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Report Allrounder’s 60 lifted Punjab Kings to 180, and Super Kings fell apart in the chase Punjab Kings 180 for 8 (Livingstone 60, Dhawan 33, Jordan 2-23) beat Chennai Super Kings 126 (Dube 57, Chahar 3-25, Livingstone 2-25) by 54 runs Chennai Super Kings’ winless start to the 2022 IPL continued into a third game

Preview Jonny Bairstow is set to return to Punjab Kings’ XI having completed his quarantine upon arrival from the Caribbean Big picture For the first time in their history, Chennai Super Kings have lost their opening two matches of an IPL campaign, and Ravindra Jadeja’s team will be keen to get off the mark against

News Franchise’s prolific run-scorer set to return following a recovery from a wrist injury Suryakumar Yadav is fit and available to play for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. He had missed the tournament opener due to his ongoing recovery from a hairline fracture he sustained during the home series against West Indies last

Preview Jayawardene v Sangakkara and Malinga, Ashwin v Ashwin, Boult v Rohit are few of the subplots Big picture Mahela Jayawardene vs Kumar Sangakkara & Lasith Malinga. Rohit Sharma vs Sanju Samson. Kieron Pollard vs Shimron Hetmyer. Jasprit Bumrah vs Trent Boult. M Ashwin vs R Ashwin. Saturday’s fixture between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals

Preview Both top orders misfired in their opening game. Can they bounce back? Big picture Near-close finishes, with middle order sealing the win for both these teams in their respective first matches of the season. Things went mostly right for Gujarat Titans in their first-ever outing in the IPL, against Lucknow Super Giants. Firstly, Hardik

Royal Challengers Bangalore 132 for 7 (Rutherford 28, Shahbaz 27, Southee 3-20, Umesh 2-16) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (Russell 25, Hasaranga 4-20, Akash 3-45, Harshal 2-11) by three wickets Having lost their opening game of the season despite scoring 205, Royal Challengers Bangalore were in danger of losing again, this time despite bowling their

News Son of the legendary India allrounder Vinoo Mankad, Rahul played first-class cricket for Mumbai Former Mumbai player Rahul Mankad, son of the legendary India allrounder Vinoo Mankad, has died after a brief ailment. He was 66. Mankad is survived by his wife and two daughters. He died in London. A right-hand batter, Mankad played

News Mithali Raj and Smriti Mandhana the only Indians in the top ten list of batters India’s Mithali Raj climbed two placed to be at the sixth spot, thanks to her 68 against South Africa, while opener Smriti Mandhana occupied the tenth position. Veteran Jhulan Goswami is the only bowler from India in the top

News Who’s this 22-year-old who comes in and slog-sweeps Rashid for a six and hooks Ferguson for another? The first thing Harsha Bhogle asked him in the mid-match interview was, “where have you been hiding?”. It was, of course, a valid question. Just eight runs to his name in T20 cricket and no List A

Preview Agarwal’s men boast a lot of power-hitting talent, but will be without Bairstow for their season opener Big picture A lot of IPL teams, for a lot of the time, go into the auction to buy back the players they’d been forced to let go. And it makes for fun viewing because their rivals

Report KKR’s mystery spinners Narine and Chakravarthy prove unhittable; Rahane shines with the bat Kolkata Knight Riders 133 for 4 (Rahane 44, Bravo 3-20) beat Chennai Super Kings 131 for 5 (Dhoni 50*, Umesh 2-20) by six wickets MS Dhoni, 40 and no longer captain, turned the clock back with a vintage display of death-overs

Report South Africa left out Tazmin Brits at No. 3 for Lara Goodall and Masabata Klaas replaced Tumi Sekhukhune Toss India chose to bat vs South Africa Jhulan Goswami was out of India’s XI for their must-win match against South Africa with a side strain, leaving India without their most experienced bowler as they aim

News Super Kings coach admits “it is going to be a bit of a transition period” MS Dhoni and Stephen Fleming had captaincy talks even last season, the Chennai Super Kings coach has revealed. Dhoni decided to give up the CSK captaincy on the eve of the tournament, evident from how all the promotional advertising

News Says that Pant’s “learning experiences” from the last year and a half will make him a “better leader and person”. Ricky Ponting had not even realised it. Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant may not have thought of it as well. And it may not have struck people in Indian cricket either. That Ponting, the

News The board is planning to have five or six teams in the inaugural edition of women’s IPL but it will need AGM’s approval first The BCCI is planning to start the women’s IPL by 2023, board president Sourav Ganguly said on Friday, while the Women’s T20 Challenge, comprising four games, makes a return this

News Former India coach, who joins ESPNcricinfo as an analyst for the IPL, says Hardik will struggle to make the national team as a pure batter Former India coach Ravi Shastri – who will join ESPNcricinfo as an analyst for IPL 2022 – believes the national team is still in search of a first-choice allrounder.

