Match details Gujarat Titans (10th; W4, L7) vs Chennai Super Kings (4th; W6, L5)Ahmedabad, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT) Big picture Chennai Super Kings right now are Gujarat Titans from the start of the season. They have pretty much lost their entire pace attack, which has been crucial to their challenge for a place in the
Joe Root has backed the use of the Kookaburra ball in the County Championship, believing it can help upskill domestic cricketers and bridge the gap to Test cricket. The Australian-made ball was used for the first two rounds of the Championship season, in which there were 17 draws across 18 matches. Though a large part
Bangladesh are 3-0 up and have the T20I series in their bag, but a section of their fans aren’t really celebrating these results. Instead, they are dismissing them for coming against Zimbabwe, a lower-ranked side. They also have a theory that the BCB organises matches against Zimbabwe whenever the senior men’s side goes through a
Ben Dwarshuis, the Australia left-arm fast bowler, has signed for Durham for this summer’s Vitality Blast. Dwarshuis joins Durham as a replacement for Scott Boland, who was ruled out for the rest of the season with plantar fasciitis after playing in a solitary Championship match. Dwarshuis’s stint at Chester-le-Street comes off the back of a
Wanindu Hasaranga will captain Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup, after missing the whole of IPL 2024 with a heel injury. Hasaranga made his return in the ongoing T20 practice games in Sri Lanka, where he scored 9 and 28 for SLC Yellow but did not bowl in either game. Sri Lanka
Toss India chose to bat vs Bangladesh India captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and decided to bat in the fifth T20I against Bangladesh, on a bright and sunny afternoon in Sylhet. India lead the series 4-0 and will be keen for a clean sweep. Harmanpreet said the team wanted to “test ourselves with the
IPL 2024: LSG captain KL Rahul with the team’s owner Sanjiv Goenka.© Twitter All but out of contention for the IPL play-offs, KL Rahul‘s future as Lucknow Super Giants skipper is uncertain for the remaining two games after the team received a pasting at the hands of Sunrisers Hyderabad at home on Wednesday. It is
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has cleared Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta to return to competitive cricket after they completed their four-month suspensions for drug use. The ban was imposed after the two tested positive for a recreational drug during an in-house dope test in December. As part of their rehabilitation, Madhevere and Mavuta were ordered to
Shakib Al Hasan is back in Bangladesh’s T20I side after almost a year. He has been named in the squad for the final two matches against Zimbabwe in Dhaka. Also returning are Soumya Sarkar and Mustafizur Rahman, as the home side look to continue their winning ways after taking a 3-0 lead in Chattogram. Shakib
Siddarth Kaul, the India seamer, has been signed by Northamptonshire on a short-term deal that will cover their next three Vitality County Championship fixtures. Kaul, 33, played three T20Is and three ODIs in 2018, including two wicketless appearances against England at Trent Bridge and Lord’s, and most recently was in action for Punjab in the
Monty Panesar has ended his foray into politics after just one week, after announcing that he has stood down as a parliamentary candidate for George Galloway’s Workers Party of Great Britain. Panesar, 42, was unveiled by Mr Galloway at a media event in Westminster last week, and was due to contest the Ealing Southall seat
In the 57th fixture of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. SunRisers Hyderabad find themselves in fourth place in the IPL 2024 standings with six wins out of 11 matches and have 12 points to their
Rising star Jake Fraser-McGurk says he has no issues with missing out on Australia’s T20 World Cup squad and believes he wasn’t in a position to feel like he had earned a place in the final 15-man squad. Fraser-McGurk was a notable omission from Australia’s squad last week alongside Steven Smith as the selectors opted
A player found not guilty of rape will likely return to play for the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL despite not informing the franchise about the criminal proceedings. In March, Nikhil Chaudhary was found not guilty by a jury of raping a 20-year-old woman in a car in Townsville in 2021. Cricket Tasmania says it
Sri Lanka 169 for 5 (Athapaththu 102, Silva 26*, Slater 2-35) beat Scotland101 for 7 (Chatterji 30, Prabodhani 3-13, Priyadharshani 1-13) by 68 runs Captain Chamari Athapaththu‘s 102 off 63 balls helped Sri Lanka win the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier against Scotland in Abu Dhabi. As a result, Sri Lanka will
