become the breeding ground for Indian batsmen. Over the years many a batsman has risen from IPL ranks and progressed to play for India — Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson and Manish Pandey are a few prominent examples. The seasoned all-formats batsmen too have carved a niche for themselves —
Talking about his career, India batsman KL Rahul on Sunday said that he is always determined to be the best version of himself. Talking about how he deals with success and failures, Rahul said, “No matter what I am doing. I have always been determined to be the best version of myself, physically and mentally.”
Shane Watson and Faf du Plessis are likely to bat in the top order for CSK.© Chennai Super Kings/Instagram Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had to take extra precautions in the lead-up to the 13th season of Indian Premier League (IPL) due to a spate of COVID-19-positive cases that affected their camp. Two players and
IPL 2020 will witness the presence of top Indian bowlers like Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami featuring for different franchises. Ashwin will represent the Delhi Capitals (DC), while Bumrah and Shami will show up for Mumbai Indians (MI) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) respectively. Harbhajan Singh will not be a part of the
Mayank Agarwal and Harpreet Brar gave a glimpse into KXIP team room.© Kings XI Punjab/Instagram Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) players Harpreet Brar and Mayank Agarwal, renamed as “Mayank Singh Aujla” by Brar, gave a glimpse into the “Lion’s Den” – KXIP’s team room in the UAE. A sprawling facility within the team hotel, the room
Mumbai Indians’ new recruit Trent Boult broke a stump into two pieces in nets.© Mumbai Indians/Twitter Mumbai Indians’ new recruit Trent Boult is all charged up for this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and is putting in extra efforts during their training sessions. In a video shared by Mumbai Indians on their official Twitter handle, Boult
Rohit Sharma completed a one-handed catch, holding on to the ball despite being thrown off-balance.© Twitter Rohit Sharma completed a diving, one-handed catch during a Mumbai Indians (MI) training session, the video of which was shared by the franchise’s official Twitter handle. Rohit executed two simple catches, before moving to his left to complete a
SunRisers Hyderabad bowling coach Muttiah Muralitharan said this year the side is looking forward to giving opportunities to the youngsters. Sharing his experience on returning back to the field after seven months hiatus, the former Sri Lankan felt elated to we back with the SunRisers and hopes that team will do well in this year’s
Lanka Premier League will be played from November 14 to December 6.© Twitter Sri Lanka’s cricket board will auction some 150 players next month, including international stars, for the five teams that will make up the virus-delayed premier league, officials said Friday. The 23-match Lanka Premier League (LPL), originally due in August, will now be