News While terming Kohli’s giving up of captaincy a ‘smart decision’, Shastri wished he had held on to the job in Test cricket Ravi Shastri hopes Virat Kohli can play with a greater sense of freedom during IPL 2022, with captaincy no longer his burden to bear. Starting with his decision to step down as

News Batter still recovering from hairline fracture on his thumb at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru Suryakumar Yadav is set to miss to Mumbai Indians’ opening match of the IPL, which will be against Delhi Capitals on March 27. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the 31-year-old, who picked up a hairline fracture on his thumb

News Iyer says he enjoyed playing under Rahul’s captaincy in South Africa India batter and Kolkata Knight Riders’ new captain Shreyas Iyer has lavished praise on national team-mate KL Rahul, saying his “calm demeanour” and “instinctive” on-field decision-making ability makes him his favourite captain. Iyer, who played under Rahul during the ODI series in South

News Javagal Srinath says the surface didn’t offer an even contest between bat and ball An office bearer of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) in the past, Srinath felt “the pitch offered a lot of turn on the first day itself and though it improved with every session, in my view, it was not

Report Darcie Brown comes in for Annabel Sutherland in high-stakes clash Toss Australia Women chose to bowl vs India Women Unless rain plays spoilsport, the rematch of the 2017 ODI World Cup semi-final promises fireworks at the 2022 edition at Eden Park, where six-time champions Australia have opted to bowl against India. Both teams have

News Mott wants Australia to be aggressive, but will fall back on “Plan Bs and Cs that we’ve got” if India get on top What does it tell you about a team when they post their highest total in an ODI World Cup in one game and their lowest in the tournament in 17 years

News Pakistan veteran Mohammad Hafeez and Zimbabwe allrounder Sikandar Raza are also in the mix Vihari, who was a part of India’s Test XI, which completed a 2-0 sweep over Sri Lanka in Mohali and Bengaluru, will head home to Hyderabad for a short break before traveling to Dhaka. He is expected to join his

News Opener fails to get prescribed minimum score on yo-yo test, PTI reports Mumbai captain and Delhi Capitals batter Prithvi Shaw, who was at a camp at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, has failed a yo-yo test. The BCCI’s prescribed minimum score on the yo-yo test is supposedly 16.5 for men, and it

News She admits not batting 50 overs against England cost the team, but says they are “bound to go through ups and downs” over a long tournament like the World Cup India collapsed to 134 all out in 36.2 overs but put up a spirited showing with the ball at the Bay Oval, reducing England

News Number of unsuccessful reviews increased from one to two per innings in the upcoming season Irrespective of whether the batters have crossed or not at the point of a catch being taken, the incoming batter will be on strike, except if the dismissal is on the last ball of an over, in IPL 2022.

News Loss in 2017 final not important, “right now it’s all about momentum and that’s on our side,” she says of taking on England But crucial knocks of 109 and 71 against West Indies and New Zealand, respectively, have served a reminder of the value she adds to India’s middle order. “Big tournaments are very

Report Chetan Bist’s seventh first-class century the lone bright spark for Nagaland Jharkhand 880 and 132 for 2 (Utkarsh 50*, Siddiqui 42, Jonathan 1-29) lead Nagaland 289 (Bist 122*, Mundhe 39, Nadeem 3-70) by 723 runs Wicketkeeper-batter Chetan Bist‘s unbeaten century turned out to be the only positive for Nagaland on another day of uninspiring

Report Shahbaz Nadeem scored 177 before also striking with the ball, as Nagaland ended day three 750 runs behind Nagaland 130 for 4 (Bist 46*, Mundhe 39, Nadeem 1-17) trail Jharkhand 880 (Nadeem 177, Shukla 85*, Lemtur 4-179) by 750 runs After two days of resolute batting, Jharkhand continued to pile the misery on a

News “His keeping was the best I’ve seen”, says India’s Test captain We know what Rishabh Pant can offer with the bat. And we have to let Rishabh Pant do Rishabh Pant things. But his keeping? His DRS calls? Those have been truly impressive. All that, at least, is what Rohit Sharma had to say