Mohammad Amir did not travel to Ireland with the rest of the Pakistan side because he did not receive a visa in time. Amir, who is a permanent resident of the United Kingdom, applied for an Ireland visa along with the rest of the Pakistan side, according to a PCB official. But while the rest
Bangladesh 165 for 5 (Hridoy 57, Jaker 44, Muzarabani 3-14) beat Zimbabwe 156 for 9 (Akram 34*, Marumani 31, Saifuddin 3-40) by nine runs Bangladesh saw off some late batting fightback from Zimbabwe tailenders Faraz Akram and Blessing Muzarabani to clinch the T20I series in the third game in Chattogram. They won by nine runs
Surrey have signed Australia fast bowler Spencer Johnson for their first eight matches of the Vitality Blast. The left-armer, who did not make the cut for Australia’s T20 World Cup squad, is no stranger to south London after turning out for Oval Invincibles last summer. He took five wickets for Invincibles in their successful 2023
The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team is currently preparing for two important series before the 2024 T20 World Cup. In the T20 WC, India and Pakistan are in Group A along with Ireland, Canada and USA. Pakistan will start its campaign against USA on June 6. The three-match Ireland series starts on May 10 while the England series starts
Skipper Mitchell Marsh will not be fit to bowl until the final week before Australia’s T20 World Cup squad heads to the Caribbean, but coach Andrew McDonald is confident he will be fully fit for the opening game of the tournament. Marsh was ruled out of the IPL early last month due to a hamstring
Injury worries aside, Stoinis sent a reminder of his ceiling as a T20 cricketer with a stunning unbeaten 124 to guide Lucknow Super Giants home against Chennai Super Kings. It was a masterclass in T20 batting having been promoted to No.3. He also showed that he can be more durable than he has been in
The ICC and Cricket West Indies have assured that a “comprehensive and robust security plan” is in place for the Men’s T20 World Cup after Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley confirmed that security agencies in the West Indies were monitoring a possible terror threat to the event. Rowley spoke to the Sunday
It can feel like Pakistan captain Babar Azam always says the same things, but perhaps he always gets asked the same questions, too. Ahead of Pakistan’s departure for Ireland and the UK, Pakistan’s last preparatory pit stop before the T20 World Cup in the US and the Caribbean, Babar sat down for a press conference,
Australia veteran Josh Hazlewood believes Jake Fraser-McGurk‘s time will come in Australian colours but lamented that there was no room for either he or Steven Smith in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad, admitting that’s Smith’s leadership and experience will be sorely missed in the Caribbean. Australia’s selectors caused a stir last week when they left
Toss Bangladesh chose to bowl vs India Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana won the toss and decided to bowl in the fourth T20I against India, on a cloudy day in Sylhet. India have already sealed the five-match series 3-0 comfortably. There were debuts for both India and Bangladesh. The hosts gave their 14-year-old medium pacer Habiba
Joe Root says that a greater focus on player welfare amid an ever more congested fixture list is a “non-negotiable”, after a survey by the Professional Cricketers’ Association revealed a startling 81 per cent of county cricketers have been left fearing for their physical health due to their season-long workloads. The survey, which was conducted
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling coach James Franklin does not read much into the debate around how the bowling skill of Jasprit Bumrah has been utilised this season by Mumbai Indians, saying the pacer anyway makes ‘big impact’ on contests. MI have usually saved Bumrah for the second half of the innings, allowing him only one over
Pat Cummins continued to put on a masterclass with the ball and with his captaincy in the IPL as he steered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a thrilling final ball victory over Rajasthan Royals. He could have made things a lot easier for himself had he held a straightforward catch that Yashasvi Jaiswal offered in the powerplay
Sri Lanka Women 149 for 6 (Gunaratne 45) beat United Arab Emirates 134 for 7 (Oza 66) by 15 runs Sri Lanka Women overcame a spirited run-chase from United Arab Emirates in their World Cup Qualifier semi-final in Abu Dhabi, to seal their place in the main event in Bangladesh later this year, as well
Bangladesh chose to bowl vs Zimbabwe Bangladesh decided to field first once again after winning the toss against Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Chattogram. They named the same XI that won the first match by eight wickets on Friday. Zimbabwe made three changes, handing a T20I debut to 26-year-old Johnathan Campbell, son for former