Australia's Cummins will captain Hyderabad in IPL
Australia’s World Cup-winning captain Pat Cummins on Tuesday became the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history when Sunrisers Hyderabad paid Rs 205 million ($2.47 million) for his services, as the tournament’s player auction was telecast live. revealed. The fast bowler, who did not feature in this year’s IPL due to a busy calendar, […]
The fast bowler silenced the crowd of 100,000 in the final in Ahmedabad when he bowled out Indian hero Virat Kohli and was widely praised for his captaincy in helping Australia to the title. The 30-year-old Cummins, who previously set an auction record of $2.17 million on contract with Kolkata Knight Riders in 2019, will […]
The second edition of the Indian Women’s franchise-based Women’s Premier League will take place next year. The auction for the tournament will take place on December 9 this year. Bangladesh cricketers Rabeya Khatoon and Marufa Akhtar have been kept in the draft of that auction. The base price of both of them is Rs 3 […]
The annual report for the five years to 2021-22 published on the BCCI website on Thursday showed the board had earned a surplus of 320 billion rupees ($2.7 billion) by April 2022. According to audited account figures, that year’s edition of the IPL generated a net income of $292 million with revenues of $771 million […]
Kohli’s century cancels out Klaasen’s ton as Bangalore crush Hyderabad
Gujarat lost Wriddhiman Saha for a duck on the third ball of the match, but Gill hit Fazalhaq Farooqui for four consecutive fours to set the pace. Gill, who finished second in the batting charts behind Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis (631) with 576 runs, hit 13 fours and a six and Sudarshan was also […]
Karan isn’t the only big buy to disappoint. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has been decent if not brilliant, hitting 274 to help Mumbai climb to third in the table but taking only six wickets. Green was the second costliest buy in the December auction when Mumbai Indians paid Rs 17.5 crore ($2.11 million) for him. […]
Punjab, Lucknow raise play-off hopes, Delhi out
Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten century helped Mumbai Indians beat defending Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Gujarat Titans by 27 runs in Mumbai on Friday. The world’s top-rated Twenty20 batsman smashed 103 off 49 balls, hitting six sixes and 11 fours, to take his team to 218-5 and overcame an inspired all-round performance from Afghanistan and Gujarat […]
Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the fastest half-century in Indian Premier League history in just 13 balls on Thursday as Rajasthan Royals thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders by nine wickets. Jaiswal smashed six fours and three sixes on his way to his 50 at the Eden Gardens, breaking the previous record of 14 balls jointly held by KL […]
With the help of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s last innings and disciplined bowling, Chennai Super Kings came close to making it to the IPL playoffs by registering a 27-run win over Delhi Capitals on Wednesday. Dhoni, who scored a nine-ball 20, shared a crucial 38-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Ravindra Jadeja, who made […]
Rajasthan posted 214-2 after a devastating 138-run partnership for the second wicket between Jos Buttler, who scored 95 off 59 balls, and skipper Sanju Samson, who scored 66 off 38 balls. Buttler started slowly with his first 20 runs coming off a ball, but soon changed gears to bring up his half-century. Pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar […]
Khan took three wickets to dismiss Ravichandran Ashwin (two), Riyan Parag (four) and West Indian Shimron Hetmyer (seven) and took an impressive 3-14 in his four-over spell. He was ably supported by 18-year-old wrist-spinner Ahmed, who removed Devdutt Padikkal (12) and Dhruv Jurel (nine) to take 2-25 in three overs. “I let Rashid handle the […]
Chakraborty, who bowled some of the toughest overs of the innings and still finished with 1-20, won player of the match for his four-over spell. West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell, Arora and India’s Shardul Thakur took five wickets between themselves. Earlier, Nitish Rana-led Kolkata lost wickets at regular intervals. Both openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (0) of […]